“The horrible sights I have witnessed on this field I can never describe. No blaze of glory, that flashes around the magnificent triumphs of war, can ever atone for the unwritten & unutterable horrors of the scene of carnage.” ~Brig. Gen. James A. Garfield on Shiloh’s aftermath.

What an honor it is to be with Newberry Library this evening, receiving the Newberry Library Award. Thank you for this recognition!

Readers in the Boston area: Please join me on May 16 for a conversation with former Harvard University President DrewFaust about my new memoir, “Chasing Hope”! Thanks to Harvard Book Store for arranging. Looking forward to the conversation and meeting people.

So delighted to be talking with Nick about his remarkable book! Come join us!

Starting today, Necessary Trouble is available in paperback from Farrar,Straus&Giroux! #NecessaryTrouble us.macmillan.com/books/97803746…

The Strange Ritual of Commencement Speeches - The Atlantic theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/…

Looking forward to being part of the tour in conversation with Nicholas Kristof 5/16. Harvard Bookstore! The book is gripping and inspiring. Can’t wait to hear more from Nick about it.

Really important piece by Jennifer Berry Hawes! 70 Years After Brown v. Board, Segregation Academies Persist in Deep South propublica.org/article/camden…

Thank you so much, Nick. Your words mean a lot.

I am so grateful for your generous words, David.

Drew Gilpin Faust, president emerita of Harvard, delivered these eloquent, powerful remarks yesterday. A full-throated and much-needed defense of the university--not Harvard specifically, but "the university" as a concept and institution. drewfaust.com/2024/05/21/fre…

So honored that my book was the gift to these newly commissioned students. And so honored to see this record number of students devoted to serving their country. harvardmagazine.com/node/86559

Here is an excerpt from my Tuesday Phi Beta Kappa speech defending imperiled universities, which was published in the The Boston Globe. bostonglobe.com/2024/05/23/opi…

A distressing and beautifully rendered piece for us all to contemplate this Memorial Day weekend from the incomparable ⁦Phil Klay⁩ nytimes.com/2024/05/26/opi…

As #Juneteenth approach we start the countdown for the publication of new books on the history of slavery and race in the United States. In this story, VISUAL IMAGES matter. Can't wait to read Sarah Elizabeth Lewis's The Unseen #slaveryarchive hup.harvard.edu/books/97806742…

I'm pleased to join Soledad O'Brien and my fellow Women in Public Life honoree Judy Roth Berkowitz for today's conversation at New-York Historical Society. nyhistory.org/programs

Remember and honor Andrew Goodman, James Chaney and Michael Schwerner and the price they paid when they were murdered in Mississippi exactly sixty years ago today while fighting for all of our voting rights:

I was shocked and deeply saddened to learn of Susan Wojcicki’s untimely death. I send my heartfelt condolences to her husband Dennis Troper and family.

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