Frank Bruni

On Friday, October 7 at 7:30 p.m. join the Mayo Performing Arts Center in Morristown for The Beauty of Dusk: An Evening with Frank Bruni. Tickets are $60 per person.

Bruni has been a prominent journalist form more than three decades, including more than 25 years at The New York Times, the last 10 of them as a nationally renowned op-ed columnist who appeared frequently as a television commentator. He was also a White House correspondent for the Times, its Rome bureau chief, and for five years, its chief restaurant critic.

He is the author of three New York Times bestsellers. In July 2021, he became a full professor at Duke University, teaching media-oriented classes in the Sanford School of Public Policy. He continues to write his popular weekly newsletter for the Timesand to produce occasional essays as one of the newspaper’s official contributing opinion writers.

The Morristown Festival of Books is thrilled to welcome Bruni, where he will discuss his latest book, The Beauty of Dusk: On Vision Lost and Found, which is a moving memoir about aging, affliction, and optimism after partially losing his eyesight. All attendees will receive a free signed copy of the book. MSNBC anchor Katy Tur will facilitate the on-stage discussion.

Proceeds from the event support literacy and education opportunities within Morris County. To learn about other speakers and public events, visit https://morristownbooks.org.