[Brooklyn] Meet the Author Event: Jennifer Michael Hecht
Note: This is a global event that appears on all event calendars.
Join CFI-Brooklyn on Monday, February 16 for a Meet the Author event with Jennifer Michael Hecht, the author of three history books and two volumes of poetry. Her bestseller Doubt: A History demonstrates a long, strong history of religious doubt. Hecht’s The End of the Soul: Scientific Modernity, Atheism, and Anthropology won the Phi Beta Kappa Society’s 2004 Ralph Waldo Emerson Award “for scholarly studies that contribute significantly to interpretations of the intellectual and cultural condition of humanity.” Her most recent book, The Happiness Myth, brought a skeptical eye to modern wisdom about the good life. Hecht’s poetry books have won four national awards between them, and Publisher’s Weekly called her most recent poetry book, Funny, “one of the most original and entertaining books of the year.” Her book reviews, essays, and poetry appear in 20 such journals as The New York Times, The New Yorker, and The Washington Post.
Hecht earned her Ph.D. in the History of Science from Columbia University in 1995 and now teaches in the Graduate Writing Program at The New School University. She has given talks on atheism and doubt all over the country, and on many radio programs and podcasts, some of which are available free on the web. For more on Hecht, visit her Web site. Hecht was recently on the Center for Inquiry's podcast, Point of Inquiry. Listen to the conversation here.
