Nov
19
7:00pm
Author Talk with Libby Copeland
By Columbus Metropolitan Library
Columbus Metropolitan Library hosts engaging national authors for talks, readings and discussions. This live virtual event is free but registration is required.
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Author Talk with Libby Copeland
Thursday, Nov. 19 │ 2 p.m. LIVE
Libby Copeland is an award-winning journalist who writes about culture, science and human behavior. Her book, The Lost Family: How DNA Testing is Upending Who We Are published March 3, 2020, looks at the impact of home DNA testing on the American family.
The Washington Post calls The Lost Family “an entertaining and impressively comprehensive field guide to the rapidly evolving world of genetic testing. Strap on your seat belt, because this is not your gray-haired father’s harmless hobby. At times it reads like an Agatha Christie mystery with twists and red herrings. But it is also a philosophy book and an ethics treatise, with a touch of true crime. It wrestles with some of the biggest questions in life: Who are we? What is family? Are we defined by nature, nurture or both?”
"Before you spit in that vial, read this book." The New York Times
A staff reporter and editor for The Washington Post for over a decade, Libby now writes from New York for publications including The Atlantic, Slate, The New York Times and more. In recent years, she’s chronicled the cultural and personal implications of at-home DNA testing, profiled Dave Grohl, explored the science of the wandering mind and chronicled how a women’s grassroots movement is changing how Americans view death. Find more info at libbycopeland.com.
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