An Immigrant's Manifesto: Suketu Mehta's New Book

The Brian Lehrer Show | Jun 4, 2019

Suketu Mehta, associate professor of journalism at NYU and the author of Maximum City: Bombay Lost and Found and This Land Is Our Land: An Immigrant's Manifesto (Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2019), speaks out for migrants here and globally.

EVENT: You can see Suketa Mehta in discussion with Nancy Foner at the American Jewish Historical Society on Thursday, June 6 at 7pm. General Admission is $10 general, $5 students/members/seniors, and $12 at the door. Tickets available here.

 

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