Dare to Speak: Virtual Book Tour

Dare to Speak Virtual Book Tour: July–August 2020

With in-person events canceled due to COVID-19, PEN America CEO Suzanne Nossel’s book tour is going virtual! Tune in to hear Suzanne discuss her forthcoming book, Dare to Speak: Defending Free Speech for All, in conversation with esteemed writers.

Dare to Speak goes on sale July 28, 2020. Preorder the book today on Bookshop. (10 percent of all sales of the book through this link on Bookshop go to PEN America.)


Virtual Book Tour Dates

July 28, 2020

6:00pm ET
In conversation with Wajahat Ali
Platform: Zoom
Venue/Bookseller: Politics and Prose
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July 29, 2020

9:00pm ET
In conversation with Jennifer Egan
Platform: Zoom
Venue/Bookseller: Live Talks LA / Barnes & Noble
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July 30, 2020

Video will be posted on YouTube by 5:00pm ET
In conversation with Andrew Marantz, interviewed by Sewell Chan
Platform: YouTube
Venue/Bookseller: Pasadena Literary Alliance
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July 30, 2020

4:30pm ET
In conversation with Amy Salzhauer
Platform: TBA
Venue/Bookseller: Buxton Books / Charleston Library Society
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August 6, 2020

8:00pm ET
In conversation with Ayad Akhtar
Platform: Zoom, simulcast to YouTube
Venue/Bookseller: The New York Public Library
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August 10, 2020

8:00pm ET
In conversation with John Schumann, President of University of Oklahoma, Tulsa
Platform: Zoom
Venue/Bookseller: Booksmart Tulsa / Magic City Books
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August 17, 2020

8:00pm ET
In conversation with Jacob Weisberg
Platform: Zoom
Venue/Bookseller: Powell’s Books
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August 20, 2020

11:00am ET
In conversation with Mary Frances Cooper, President of the Carnegie Library
Platform: Ticket holders will be emailed a link to view the pre-recorded virtual lecture on August 20
Venue/Bookseller: Pittsburgh Arts & Lectures with the Carnegie Library / Mystery Lovers Bookshop
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August 25, 2020

9:00pm ET
In conversation with Dinaw Mengestu
Platform: TBA
Venue/Bookseller: Town Hall Seattle / Third Place Books
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September 16, 2020

9:00pm ET – Note: This event has been rescheduled from August 4, and following that, to a later time on September 16.
In conversation with Jazmin Darzmick
Platform: Zoom
Venue/Bookseller: The Commonwealth Club
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September 29, 2020

6:00pm ET
In conversation with Ben Fountain
Platform: TBA
Venue/Bookseller: Dallas Institute of Humanities and Culture, The Dallas Morning News
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September 30, 2020

12:00pm ET
In conversation with Randall Kennedy
Platform: Zoom
Venue/Bookseller: The Center for Civil and Human Rights
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October 1, 2020

7:30pm ET
In conversation with Luke McLoughlin
Platform: Zoom
Venue/Bookseller: Harvard Club of Philadelphia
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October 13, 2020

6:30pm ET
Panel with Attorney General Eric Holder, Steven Levitsky, and Daniel Ziblatt
Moderated by Randi Weingarten
Platform: Facebook Live and YouTube Live
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October 14, 2020

6:30pm ET
In conversation with Joe Crespino
Platform: CrowdCase
Venue/Bookseller: Decatur Book Festival, Georgia Humanities
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October 15, 2020

5:00pm ET
In conversation with Steve Andrist
Platform: TBD
Venue/Bookseller: Humanities North Dakota
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October 23, 2020

12:30pm ET
In conversation with Dan Moulthrop
Platform: TBA
Venue/Bookseller: The City Club of Cleveland
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October 25, 2020

3:30pm ET
Interviewing Ayad Akhtar
Platform: Crowdcast
Venue/Bookseller: Boston Book Festival
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October 26, 2020

12:00pm ET
In conversation with Sonja R. West
Platform: TBD
Venue/Bookseller: First Amendment Salon

November 9, 2020

1:15pm ET
In conversation with Geoffrey Stone
Platform: Zoom
Venue/Bookseller: University of Chicago American Constitution Society / Seminary Co-op Bookstore
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November 10, 2020

2:00pm ET
In conversation with TBD
Platform: TBD
Venue/Bookseller: Oxford University Amnesty International Society

November 11, 2020

8:00pm ET
In conversation with TBD
Platform: StreamYard
Venue/Bookseller: St. Louis Volunteer Lawyers and Accountants for the Arts / Left Bank Books

November 13, 2020

1:00pm ET
In conversation with David Kaye
Platform: TBD
Venue/Bookseller: Article 19