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Online Author Talk With David Brooks

The Creative and Compassionate Art of Seeing Others Deeply

Join us online for a chat with author David Brooks about his book, "How to Know a Person: The Art of Seeing Others Deeply," which offers a welcoming and integrated approach to becoming more understanding toward others and finding the joy that comes from being seen. Adults. Register to get a link. A recording will also be available for later viewing.

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Join us for an online discussion with prominent cultural writer and bestselling author David Brooks about his book, "How to Know a Person: The Art of Seeing Others Deeply," in which he helps us pose essential questions: If you want to know a person, what kind of attention should you cast on them? What kind of conversations should you have? What parts of a person’s story should you pay attention to?

Driven by his trademark sense of curiosity and determination to grow as a person, Brooks draws from the fields of psychology and neuroscience and the worlds of theater, philosophy, history and education to present a welcoming, hopeful, integrated approach to human connection. "How to Know a Person" helps readers become more understanding and considerate toward others, and to find the joy that comes from being seen. Along the way it offers a possible remedy for a society that is riven by fragmentation, hostility and misperception.

The act of seeing another person, Brooks argues, is profoundly creative: How can we look somebody in the eye, see something large in them and, in turn, see something larger in ourselves? "How to Know a Person" is for anyone searching for connection and yearning to be understood.

Register now to take part in a riveting and timeless conversation on how to connect with people from all walks of life, and why doing so is paramount to our individual and communal growth.

Adults. Register to receive a link for viewing this online event.

About the Author: David Brooks is one of the nation’s leading writers and commentators. He is an op-ed columnist for The New York Times, a writer for The Atlantic and appears regularly on PBS Newshour. He is the bestselling author of "The Second Mountain," "The Road to Character," "The Social Animal," "Bobos in Paradise" and "On Paradise Drive."

This event is part of DBRL's Online Author Series, supported by David Lile honorarium funds. A recording will also be available for later viewing on the author series site.

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