{"id":43946,"date":"2021-01-05T11:00:24","date_gmt":"2021-01-05T16:00:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/?p=43946"},"modified":"2021-01-05T13:25:58","modified_gmt":"2021-01-05T18:25:58","slug":"gc-cuny-at-the-center-of-the-conversation-peter-baker-susan-glasser-on-james-a-baker-iii-with-kai-bird","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/2021\/01\/gc-cuny-at-the-center-of-the-conversation-peter-baker-susan-glasser-on-james-a-baker-iii-with-kai-bird.html","title":{"rendered":"<font size=\"4\"><em>GC CUNY at the Center of the Conversation<\/em><\/font><br> <font size=\"5\"><b>Peter Baker &#038; Susan Glasser on James A. Baker III, with Kai Bird<\/b><\/font>"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><em>A free online event: Tuesday, Jan. 5, 6 p.m. Register on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.crowdcast.io\/e\/baker--glasser\/register\">Crowdcast<\/a>.<\/em><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignleft size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/baker-event.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"470\" height=\"264\" data-attachment-id=\"43955\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/baker-event-2\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/baker-event.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"470,264\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"GC PRESENTS Peter Baker and Susan Glasser (biographers of &amp;#8216;The Man Who Ran Washington&amp;#8217;)\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/baker-event.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/baker-event.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-43955\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/baker-event.jpg 470w, https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/baker-event-300x169.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 470px) 100vw, 470px\" \/><\/a><figcaption>Peter Baker and Susan Glasser, <br>authors of <em>The Man Who Ran Washington<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>GC PRESENTS: <\/strong>&#8220;For a quarter-century, from the end of Watergate to the aftermath of the Cold War, no Republican won the presidency without the help of James A. Baker III or ran the White House without his advice.&nbsp;Now two major political journalists,&nbsp;<strong>Peter Baker&nbsp;<\/strong>(of The New York Times) and&nbsp;<strong>Susan Glasser<\/strong> (of  The New Yorker) have written <em>The Man Who Ran Washington<\/em>, a definitive, page-turning biography of the power broker whose impact was unmatched when Washington ran the world and who influenced America&#8217;s destiny for generations. The authors join in a discussion with&nbsp;<strong>Kai Bird<\/strong>, executive director of the Leon Levy Center for Biography.&#8221;<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Presented by The Graduate Center, CUNY and the Leon Levy Center for Biography.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"750\" height=\"167\" data-attachment-id=\"41536\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/2020\/09\/a-new-online-event-serieschange-at-the-cuny-graduate-center.html\/gc-banner-fall-2020-750x167\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/GC-banner-FALL-2020-750x167-1.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"750,167\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"GC banner FALL 2020 (750&amp;#215;167)\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/GC-banner-FALL-2020-750x167-1.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/GC-banner-FALL-2020-750x167-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-41536\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/GC-banner-FALL-2020-750x167-1.jpg 750w, https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/GC-banner-FALL-2020-750x167-1-300x67.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 750px) 100vw, 750px\" \/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;For a quarter-century, from the end of Watergate to the aftermath of the Cold War, no Republican won the presidency without the help of James A. 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