“An irresistibly readable and humane exploration of the barbarities of class…readers are gifted that most precious of things in these muddled times: a clear lens through which to see the world.” —Naomi Klein, New York Times bestselling author of This Changes Everything and The Shock Doctrine
Join Dr. Steven W. Thrasher on tour for his new book, The Viral Underclass: The Human Toll When Inequality and Disease Collide, featuring talks and performances by activists, journalists, dancers, painters, scholars, educators, and more across the U.S.
NORTHEAST
NEW YORK, NY
Marked by Covid Advocacy Group
Community Action Meeting
Virtual Event
Date: Thursday, August 11
Registration: markedbycovid.zoom.us
Columbia University, Institute for Research in African-American Studies
Virtual Event
In Conversation with Sam Roberts
Date: Monday, September 19
Bureau of General Services, Queer Division
In Conversation with Linda Villarosa, Moderated by Hugh Ryan
Date: Friday, September 30
Columbia University, Mailman School of Public Health
Date: Thursday, October 27
ITHACA, NY
Cornell University, Africana Studies and Research Center
In Conversation with Riché Richardson
Date: Thursday, September 15
NEW HAVEN, CT
Yale University
Date: Thursday, September 29
BOSTON, MA
Harvard Bookstore
In conversation with Victor Ray
Date: Wednesday, October 26
Time: 7 p.m. ET
Tickets: harvard.com
NEW YORK, NY
Columbia University
Date: Thursday, October 27
Time: 11:30 a.m. ET – 1:00 p.m. ET
Tickets: publichealth.columbia.edu
SOUTHEAST
DURHAM, NORTH CAROLINA
Duke University
Date: Thursday, October 6
ATLANTA, GEORGIA
Emory University, Center for the Study of Human Health
Virtual Event
In conversation with Maryn McKenna
Date: Tuesday, November 29
More details coming soon
LAWRENCEVILLE, GEORGIA
Gwinnett County Public Library
Virtual Event
Date: Thursday, December 15
Time: 7 p.m EST
NASHVILLE,TENNESSEE
Vanderbilt University
In conversation with Jonathan Metzl at Vanderbilt Department of Medicine, Health & Society
Date: Tuesday, November 15
More details coming soon
MIDWEST
CHICAGO, IL
Anderson’s Bookshop, Downer’s Grove
Date: Wednesday, August 31
Socialism 2022 Conference
Date: Wednesday, August 31
Tickets: socialismconference.org
Women & Children First
In Conversation with Natalie Moore
Date: Thursday, September 22
EVANSTON, IL
Family Action Network
Date: Monday, October 10
Northwestern University, Medill School of Journalism
In conversation with Linda Villarosa, moderated by Charles Whittaker
Date: Tuesday, November 1
More details coming soon
Northwestern University, American Studies
In conversation with Lisa Jajjar
Date: Monday, November 7
More details coming soon
MILFORD, PENNSYLVANIA
Milford Book Festival
In conversation with Sean Strub and Edson Whitney
Date: Sunday, September 18th
Tickets: eventbrite.com
ANN ARBOR, MICHIGAN
University of Michigan, Ford School of Public Policy
Virtual Event
In conversation with Celeste Watkins-Hayes
Date: Thursday, October 13
Time: 4 p.m. E.T.
Tickets: events.umich.edu
MADISON, WISCONSIN
Wisconsin Book Festival
Date: Thursday, October 14
Time: 6 p.m. C.T.
Tickets: wisconsinbookfestival.org
MINNEAPOLIS, MINNESOTA
Institute for Advanced Studies at University of Minnesota
Date: Thursday, November 17
More details coming soon
WEST
CALIFORNIA
Kepler’s Books, Menlo Park
Virtual Event
In Conversation with Angie Coiro
Date: Wednesday, August 4
Time: 6 p.m. PT / 9 p.m. ET
Tickets: eventbrite.com
Barnes and Noble, Ventura
In conversation with Ryan Raffaeli
Date: Saturday, September 10
Book Passage, San Francisco
In conversation with Piper Kerman
Date: Wednesday, October 19
Time: 5 p.m. PT
Tickets: bookpassage.com
SOUTHWEST
AUSTIN, TEXAS
Texas Book Festival
Date: November 5-November 6
More details coming soon