Headshot of Sasha Issenberg by Carlos Chavarría. Cover of The Engagement courtesy of Pantheon Books.
DESCRIPTION
On June 26, 2015, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that state bans on same-sex marriage were unconstitutional, legalizing such marriages across the United States. But the road to that momentous decision was much longer than many know. Author Sasha Issenberg presents his new book The Engagement: America’s Quarter-Century Struggle Over Same-Sex Marriage (Pantheon Books, 2021). His definitive account of this monumental civil-rights struggle vividly guides us along same-sex marriage’s unexpected path from the unimaginable to the inevitable. The Engagement’s richly detailed narrative follows the coast-to-coast conflict through courtrooms and war rooms, bedrooms and boardrooms, to shed light on every aspect of a political and legal controversy that resolutely divided Americans.
SPEAKERS
Sasha Issenberg (he/him) is the author of three previous books on topics ranging from the global sushi business to medical tourism and the science of political campaigns. He covered the 2008 election as a national political reporter in the Washington bureau of The Boston Globe, the 2012 election for Slate, the 2016 election for Bloomberg Politics and Businessweek, and the 2020 election for The Recount. He is the Washington correspondent for Monocle, and has also written for New York magazine, The New York Times Magazine, and George, where he served as a contributing editor. He teaches in the political science department at the University of California at Los Angeles.
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