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Happening TODAY! Join @AspenWords for a conversation with 2019 Pulitzer Prize winner Richard Powers (“The Overstory”), who will be discussing his newest novel, “Bewilderment.“ More info here: https://bit.ly/3rG5mVt

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Join us at our DC office tomorrow for a free book talk at 6:30 PM to hear former U.S. Ambassador to Ukraine Marie Yovanovitch discuss her memoir “Lessons from the Edge” with @n_jaresko, chair of @AspenKyiv & former Ukrainian Finance Minister. RSVP here: https://t.co/gKS3ODiAiF

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As a former chef, Matt Jozwiak of @rethinkfood can talk to other chefs like Daniel Humm at Eleven Madison Park about donating excess food to nonprofits. “There is a myth that restaurants can’t donate their food b/c it’s a liability & that’s not true.” #AspenIdeasHealth

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@AspenWords interviewed Literary Prize nominee @nawaazonthenet about how his identity as a gay Muslim inspired him to explore his complicated relationship with religion in his debut novel, Radiant Fugitives. Read the full interview here: https://bit.ly/3FD8V2l

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Join @AspenWords tonight for a conversation with award-winning staff writer at @NewYorker, Patrick Radden Keefe, who will be discussing his recent book “Rogues: True Stories of Grifters, Killers, Rebels and Crooks” https://t.co/VkaahWyKCZ https://t.co/lUNyYqf6uh

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Join @AspenJobQuality tomorrow for a book talk on “The Case for Good Jobs.” Author @zeynepton, co-founder @GoodJobsInst and professor @MITSloan, lays out plainly what needs to be done to improve jobs and company performance. https://t.co/JYgVfmMTyM

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Of the SCOTUS decision, "It's a morass," @katie_keith says because there are more questions than answers about what it means for states, companies, insurers & more. #AspenIdeas #AspenIdeasHealth https://t.co/zBvuazdo0c

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Join @AspenWords TONIGHT for #WinterWords w/ @ayadakhtar, author of HOMELAND ELEGIES dubbed “book of the year” by @oprahmagazine & featured on President @BarackObama’s 2020 list of fav books. Akhtar will be in convo with @washingtonpost's @RonCharles. https://buff.ly/35BiBuM

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"I’ve been a migrant since the age of 5, which means I’ve spent most of my life as a guest on someone else’s land." Read more in this blog post where @omarelakkad talks about his novel "What Strange Paradise," a look at the current refugee crisis & more. https://bit.ly/35hMt1Y

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Join @aspenwords TODAY for a conversation with New York Times best-selling novelist Paula McLain, who will discuss her new thriller, “When the Stars Go Dark,” with “Wild Game” author and Aspen Words Executive Director @adriennebrodeur. Register here: https://bit.ly/3rG5mVt