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David Remnick: The Life and Rise of Barack Obama

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Thursday, April 29, 2010

David Remnick, a *New Yorker* editor and noted journalist, shares with us his thoughts on the historic 2008 presidential election and his new book, *The Bridge: The Life and Rise of Barack Obama*. No story has been more central to America's history this century than the rise of Barack Obama, and until now, no journalist or historian has written a book thatfully investigates the circumstances and experiences of Obama's life or explores the ambition behind his rise. Those familiar with Obama's own best-selling memoir or his campaign speeches know the touchstones and details that he chooses to emphasize, but now--from a writer whose gift for illuminating the historical significance of unfolding events is without peer--we have a portrait of a young man in search of himself, and of a rising politician determined to become the first African American president.

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David Remnick has been the editor of *The New Yorker*since 1998. A staff writer for the magazine from 1992 to 1998, he was previously *The Washington Post*’s correspondent in the Soviet Union. The author of several books, he was awarded the Pulitzer Prize and the George Polk Award for his 1994 book *Lenin’s Tomb*. He lives in New York with his wife and children.
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