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The Art of Inventing Hope offers an unprecedented, in-depth conversation between the world's most revered Holocaust survivor, Elie Wiesel, and a son of survivors, Howard Reich. During the last four years of Wiesel's life, he met frequently with Reich in New York, Chicago and Florida - and spoke often on the phone - to discuss the subject that linked them: both Wiesel and Reich's father, Robert Reich, were liberated from Buchenwald death camp on April 11, 1945. What had started as an interview assignment from the Chicago Tribune quickly evolved into a friendship and a partnership. Reich and Wiesel believed their colloquy represented a unique exchange between two generations deeply affected by a cataclysmic event. Wiesel said to Reich, "I've never done anything like this before.
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Howard Reich has covered music and the arts for the Chicago Tribune since 1978, joining the staff in 1983. An Emmy Award winner, he has written six books and produced/written three documentary films: "Prisoner of Her Past," "Kenwood's Journey" and "For the Left Hand." He has served on the Pulitzer Prize in Music jury four times, including the first time a jazz composition won: Wynton Marsalis' "Blood on the Fields" (1997) . Howard graduated from Northwestern University as a piano performance major, did graduate studies there in music theory and history, and holds two honorary doctorate degrees. More at howardreich.com.
