/Literary Arts
Heather Cox Richardson with Rebecca Solnit
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From historian and author of the popular daily newsletter Letters from an American, a vital narrative that explains how America, once a beacon of democracy, now teeters on the brink of autocracy — and how we can turn back.
In the midst of the impeachment crisis of 2019, Heather Cox Richardson launched a daily Facebook essay providing the historical background of the daily torrent of news. It soon turned into a newsletter and its readership ballooned to more than 2 million dedicated readers who rely on her plainspoken and informed take on the present and past in America.
SF/Arts Curator Insight
Berkeley Arts & Letters presents Heather Cox Richardson, historian and author of the popular daily substack “Letters from an American,” for her new book “Democracy Awakening: Notes on the State of America.” The book makes use of Richardson’s unique talent to wrangle our giant, meandering, often confusing news feed into a coherent narrative with a calm, clear focus. She is joined in conversation by Rebecca Solnit, author most recently of “Orwell’s Roses.”
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