Pulitzer Prize-Winning Journalist Nicholas Kristof Discusses Memoir “Chasing Hope”

St. Louis County Library Foundation’s Westfall Politics and History Series is pleased to host a special event with New York Times columnist and Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Nicholas Kristof. 

Kristof will discuss his memoir, “Chasing Hope: A Reporter’s Life,” in conversation with St. Louis Post-Dispatch columnist Tony Messenger.  

The event will take place on Thursday, June 13, 7:00 p.m. at the Clark Family Branch, 1640 S. Lindbergh Blvd, St. Louis MO 63131.

Tickets can be purchased through Eventbrite. 

INDIVIDUAL TICKET $40 (Admits ONE and includes one copy of “Chasing Hope”)

PACKAGE TICKET $52 (Admits TWO and includes one copy of “Chasing Hope”)

From New York Times columnist and Pulitzer Prize winner Nicholas D. Kristof, “Chasing Hope” is an intimate and gripping memoir about a life in journalism.

Since 1984, Nicholas Kristof has worked as a reporter, foreign correspondent, bureau chief, and now columnist, becoming one of the foremost reporters of his generation. Here, he recounts his event-filled path from a small-town farm in Oregon to every corner of the world.

Reporting from Hong Kong, Beijing, and Tokyo, Kristof witnessed and wrote about century-defining events: the Tiananmen Square protests and massacre, the Yemeni civil war, the Darfur genocide in Sudan, and the wave of addiction and despair that swept through his hometown and a broad swath of working-class America. Fully aware that coverage of atrocities generates considerably fewer page views than the coverage of politics, he nevertheless continued to weaponize his pen against regimes and groups violating basic human rights.

This is a candid memoir of vulnerability and courage—a singular tale of the trials, tribulations, and hope to be found in a life dedicated to the pursuit of truth.

NICHOLAS D. KRISTOF is an op-ed columnist for The New York Times, where he was previously bureau chief in Hong Kong, Beijing, and Tokyo. He is the coauthor, with his wife, Sheryl WuDunn, of five previous books, including“Tightrope: Americans Reaching for Hope” and “Half the Sky: Turning Oppression Into Opportunity for Women Worldwide,” a #1 New York Times bestseller. Kristof was awarded two Pulitzer Prizes, one with WuDunn in 1990 for their coverage of China, and the second in 2006 for his columns on Darfur.

Program sites are accessible. With at least two weeks' notice, accommodations will be made for persons with disabilities. Call 314-994-3300 or contact us.