Join us for an intimate gathering in the Bayard Taylor Room with acclaimed authors and journalists Mark Bowden and Steve Luxenberg.
With rich backgrounds in investigative reporting and a reverence for history, Mark and Steve bring thoughtful perspective and storytelling to the forefront.
Their conversation will center on Steve’s most recent bo
ok, Separate: The Story of Plessy v. Ferguson, and America’s Journey from Slavery to Segregation—a compelling exploration of the landmark case and its enduring impact on civil rights in America.
Don't miss this opportunity to hear two masterful writers reflect on the intersection of journalism, history, and justice.
"Segregation is not one story but many. Luxenberg has written his with energy, elegance and a heart aching for a world without it.”
– James Goodman, The New York Times
About Steve Luxenberg
Steve Luxenberg is an award-winning author and long-time Washington Post associate editor. During his fifty years as a journalist, Steve has overseen reporting that earned many national honors for his reporters, including two Pulitzer Prizes. He joins us from his home in Baltimore.
His nonfiction book Separate: The Story of Plessy v. Ferguson, and America’s Journey from Slavery to Segregation, was published in 2019 to critical acclaim. It was named as a New York Times 2019 Notable Book, an Amazon Best Book of the Year in History, and longlisted for the Cundill History Prize, which recognizes the best writing in English on any historical subject. As a work-in-progress, Separate won the J. Anthony Lukas Prize for Nonfiction.
His 2009 book, Annie’s Ghosts: A Journey Into a Family Secret, received a variety of honors, including its selection as the 2013 Great Michigan Read. In 2021, Steve edited and helped write Trump’s Trials, a narrative account of the two presidential impeachments during the first Trump administration.
Steve also has a TV “credit”: Look carefully, and you’ll see him as an extra in the fifth and final season of HBO’s dramatic series, “The Wire,” which aired in 2008. (Hint: Episode three.)
About Mark Bowden
Mark Bowden is an American journalist and writer. He is a former national correspondent and longtime contributor to The Atlantic. Bowden is best known for his book Black Hawk Down: A Story of Modern War (1999) about the 1993 U.S. military raid in Mogadishu, which was later adapted into a motion picture of the same name that received two Academy Awards.
