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author David Brooks

Author Talk Live Online: David Brooks

The Creative and Compassionate Art of Seeing Others Deeply

2026-01-13 13:00:00 2026-01-13 14:00:00 America/Chicago Author Talk Live Online: David Brooks Each month enjoy a range of talks from bestselling authors and thought leaders. Live Online -

Tuesday, January 13
1:00pm - 2:00pm

Add to Calendar 2026-01-13 13:00:00 2026-01-13 14:00:00 America/Chicago Author Talk Live Online: David Brooks Each month enjoy a range of talks from bestselling authors and thought leaders. Live Online -

Each month enjoy a range of talks from bestselling authors and thought leaders.

Join us for an online discussion with prominent cultural writer and bestselling author David Brooks on his book, How to Know a Person: The Art of Seeing Others Deeply, in which he helps us pose essential questions: If you want to know a person, what kind of attention should you cast on them? What kind of conversations should you have? What parts of a person’s story should you pay attention to?

Driven by his trademark sense of curiosity and determination to grow as a person, Brooks draws from the fields of psychology and neuroscience and the worlds of theater, philosophy, history, and education to present a welcoming, hopeful, integrated approach to human connection. How to Know a Person helps readers become more understanding and considerate toward others, and to find the joy that comes from being seen. Along the way it offers a possible remedy for a society that is riven by fragmentation, hostility, and misperception.

The act of seeing another person, Brooks argues, is profoundly creative: How can we look somebody in the eye and see something large in them and, in turn, see something larger in ourselves? How to Know a Person is for anyone searching for connection, and yearning to be understood.

Register now to take part in a riveting and timeless conversation on how to connect with people from all walks of life, and why doing so is paramount to our individual and communal growth.

For more information and to REGISTER go to libraryc.org/louisburglibrary

AGE GROUP: | Senior Adults | Adults |

EVENT TYPE: | Let's Learn | General | Book Discussion | Author & Writing |

TAGS: | Authors | Adults |

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For more information and to REGISTER go to libraryc.org/louisburglibrary