Boston Book Festival

PRESENTING PARTNER: 90.9 WBUR Boston's NPR News Station

2009 Event Descriptions

The Obama Year

4 p.m., Boston Public Library Rabb Lecture Hall

Barack Obama was elected President almost a year ago. Harvard economist and business guru Michael E. Porter, pundit and advisor to presidents past David Gergen, Harvard Law professor Lani Guinier, and Atlantic Monthly senior editor Jack Beatty mix it up with a frank assessment of the President’s progress on his new agenda. NPR and WBUR’s Tom Ashbrook of On Point moderates.

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Michael E. Porter

David Gergen

Tom Ashbrook

Lani Guinier

Jack Beatty