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URL:https://www.firstubrooklyn.org/events/books-are-magic-mona-chalabi-ten
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SUMMARY:Books Are Magic - Mona Chalabi: Ten Lives w/ Jia Tolentino
DESCRIPTION:A visually striking exploration of money—and the lack of it
 —in America told through the lives of ten individuals\, from a Pulitzer 
 Prize–winning data journalist and artist. \n\nGet your tickets HERE.\n\n
 Doors open 6:30 pm | Event starts at 7:00 pm\n\n\n\nAnna has a comfortable
  life in a mansion in Maine thanks to her husband (well\, his parents\, re
 ally) until he suddenly asks for a divorce. In Arizona\, Hunter is a U.S. 
 veteran\, feeling ashamed about claiming disability benefits. Then there
 ’s Levi\, who is trying to pay off his debts from a gambling addiction\,
  one social media video at a time. And Christian\, stifled by his job at a
 n Amazon warehouse before a union-organizing effort offers a way out for h
 is comrades and his young kids. Ten people\, ten different incomes\, all o
 f them afraid for their futures.\n\nFor five years\, data journalist Mona 
 Chalabi followed them all\, documenting how wealth shaped their feelings\,
  their choices\, their identities\, and their insecurities. She researched
  the data behind their taxes\, groceries\, inheritances\, and so much more
  to understand the systems that keep people stuck. But then\, she too foun
 d herself facing the same fears\, when her mother’s sudden illness and s
 ubsequent medical bills threatened her own financial safety and made the q
 uestions she had been writing about all too real. How much money is enough
 ? To live a “good” life? To protect the people you love in an emergenc
 y?\n\nInterweaving her own story with those of her interviewees and illust
 rated throughout with the data visualizations for which Chalabi is renowne
 d\, Ten Lives asks how much wealth it takes to be safe in the United State
 s. It explores how difficult it is for us to be honest and open about what
  we have and argues that until we get better at it\, we will never be able
  to address the underlying problems that drive inequality and insecurity f
 or us all.\n\n\n\nMona Chalabi is an award-winning writer and illustrator.
  Her work has earned her a Pulitzer Prize\, an honorary fellowship at the 
 British Science Association\, an Emmy nomination\, a fellowship from New A
 merica\, and recognition from the Royal Statistical Society. In recent yea
 rs\, her art has been exhibited at the Tate\, the Smithsonian Design Museu
 m\, and the Brooklyn Museum. Her writing and illustrations have been featu
 red in The New Yorker\, The New York Review of Books\, and The Guardian.\n
 \nJia Tolentino is a staff writer at The New Yorker and the author of the 
 essay collection Trick Mirror.\n\n\n\nEvent guidelines:\n\n 	Additional co
 pies of the book will be available for purchase at the event.\n 	A signing
  line will follow the talk.\n 	As a reminder: If you are not feeling well\
 , please do not come to the event\, even if you have a ticket\; email us a
 nd we'll work it out.\n\nIf you have any questions regarding these guideli
 nes or to request accessibility accommodations\, please contact eventhelp@
 booksaremagic.net\n\n
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