Author Jon Mooallem talks with OPB’s John Notarianni at the Portland Book Festival

By John Notarianni (OPB)
Dec. 20, 2020 7:27 p.m.

A story of how communities hold together through disaster

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Jon Mooallem is a writer-at-large for the New York Times Magazine and a contributor to several magazines and radio shows, including This American Life, and Wired.

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His most recent book is This Is Chance! The Shaking of an All-American City, A Voice That Held It Together.

It might be the most oddly reassuring disaster story you’ll ever read.

Mooallem spoke with OPB’s John Notarianni as a part of the recent Portland Book Festival, put on by Literary Arts.

"This is Chance!" tells how the community of Anchorage held together during a devastating earthquake.

"This is Chance!" tells how the community of Anchorage held together during a devastating earthquake.

Jon Mooallem



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