Michele Norris - The Grace of Silence

Historic LoDo: Colorado Public Radio (CPR) joins us in presenting Michele Norris, the acclaimed host of NPR’s All Things Considered. Norris will discuss and sign her new book The Grace of Silence: A Memoir ($24.95 Pantheon). In the wake of talk of a “postracial” America upon Barack Obama’s ascension as president of the United States, Michele Norris set out to write, through original reporting, a book about “the hidden conversation” on race that is unfolding nationwide. Extraordinary for Norris’s candor in examining her own racial legacy and what it means to be an American, The Grace of Silence is also informed by rigorous research in its evocation of time and place, scores of interviews with ordinary folk, and wise observations about evolving attitudes, at once encouraging and disturbing, toward race in America today. Ryan Warner, host of CPR’s Colorado Matters, will moderate this event. Free numbered tickets for the booksigning line will be handed out beginning at 6:00 pm. Seating for the presentation prior to the booksigning is limited, and available on a first-come, first-served basis to ticketed customers only.

Visit Michele Norris’ bio-page on the NPR website.

Request a signed copy: books@tatteredcover.com