When: Monday, April 20, 4:00-5:30pm
Where: McKeldin Library, Special Events Room 6137
Link: http://www.freestuff.umd.edu/events.cfm?mode=detail&eventID=33954
Description: Masha Gessen, the Russian-American journalist whose newest book profiles the Boston Marathon bombers, will discuss her research at a free event open to the public. The Brothers: The Road to an American Tragedy explores the motives of the Russian-immigrant Tsarnaev brothers, one of whom died following the 2013 bombing, and the other who was tried in Boston and last week found guilty of all 30 counts against him. Gessen is known for her LGBT rights and free speech activism and opposition to Russian president Vladmir Putin.
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