[Yale-readings] 4-5: David Litt at Yale

[Kuhl, Nancy]

"Don't Take Off Your Pants in the Air Force One Coat Closet (and Other Things I Learned Writing Obama's Speeches)"

Event time:
Thursday, April 5, 2018 - 6:00 pm

Location:
Branford Common Room
74 High St.

Event Description:
David Litt is the author of Thanks, Obama: My Hopey Changey White House Years, a New York Times 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. The New York Times called his book "brilliantly observed" and "inspiring"; Slate called it "irresistibly charming." Litt will read and answer questions.

Co-sponsored by the Poynter Fellowship in Journalism and the Traphagen Alumni Speakers Series, Yale College Office of Student Affairs

Open to: General Public

Poynter Fellowship in Journalism<http://communications.yale.edu/poynter>
203-432-1345
http://communications.yale.edu/poynter


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