George Packer
award-winning author and staff writer at The Atlantic
About George
George Packer is an award-winning author and staff writer at The Atlantic. His previous books include The Unwinding: An Inner History of the New America (winner of the National Book Award), The Assassins’ Gate: America in Iraq, and Our Man: Richard Holbrooke and the End of the American Century (winner of the Hitchens Prize and the Los Angeles Times Book Prize for biography). He is also the author of two novels and a play, and the editor of a two-volume edition of the essays of George Orwell. His most recent work is his book Last Best Hope: America in Crisis and Renewal which was published in 2022.
Appearances
Every time George Packer has taken the stage with House of SpeakEasy.
Life, Liberty, and Other Pursuits
Joe's Pub at The Public Theater
George performed on stage for Seriously Entertaining at Joe's Pub at The Public Theater on October 4, 2022, speaking on the theme "Life, Liberty, and Other Pursuits". Watch it below.