Unusual times call for unusual historians, and no one fits this bill better than Sarah Vowell. A New York Times-bestselling author of seven quirky and brilliant explorations of American history, including Lafayette in the Somewhat United States and The Partly Cloudy Patriot, Vowell has a talent for exposing and embracing the absurd, in prose that is sharp, endearing, and laugh out loud funny. Eschewing self-seriousness, Vowell turns convention on its head, revealing new truths in the process. At CHF Vowell will direct her gimlet eye away from the past and towards our confounding present, in a program that will have us reconsidering our own understanding of the country.

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