Culture in brief: Okrent, Alter in Open Book/Open Mind Sunday
Author Daniel Okrent, former public editor for The New York Times, will discuss his latest
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book, “The Guarded Gate: Bigotry, Eugenics, and the Law That Kept Two Generations of Jews, Italian, and Other European Immigrants Out of America,” with Jonathan Alter, author, journalist, news analyst on MSNBC and Montclair resident, in the next Open Book/ Open Mind event, on Sunday, Nov 3, at 4 p.m.
Open Book/Open Mind, now in its fifth year, is sponsored by the Montclair Public Library Foundation.
This event is free but registration is required to reserve a seat, at tinyurl.com/y3ds82xv. Montclair Public Library is at 50 South Fullerton Ave.