How about we meet for breakfast on Friday

Dear NR Friend, Our pal James Rosen (you know him best as a respected Fox News reporter and as a frequent National Review contributor) has assembled an exceptional collection of Bill Buckley-authored eulogies and obituaries -- it's called A Torch Kept Lit: Great Lives of the Twentieth Century, and the book is already receiving great reviews, like this one from Clark Judge in Friday's Wall Street Journal. Christopher Buckley says "I do not exaggerate to propose that this may prove to be William F. Buckley's finest book ever." He's not exaggerating. So maybe you'd like to spend some time this Friday morning in New York City, with Christopher, and James -- as well as National Review Institute fellow Reihan Salam -- as they discuss WFB the writer and observer of great figures and lives. See below for complete details. Consider this a formal invitation. Hope to see you there, and if you can't come, order the book from Amazon or from your local bookstore. Best, Jack Fowler, Publisher Join us to discuss Rosen's new "A Torch Kept Lit" To view this email as a web page, go here. E  V  E  N  T  S Please Join Us for a Discussion of: A Torch Kept Lit:  Great Lives of the Twentieth Century  Written by William F. Buckley Jr. and edited by James Rosen Featuring James Rosen in conversation with Christopher Buckley, moderated by NRI policy fellow Reihan Salam Friday, October 7 The Union League Club 38 E. 37th St, New York, NY 10016 Breakfast Buffet: 8:30AM Book Discussion: 9AM-10AM Book signing to follow  ABOUT THE BOOK  A Torch Kept Lit presents more than fifty of Buckley’s best eulogies, drawing on his personal memories and private correspondence and using a novelist’s touch to conjure his subjects as he knew them. We are reintroduced, through Buckley’s eyes, to the likes of Winston Churchill and Ronald Reagan, Elvis Presley and John Lennon, Truman Capote and MLK, Jr.  These writings shed as much light on Buckley—his personality and extraordinary life—as on the tumultuous times in which he flourished. A Torch Kept Lit is not only a touching collection commemorating the greatest figures of the twentieth century, but a tribute to William F. Buckley Jr.’s distinct voice and legacy. This exquisite collection of remembrances is curated by Fox News chief Washington correspondent James Rosen, a Buckley protégé and frequent contributor to National Review. “William F. Buckley, Jr. was a master of many things. This collection of obituaries and eulogies that he wrote over the course of his extraordinary career, admirably curated and eloquently introduced by James Rosen, may well establish WFB as the modern master of this literary form.  I have read every single one of my father’s 60-odd books. I do not exaggerate to propose that this may prove to be William F. Buckley’s finest book ever.” --Christopher Buckley JAMES ROSEN, AUTHOR In his sixteen years at Fox News, James Rosen has covered the White House and State Department beats, and reported from Capitol Hill, the Pentagon, the Supreme Court, nearly all fifty states, and forty countries across five continents. Rosen’s articles and essays have appeared in the New York Times, the Wall Street Journal, the Washington Post, Harper’s, The Atlantic, National Review, and Playboy, among many other periodicals. He is the author of The Strong Man: John Mitchell and the Secrets of Watergate and Cheney One on One. We hope you will be able to join us for this very special conversation   Please R.S.V.P. at your earliest convenience to Alexandra Zimmern by email (alexandra@nrinstitute.org) or by phone (212-849-2858).

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