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Masha Gessen Presents Surviving Autocracy (with Tim Snyder)

From Russian-American journalist and National Book Award-winning author Masha Gessen, Surviving Autocracy is a galvanizing analysis of the destruction the Trump administration has waged on our institutions, the cultural norms we hoped would save us, and our very sense of identity. Gessen not only highlights the corrosion of the media, the judiciary, and other cherished institutions, but also tells us the story of how a short few years have changed us, from a people who saw ourselves as a nation of immigrants to a populace haggling over a border wall, heirs to a degraded sense of truth, meaning, and possibility. Gessen’s incisive book will be a lodestar in tumultuous times. Gessen discusses their work with Tim Snyder, author of On Tyranny and other acclaimed works and Professor of History at Yale.

This is a ticketed virtual event. All tickets include one single-use login, which will be emailed to ticketholders on the day of the event. Bundled tickets include one copy of Surviving Autocracy to be shipped to ticketholders following the event, along with a signed bookplate (mailed separately).

ABOUT THE AUTHOR:

Masha Gessen is the author of ten books, including the National Book Award-winning The Future Is History: How Totalitarianism Reclaimed Russia and The Man Without a Face: The Unlikely Rise of Vladimir Putin. A staff writer at the New Yorker and the recipient of numerous awards, including a Guggenheim Fellowship and a Carnegie Fellowship, Gessen teaches at Amherst College and lives in New York City.











When: Wed., Jun. 3, 2020 at 7:30 pm
Where: Greenlight Bookstore
686 Fulton St.
718-246-0200
Price: $5; $30 with book
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From Russian-American journalist and National Book Award-winning author Masha Gessen, Surviving Autocracy is a galvanizing analysis of the destruction the Trump administration has waged on our institutions, the cultural norms we hoped would save us, and our very sense of identity. Gessen not only highlights the corrosion of the media, the judiciary, and other cherished institutions, but also tells us the story of how a short few years have changed us, from a people who saw ourselves as a nation of immigrants to a populace haggling over a border wall, heirs to a degraded sense of truth, meaning, and possibility. Gessen’s incisive book will be a lodestar in tumultuous times. Gessen discusses their work with Tim Snyder, author of On Tyranny and other acclaimed works and Professor of History at Yale.

This is a ticketed virtual event. All tickets include one single-use login, which will be emailed to ticketholders on the day of the event. Bundled tickets include one copy of Surviving Autocracy to be shipped to ticketholders following the event, along with a signed bookplate (mailed separately).

ABOUT THE AUTHOR:

Masha Gessen is the author of ten books, including the National Book Award-winning The Future Is History: How Totalitarianism Reclaimed Russia and The Man Without a Face: The Unlikely Rise of Vladimir Putin. A staff writer at the New Yorker and the recipient of numerous awards, including a Guggenheim Fellowship and a Carnegie Fellowship, Gessen teaches at Amherst College and lives in New York City.

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