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<p class="MsoNormal">"Don't Take Off Your Pants in the Air Force One Coat Closet (and Other Things I Learned Writing Obama's Speeches)"<br>
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<b>Event time: <br>
</b>Thursday, April 5, 2018 - 6:00 pm<br>
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Location: <br>
</b>Branford Common Room<br>
74 High St.<b><br>
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Event Description:</b><br>
David Litt is the author of <em><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#222222;background:white">Thanks, Obama: My Hopey Changey White House Years</span></em><span style="color:#222222;background:white">, a</span>
<i>New York Times </i>bestselling memoir about his experiences as a speechwriter for President Obama, starting at age 24. Litt, who has been described as "the comic muse for the president," served as Obama's lead joke writer for four White House Correspondents
Dinners. <i>The New York Times</i> called his book "brilliantly observed" and "inspiring";
<i>Slate</i> called it "irresistibly charming." Litt will read and answer questions.<br>
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Co-sponsored by the Poynter Fellowship in Journalism and the Traphagen Alumni Speakers Series, Yale College Office of Student Affairs<br>
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Open to: </b>General Public<b><br>
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</b><a href="http://communications.yale.edu/poynter"><span style="background:white">Poynter Fellowship in Journalism</span></a><span style="color:#222222;background:white"> </span><span style="color:#222222"><br>
<span style="background:white">203-432-1345 </span><br>
</span><a href="http://communications.yale.edu/poynter"><span style="background:white">http://communications.yale.edu/poynter</span></a><o:p></o:p></p>
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nancy.kuhl at yale.edu.</a> Messages sent directly to the Yale-Readings list may not be posted.
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For more information about Poetry at the Beinecke Library, visit: </span><span style="color:windowtext">Poetry at Beinecke Library:
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