May
19
11:00pm
Mo Rocca "Mobituaries" with Jonathan Greenberg
By Montclair Literary Festival
For our fourth Succeed2gether's Montclair Literary Festival at Home event, don’t miss the chance to hear beloved CBS Sunday Morning correspondent and humorist Mo Rocca discuss Mobituaries: Great Lives Worth Reliving, a book that celebrates the dead people who have long fascinated him, with his co-author and college friend, Montclair State University English Professor Jonathan Greenberg.📷Mo Rocca has always loved obituaries—reading about the remarkable lives of global leaders, Hollywood heavyweights, and innovators who changed the world. But not every notable life has received the send-off it deserves. Rocca's quest to right that wrong inspired Mobituaries, his #1 hit podcast. Now with Mobituaries, the book, he has gone much further, with all new essays on artists, entertainers, sports stars, political pioneers, founding fathers, and more. Even if you know the names, you’ve never understood why they matter...until now.
This is part of Succeed2gether's Montclair Literary Festival at Home series and replaces the event originally planned for Saturday March 28 at 12:15 pm.
If you are joining the online event only, you can buy Mobituaries from Festival partner Watchung Booksellers here. Shipping or contactless pick-up only.
Succeed2gether’s fourth annual Montclair Literary Festival was scheduled for March 25 to 29, 2020. Due to the current health crisis, Festival Day is now planned for Saturday September 12, 2020. The program will feature around 80 authors in over 30 free events, book talks, children's activities, and more.
The festival is a fundraiser for Montclair-based non-profit Succeed2gether, which offers after-school one-on-one tutoring and enrichment classes with the aim of closing the education opportunity gap in Essex County. You can read more about Succeed2gether and the festival at www.succeed2gether.org.
The festival organizing committee wishes to thank event partners Succeed2gether staff, Montclair Public Library, First Congregational Church, and Watchung Booksellers, and festival sponsors Rao's, Montclair State University, West of Hudson Realty Group, and community members.
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