Author Barbara Ehrenreich will give a talk titled “Hearts of Men: American Dreams and the Flight from Commitment” on Monday, April 6, at 7:30 p.m. at Union College's Nott Memorial.
The lecture is free and open to the public.
Ehrenreich has been an antiwar activist, research scientist, a writer. She's been described as a feminist, a liberal, and a wit. But she has described herself as a radical — a socially relevant radical. Author of the 1997 book Blood Rites: Origins and History of the Passions of War and numerous other books and essays exploring subjects from the current political trends to feminism to post-feminism, Ehrenreich puts her own incisive, sharp witted spin on today's social commentary.
She is never at a loss for words, let alone topics. Her books have enlightened discussion on subjects from sexual relations to social policy; her essays have thoughtfully analyzed such hot button topics as “The New Creationism: Biology Under Attack” in the June 1997 issue of The Nation.
Ehrenreich was a National Magazine Finalist in 1992. In 1989, she was a National Book Critics Circle Award Nominee, and received a Guggenheim Fellowship in 1987. She won a Ford Foundation Award for Humanistic Perspectives on Contemporary Society in 1982 and shared the National Magazine Award for Excellence in Reporting in 1980.
She holds a Ph.D. in biology from Rockefeller University and a B.A. in chemistry and physics from Reed College.
The 16-sided Nott Memorial is located at the center of campus and parking is available on campus and on nearby side streets.
For more information, call 388-6131.