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Empowering Experienced Professionals for Successful Career Transitions

Career Strategies from Great Writers of an Earlier Recession with David Taylor

  • Mon, February 07, 2011
  • 9:30 AM - 12:00 PM
  • 40 Plus Office

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Monday Morning Speaker: David Taylor

Career Strategies from Great Writers of an Earlier Recession  with David Taylor.


Based on research for his recent book and Smithsonian tv documentary, Soul of a People, Taylor will share life strategies from a handful of people who recovered from unemployment in the Great Depression to chart shining careers in various fields, including leading writers such as novelists John Cheever, Richard Wright, Margaret Walker, and less-famous authors.

We'll talk about their stories and ways their strategies can be applied now.



Biography


David A. Taylor is author of Soul of a People: The WPA Writers’ Project Uncovers Depression America (Wiley, 2009), which was an Amazon Editor’s Pick and ranked among Best Books of 2009 by the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. He's also author of two other books and writes for Smithsonian, Outside, The American Scholar, and The Washington Post. He has written scripts for documentary films for PBS, National Geographic, and the Smithsonian Channel. 

To contact David Taylor:


3104 Rodman St. NW
Washington, DC 20008

202-244-3870

www.davidataylor.com

www.soulofapeople.blogspot.com

dataylor [at] igc.org

Plan to join us after the meeting for networking.  Many of us carry our conversations to lunch at the nearby Brookings Institution.

Attire is business casual, recruiters are often present, so we ask all Monday Speaker attendees to contribute to the professional standards and objectives of this important networking meeting.

Doors open at 9:15 for networking and the program starts promptly at 10:00.

40Plus of Greater Washington
1718 P Street, NW, Suite T2
Washington, DC 20036

near the DuPont Circle Metro, use the South exit.

Directions to 40Plus

40Plus of Greater Washington
Empowering Experienced Professionals
 for Successful Career Transitions