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This will be a one-course "Lite Luncheon.
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The Luncheon Society™
welcomes
David Maraniss
Winner of the Pulitzer prize
Author of
Barack Obama--The Story
Also, author of
Rome 1960, The Olympiad that Changed the World (2008)
First in His Class: A Biography of Bill Clinton (1996)
The Clinton Enigma (1998)
When Pride Still Mattered: A Life of Vince Lombardi (1999)
Co-author, The Prince of Tennessee: Al Gore Meets His Fate (2001)
They Marched Into Sunlight - War and Peace, Vietnam and America, October 1967 (Pulitzer Finalist 2004)
Roberto Clemente: The Passion and Grace of Baseball's Last Hero (2006)
Pulitzer Prize Winner (1993, 2008)
George Polk Award and the Dirksen Prize for Congressional Reporting
Join us for a conversation with David Maraniss to understand the formative experiences of Barack Obama
Prime House
381 Park Avenue South at 27th Street,
New York, NY 10016.
Tuesday June 19, 2012
Noon
$40
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NY Luncheon Society
Greetings!
We having a championship year of Luncheon Society gatherings in New York.
To RSVP:bob.mcbarton@comcast.net
Lots of fun stuff coming up in Manhattan.
Best,
Bob McBarton
Chief Conversationalist
The Luncheon Society
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From the author of First In His Class, the definitive biography of Bill Clinton, When Pride Still Mattered, the bestselling biography of Vince Lombardi, and They Marched Into Sunlight, the classic saga of the Vietnam era-a stunning new multigenerational biography of Barack Obama.
In a groundbreaking work based on hundreds of interviews, including with President Obama, and a trove of letters, journals, and other documents, one of our pre-eminent journalists presents a richly textured account of Barack Obama and the forces that shaped him.
This book begins in Kansas and Kenya, decades before Obama was born, and ends as he prepares for a political life. The reader gains a deeper insight into the first black president of the United States, revealing as never before the arc of his history, character, contradictions, and ambition. As with First In His Class, Maraniss's seminal book will redefine a president.
This seamless narrative moves through generations and around the world, evoking time and place so vividly that readers feel they are there. Maraniss explodes the myths as he explores the difficult and colorful lives of the president's forebears and then follows young Barack from Hawaii to Indonesia to Los Angeles to New York to Chicago as he struggles with self-identity and searches for home.
Q and A with David Maraniss on Barack Obama: The Story
http://www.davidmaraniss.com/ObamaQA.htm
Vanity Fair excerpt of David's book on Barack Obama
http://www.vanityfair.com/politics/2012/06/young-barack-obama-in-love-david-maraniss
Jack Deligter's Vanity Fair Interview with David Maraniss on the book
http://www.vanityfair.com/online/daily/2012/05/david-maraniss-barack-obama-genevieve-cook
New York Times Book review
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/06/05/books/barack-obama-the-story-by-david-maraniss.html
Your Moderator: Stephen Schlesinger is an Adjunct Fellow at the Century Foundation. He is the former Director of the World Policy Institute at the New School from 1997-2006 and former publisher of the quarterly magazine, The World Policy Journal. Mr. Schlesinger received his BA from Harvard University and his JD from Harvard Law School. In the early 1970s, he edited and published The New Democrat Magazine. Thereafter he spent four years as a staff writer at Time Magazine. For twelve years, he served as a speechwriter and foreign policy advisor to New York State Governor Mario Cuomo. In the mid 1990s, he worked at the United Nations at Habitat, the agency dealing with global cities. He is the author of three books, including Act of Creation: The Founding of The United Nations (2003), currently being made into a PBS documentary for release in Fall 2010, for which he won the 2004 Harry S. Truman Book Award; Bitter Fruit: The Story of the U.S. Coup in Guatemala (1982, with Stephen Kinzer) cited as one of the New York Times' "notable books" for 1982 which has sold over 100,000 copies; and The New Reformers (1975). He is co-editor (with Andrew Schlesinger) of Journals 1952-2000 Arthur Schlesinger, Jr., published in 2007, which has sold over 60,000 copies. He is a specialist on the foreign policy of the Clinton and Bush and Obama Administrations. He is a frequent contributor to magazines and newspapers and on-line sites, including The Washington Post, The Los Angeles Times, The Nation Magazine, The New York Observer, and Huffingtonpost.com. In 1978, he was a finalist for the National Magazine Award. He has appeared on CNN, Fox TV, NBC, NPR and other media outlets. His website is:www.stephenschlesinger.com
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The "Lite" Lunch
The Luncheon Society gathering with Barak Obama biographer David Maraniss will take place in Manhattan on Tuesday June 19, 2012. The lunch will begin at noon and will run for about 90 minutes.
The Restaurant.
The luncheon will take place at Prime House in Manhattan. We will be meeting in the private room. The restaurant is located at 381 Park Avenue South at 27th Street. The phone number is 212.824.2600. Their website is http://www.primehousenyc.com/
Map
http://mapq.st/vxL6er
The Price
Like in all TLS events, we basically split the check. Based on conversations with Lianne Raymond at Prime House, the cost for the gathering will be $40.00 per person for a great luncheon. Cash is preferred.
Cancellations
Sometimes, as they say in the movies, life intercedes. If you wish to attend but have a change in plans, please let me know 72 hours prior so that I can inform the restaurant. Thank you.
Books.
Books will be available for purchase and he will graciously sign them.
Where to park.
It's Manhattan; you know what to do.
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The menu is in the process of being created. The one course lite luncheon will also include beverage.
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Biography
David Maraniss is an associate editor at The Washington Post. In addition to Barack Obama: The Story, Maraniss is the author of five critically acclaimed and bestselling books, When Pride Still Mattered: A Life of Vince Lombardi, First in His Class: A Biography of Bill Clinton, They Marched Into Sunlight - War and Peace, Vietnam and America, October 1967, Clemente - The Passion and Grace of Baseball's Last Hero, and Rome 1960: The Summer Olympics That Stirred the World. He is also the author of Into the Story: A Writer's Journey Through Life, Politics, Sports and Loss, The Clinton Enigma and coauthor of The Prince of Tennessee: Al Gore Meets His Fate and "Tell Newt to Shut Up!"David is a three-time Pulitzer Prize finalist and won the Pulitzer for national reporting in 1993 for his newspaper coverage of then-presidential candidate Bill Clinton. He also was part of The Washington Post team that won a 2008 Pulitzer for the newspaper's coverage of the Virginia Tech shooting. He has won several other notable awards for achievements in journalism, including the George Polk Award, the Dirksen Prize for Congressional Reporting, the ASNE Laventhol Prize for Deadline Writing, the Hancock Prize for Financial Writing, the Anthony Lukas Book Prize, the Frankfort Book Prize, the Eagleton Book Prize, the Ambassador Book Prize, and Latino Book Prize. |
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The Luncheon Society™
is a series of private luncheons and dinners that take place in San Francisco, Los Angeles, Manhattan, and Boston. We essentially split the costs of gathering and we meet in groups of 20-25 people. Discussions center on politics, art, science, film, culture, and whatever else is on our mind. Think of us as "Adult Drop in Daycare." We've been around since 1997 and we're purposely understated. These gatherings takes place around a large table, where you interact with the main guest and conversation becomes end result. There are no rules, very little structure, and the gatherings happen when they happen. Join us when you can.
Hope you can join us.
Bob McBarton
bob.mcbarton@comcast.net
The Luncheon Society
phone 925.754.9577
cell 925.216.9578
Twitter: @LuncheonSociety
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