Trinity Talks: Pico Iyer
In a society that feels irreparably fractured, how can we work together toward peace in our city and nation?
Join us for a series of Trinity Talks that will get to the heart of this crucial question. These illuminating conversations, centered around the themes of conflict, peacemaking, and faith, will introduce you to new ways of seeing, and being, in the world. Don’t miss these free, in-person opportunities to engage with distinguished writers who have thought deeply about how to hold onto hope in trying times. With a heated and consequential election fast approaching, it’s important now more than ever to deepen our understanding of how to faithfully participate in civic life.
Pico Iyer: Finding Peace in Troubled Times
September 22, 1:30-3:30pm, Trinity Commons (76 Trinity Place)
Journalist and travel writer Pico Iyer discusses his recent bestseller, The Half Known Life: In Search of Paradise, where he journeys through competing ideas of paradise to see how we can live more peacefully. Register here.
Doors open at 12:30 p.m. with light refreshments available. There will be a book signing before the talk, between 12:45-1:15pm. The event will be livestreamed between 1:30-2:30pm. Afterward, in-person attendees will have the opportunity to participate in small group discussions.
Other speakers in this series include:
Edwidge Danticat: Reflections on Migration and Asylum
October 22, 6:30-8pm, Trinity Commons (76 Trinity Place)
Novelist and short story writer Edwidge Danticat will share reflections from her award-winning memoir about her Haitian family’s decision to seek asylum in America, Brother, I'm Dying.
Amanda Ripley: Breaking the Spell of High Conflict
October 27, 1-3pm, Trinity Commons (76 Trinity Place)
Author and investigative journalist Amanda Ripley will speak about navigating periods of intense conflict, drawing from her book, High Conflict: Why We Get Trapped and How We Get Out.
Christian Wiman: The Practice of Christian Hope
February 9, Trinity Commons (76 Trinity Place)
The poet Christian Wiman will discuss faith as a practice of Christian hope, touching on themes in his book, Zero at the Bone: Fifty Entries Against Despair. For Wiman, the antidote to despair is awe.
James McBride: Race, Religion, and the Ties that Bind
March 30, Trinity Commons (76 Trinity Place)
Writer and musician James McBride will discuss The Heaven & Earth Grocery Store, a novel about how love and community sustain us.
In a society that feels irreparably fractured, how can we work together toward peace in our city and nation?
Join us for a series of Trinity Talks that will get to the heart of this crucial question. These illuminating conversations, centered around the themes of conflict, peacemaking, and faith, will introduce you to new ways of seeing, and being, in the world. Don’t miss these free, in-person opportunities to engage with distinguished writers who have thought deeply about how to hold onto hope in trying times. With a heated and consequential election fast approaching, it’s important now more than ever to deepen our understanding of how to faithfully participate in civic life.
Pico Iyer: Finding Peace in Troubled Times
September 22, 1:30-3:30pm, Trinity Commons (76 Trinity Place)
Journalist and travel writer Pico Iyer discusses his recent bestseller, The Half Known Life: In Search of Paradise, where he journeys through competing ideas of paradise to see how we can live more peacefully. Register here.
Doors open at 12:30 p.m. with light refreshments available. There will be a book signing before the talk, between 12:45-1:15pm. The event will be livestreamed between 1:30-2:30pm. Afterward, in-person attendees will have the opportunity to participate in small group discussions.
Other speakers in this series include:
Edwidge Danticat: Reflections on Migration and Asylum
October 22, 6:30-8pm, Trinity Commons (76 Trinity Place)
Novelist and short story writer Edwidge Danticat will share reflections from her award-winning memoir about her Haitian family’s decision to seek asylum in America, Brother, I'm Dying.
Amanda Ripley: Breaking the Spell of High Conflict
October 27, 1-3pm, Trinity Commons (76 Trinity Place)
Author and investigative journalist Amanda Ripley will speak about navigating periods of intense conflict, drawing from her book, High Conflict: Why We Get Trapped and How We Get Out.
Christian Wiman: The Practice of Christian Hope
February 9, Trinity Commons (76 Trinity Place)
The poet Christian Wiman will discuss faith as a practice of Christian hope, touching on themes in his book, Zero at the Bone: Fifty Entries Against Despair. For Wiman, the antidote to despair is awe.
James McBride: Race, Religion, and the Ties that Bind
March 30, Trinity Commons (76 Trinity Place)
Writer and musician James McBride will discuss The Heaven & Earth Grocery Store, a novel about how love and community sustain us.
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