The first installment in the Harvard Radcliffe Institute summer series will feature Gish Jen RI ’02, author of "Thank You, Mr. Nixon." Jen is the author of eight other books and dozens of short stories and articles. An award-winning author, she is currently a visiting professor in English at Harvard University.

Jen’s reading will be followed by a discussion with Alice Kessler-Harris RI ’02, R. Gordon Hoxie Professor Emerita of American History at Columbia University.

The event will also include an audience Q and A.