Free Library Event: Malcolm Gladwell, "The American Way of Killing"

Event Title: Malcolm Gladwell, The American Way of Killing: The Invention of an Epidemic

Date & Time: Wed., Oct., 14, 2026; 7:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m. EDT

Cost: $5.00 - you can purchase tickets here:
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Books will be available for purchase at the library on event night.

This program is free and open to the public and will meet in the auditorium of Parkway Central Library. Please use Wood Street entrance/exit.

About the Book:
Malcolm Gladwell returns with his most urgent book yet: a provocative investigation of America's epidemic of gun violence.

The United States has far more homicides than any of its peers around the world. Why?

In this groundbreaking book, Malcolm Gladwell explores the American "peculiarity"--how the world's wealthiest country came to suffer from a problem typically only seen in the world's poorest countries.

Drawing on original interviews, archival and social science research, and his trademark insight, Gladwell approaches the American paradox through a series of stories. What can we learn from the miracle of a young gunshot victim in Washington, D.C.? How have the legal troubles of a seventeenth-century English knight influenced American attempts at gun control? Why would a European police chief be baffled by the graduation ceremony at any American police academy?

In a sweeping narrative, Gladwell travels from a shooting range in North Carolina, to the South Side of Chicago, to an old plantation house in Alabama, painting a picture of a country that does not understand its most pressing social problem, and as result, does not understand how to fix it.

About the Author & Host:
Malcolm Gladwell is the author of eight New York Times bestsellers: The Tipping Point (2000), Blink (2005), Outliers (2008), What the Dog Saw (2009), David and Goliath (2009), Talking to Strangers (2019), The Bomber Mafia (2021), and Revenge of the Tipping Point (2024). He is also the cofounder of Pushkin Industries, an audio-content company that produces "Revisionist History", among other podcasts and audiobooks. He was born in England, raised in Canada, and holds a BA in history from Trinity College at the University of Toronto.

Tamala Edwards, the host, is a TV news anchor and reporter who joined 6ABC in January of 2005. She is the weekday co-anchor of "Action News Mornings" from 4 a.m to 7 a.m. and is a regular co-host of "Inside Story", conducting probing interviews with newsmakers like Governor Tom Corbett, Senator Bob Casey, Mayor Michael Nutter and others, as well as moderating many election debates. Prior to joining 6ABC, Tamala Edwards was the anchor of ABC's World News Now, and World News This Morning.

About the Free Library Author Events:
The Author Events program at the Free Library of Philadelphia offers the opportunity to engage in meaningful dialogue with today’s most celebrated voices in the humanities and sciences.

For more information, call the Author Events Office at 215-567-4341 or email [email protected] or go to https://libwww.freelibrary.org/programs/authorevents/?id=174431

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