Discussing 'The Rise of Michelle Obama'

Name: Lisska Center Book Club
Start: 2026-10-01T18:00:00-04:00
End: 2026-10-01T19:00:00-04:00
Location: Denison University

October 5, 2015 4:30pm - 6:00pm

The Laura C. Harris Series and Beck Series welcome author Peter Slevin as he discusses his book, "Unstacking the Deck: The Rise of Michelle Obama."

Notice: this information is for a past event.

Location:	Burton D. Morgan Center - Lecture Hall
Ticket Info:	Free

The Laura C. Harris Series and Beck Series welcome author Peter Slevin as he discusses and reads from his book, “Unstacking the Deck: The Rise of Michelle Obama.” A longtime national reporter for The Washington Post now teaching at Northwestern University, Slevin is the author of an acclaimed new biography of Michelle Obama. His book traces the first lady’s rise to influence from a working class Chicago neighborhood and explores her White House agenda against the backdrop of the history she has lived as he discusses and reads from his book, ‘Michelle Obama- A Life.’