Adam Hochschild and Tom Engelhardt have enjoyed the most rewarding and most challenging relationship any wordsmith can have—that of a well matched writer and editor. Hochschild, a founder of Mother Jones magazine, is the author of seven books, including King Leopold’s Ghost, a history of Belgian colonialism in Congo, and To End All Wars: A Story of Loyalty and Rebellion, which chronicled British war resisters—and war fighters—during World War I. Engelhardt is an editor at Metropolitan Books and the creator of Tomdispatch, a blog and newsletter that began as a mailing to friends and associates in 2001 and has morphed into a wildly popular online publishing venture. They’ll talk with Mother Jones coeditor Monika Bauerlein about what it means to write carefully and edit thoughtfully at a time when both crafts seem out of fashion, and they’ll grapple with the question of whether the power of carefully chosen words can survive in an era of instant communication—and if so, how.
This program is presented in partnership with Mother Jones and Facing History and Ourselves.
