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7:00 pm
MLK Jr. Memorial Library
Washington, DC
March 6, 2024
Join the Library and Politics and Prose for a very special conversation with author Eric Klinenberg for his new book 2020: One City, Seven People, and the Year Everything Changed. In conversation with special guest Librarian of Congress Dr. Carla Hayden, Klinenberg will explore this account of a pivotal year in history through the experiences of seven New Yorkers.
Copies of the book will be available for sale and signing, and a limited number of copies will be available as giveaways courtesy of the DC Public Library Foundation.
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Politics and Prose
Washington, DC
In most cities today, a third of the population lives alone. In his investigation of this demographic shift, the NYU sociology professor, editor of Public Culture, and author of Heat Wave, finds that living alone is on the rise in all age groups and classes, which suggests concurrent changes in attitudes toward marriage and family.
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