Author Margaret Renkl to Kick-off Pitt Speaker Series Oct. 19

Oct. 11, 2022

Renkl will lead-off the 2022-23 Pitt Family Foundation Speaker Series, part of the Participatory Democracy Initiative at the University of Arizona.

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Pitt Speaker series

The Pitt Family Foundation Speaker Series will welcome author and contributing opinion writer for the New York Times Margaret Renkl on Wednesday, October 19, 2022.  

In a conversation with former Tucson mayor and current University of Arizona Law Professor of Practice Jonathan Rothschild, Renkl will lead-off the 2022-23 Pitt Family Foundation Speaker Series, part of the Participatory Democracy Initiative at the University of Arizona.  

The Participatory Democracy Initiative is an interdisciplinary and community-engaged program of the University of Arizona James E. Rogers College of Law, the School of Government & Public Policy, and the School of Journalism.      

When: Wednesday, October 19, 2022, 5:30 – 6:30 p.m. (MST) 
Where: Pitt Family Foundation Speaker Series will be delivered live via Zoom. Register here.  
Who may attend: This event is free and open to the public. 

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About Margaret Renkl 

Margaret Renkl is a contributing opinion writer for The New York Times, focusing on politics and culture in the American South. She is the author of Late Migrations: A Natural History of Love and Loss and Graceland, at Last: Notes on Hope and Heartache from the American South. She has been a contributing writer to the Times since 2017 and her essays appear each Monday. She is a graduate of Auburn University and the University of South Carolina and lives in Nashville.