Anand Giridharadas "The Persuaders"
Award-winning journalist Anand Giridharadas joins Eric Newman and LARB\u2019s new Editor-in-Chief Michelle Chihara to talk about his latest book, The Persuaders: At the Front Lines of the Fight for Hearts, Minds, and Democracy. The Persuaders \u2013\u2013 this month\u2019s LARB Book Club selection \u2013\u2013 offers an inside account of how activists, politicians, educators, and other Left leaders are working to manifest change in a divided America. It is a fabulous study, full of interesting testimonials from hundreds of hours of interviews with Black Lives Matter\u2019s Alicia Garza, Congressional Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Bernie Sanders\u2019 campaign workers, and many more. The Persuaders goes deep on what helps change hearts and minds as our fragile nation struggles to find common ground.\nAlso, Sabrina Imbler, author of How Far the Light Reaches: A Life in Ten Sea Creatures, returns to recommend Patricia Likes to Cuddle by Samantha Allen.\n(To sign up for the LARB Book Club membership, visit www.shop.lareviewofbooks.org/join)