Postcards from Tomorrow Square

China experts James and Deborah Fallows visited the University of Alaska Anchorage on November 12th. This week on Addressing Alaskans, listening to their evening presentation at the Wendy Williamson. Deborah offers opening remarks on learning the Chinese language and the meaning of love, followed by her husband, national correspondent for The Atlantic, James Fallows. His talk focuses on his book Postcards from Tomorrow Square, Reports from China.

BROADCAST ON KSKA: Thursday, December 6, 2012 at 2:00 p.m. (Alaska time)

REPEAT BROADCAST: Thursday, December 6, 2012 at 7:00 p.m. (Alaska time)

RECORDED: November 12, 2012 at UAA’s Wendy Williamson auditorium

SPEAKER:

  • Deborah Fallows, author, Dreaming in Chinese
  • James Fallows, National Correspondent, The Atlantic; winner National Book Award; author

HOST: UAA Confucius Institute, UAA Campus Bookstore, UAA Student Activities

EVENT:  UAA Bartlett Lecture Series

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