Author Talk: Glad to the Brink of Fear: A Portrait of Ralph Waldo Emerson

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Wednesday, November 19, 2025

6:30 PM - 8:30 PM

Unitarian Society of New Haven

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11/19/2025 06:30 PM 11/19/2025 08:30 PM America/Anguilla Author Talk: Glad to the Brink of Fear: A Portrait of Ralph Waldo Emerson Biographer James Marcus will speak about his recent biography of Ralph Waldo Emerson. Rev. Stephen Kendrick says of this engaging biography, "James Marcus has written the best book on Emerson in fifty years, helping us see past the old prophet of self-reliance to a more rounded vision of Emerson as a social reformer, a radical commentator on American values, and visionary poet." Glad to the Brink of Fear speaks to our modern engagements with fate and freedom, race and inequality, love and grief. There will be time for questions and signed copies of the book available. Details & Tickets: https://www.upcomingevents.com/new-haven/events/unitarian-society-of-new-haven/author-talk-glad-to-the-brink-of-fear-a-portrait-of-ralph-waldo-emerson-558445?ref=uceaddevent Unitarian Society of New Haven, 700 Hartford Turnpike, Hamden, CT, 06517

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Biographer James Marcus will speak about his recent biography of Ralph Waldo Emerson. Rev. Stephen Kendrick says of this engaging biography, "James Marcus has written the best book on Emerson in fifty years, helping us see past the old prophet of self-reliance to a more rounded vision of Emerson as a social reformer, a radical commentator on American values, and visionary poet." Glad to the Brink of Fear speaks to our modern engagements with fate and freedom, race and inequality, love and grief. There will be time for questions and signed copies of the book available.

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