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Join us when author Ben Rhodes visits to discuss his latest book, All We Say.
Registration for this event is FREE. VIP tickets are also available for purchase.
Each VIP ticket ($ 35+fees) includes:
CLICK HERE to purchase VIP tickets
About the author:
Ben Rhodes is the author of the New York Times bestsellers After the Fall and The World as It Is; co-host of Pod Save the World; a contributor for NBC News and MSNBC; the co-chair of National Security Action; and an advisor to former president Barack Obama.
In All We Say, Ben Rhodes tells the story of fifteen speeches—some iconic, others long forgotten—which have both shaped and reflected the argument Americans have been having from our founding to the intense divisions of our time.
Through riveting and beautifully rendered accounts of the people, movements, and moments that produced these speeches, Rhodes traces the history of our battle over identity. The result is a singular and revealing portrait of America itself: a nation divided between two stories—one of inheritance, power, and exclusion, the other of equality, striving, and belonging. Drawing on a decade writing for Barack Obama, Rhodes also shows us how words can redirect a nation, what makes a speech enduring, and why oratory is a unique form of persuasion in American democracy.
Ben Rhodes will be in conversation with Mike McIntyre, executive editor of Ideastream Public Media and host of the "Sound of Ideas Reporters Roundtable" on 89.7 WKSU and "Ideas" on WVIZ-PBS.
Additional books will be available for purchase courtesy of Mac's Backs - Books on Coventry.
All ticket purchases are non-refundable. If you have purchased a ticket and can no longer attend, email events@cuyahogalibrary.org by the event date to arrange book pickup at the CCPL branch of your choice.
Questions? Email us at events@cuyahogalibrary.org.
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