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Invisible Hands

The American conservative movement might be in tatters today, but historian Kim Phillips-Fein argues that the Reagan Revolution owes much of its credit to a coterie of business executives who provided financing, organization and fervor the movement from the 1960's on. Her book is called Invisible Hands.

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A Tehran Honeymoon

In 2005 Time magazine dispatched American-born journalist Azadeh Moaveni to Iran to cover Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's election. There, she fell in love, moved in with her boyfriend, became pregnant and got married- in that order. Her memoir Honeymoon in Tehran explores her experience and the tensions burdening modern Iranian life.

Event: Azadeh Moaveni will be speaking and signing books
Tuesday, February 17 at 7 pm
McNally Jackson Books
52 Prince Street, at Mulberry Street

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The Vagrants

Set in China's Cultural Revolution, Yiyun Li's novel The Vagrants tells the story of a young Red Guard leader who receives the death penalty for her counterrevolutionary writings.

Event: Yiyum Li will be speaking
Tuesday, February 17 at 7 pm
The Asia Society
725 Park Avenue, at 70th Street
For tickets, visit the Asia Society website.

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