In September 2019, Malcolm Gladwell stepped on stage at Benaroya Hall as part of SAL’s Literary Arts Series. That night, he brought us into the complicated layers that underlie our most fraught and violent interactions. Like all of Gladwell’s books, his storytelling is magnetic as he explores cases from Sandra Bland to Amanda Knox to unpack the multiple forces that affect who is believed, who is feared, who is blamed. The LA Times called Talking to Strangers “a compelling, conversation-starting read,” and it’s a thoughtful and nuanced meditation on how we see others, and how we see the world. Like all of Gladwell’s work, brilliant storytelling and razor sharp-observations carry us to understand the world in new ways.
