5x15

Jonathan Safran Foer is the author of Everything Is Illuminated, Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close, Eating Animals and Here I Am. He has also edited a new modern edition of the sacred Jewish Haggadah. Everything Is Illuminated won several literary prizes, including the National Jewish Book Award and the Guardian First Book Award. He edited the anthology A Convergence of Birds: Original Fiction and Poetry Inspired by the Work of Joseph Cornell, and his stories have been published in the Paris Review, Conjunctions and the New Yorker. Jonathan Safran Foer teaches Creative Writing at New York University. We Are the Weather is an extraordinarily powerful and deeply personal book that lays bare the battle to save the planet. Calling each one of us to action, he answers the most urgent question of all: what will it take for things to change? 5x15 brings together outstanding individuals to tell of their lives and inspirations. This talk was recorded at the online 5x15 event on 5th Nov 2020. Learn more about 5x1