The New York Review of Books presents the first in a series of online events in the run-up to the 2024 presidential election. Join New York Review contributors Ben Rhodes, Suzy Hansen, and Pankaj Mishra for a conversation on Gaza, Israel, and the American left, one year after October 7.
The conversation will last approximately 90 minutes, including a question-and-answer period.
Ben Rhodes is a writer, political commentator, and national security analyst. He is the author of the New York Timesbestsellers After the Fall: Being American in the World We’ve Made and The World as It Is: A Memoir of the Obama White House. He is currently co-host of Pod Save the World, a contributor to MSNBC, and a senior adviser to former President Barack Obama. From 2009–2017, Ben served as a speechwriter and Deputy National Security Adviser to president Obama.
Suzy Hansen is a journalist, author, and editor. Her first book, Notes on a Foreign Country: An American Abroad in a Post-American World, was a finalist for the 2018 Pulitzer Prize and the winner of the Overseas Press Club’s Cornelius Ryan award. Her work has appeared in many publications, including The New York Review of Books, The New Yorker, and The New York Times Magazine. She lives in New York.
Pankaj Mishra is an essayist and novelist, a frequent contributor to The New York Review of Books, London Review of Books, and The New Yorker, and the author of two books of history: From the Ruins of Empire and Age of Anger: A History of the Present. His new book, The World After Gaza, will be published in February next year.
About this series
The New York Review of Books is pleased to announce a series of virtual events on the most pressing aspects of the 2024 US Presidential election. The conversations, to be held via video on Zoom, will feature our most insightful contributors discussing the critical issues of our time.
The conversations will each last approximately ninety minutes and include a Q&A session.
