Masha Gessen at the Carnegie Music Hall

Russian and American journalist Masha Gessen is the winner of the National Book Award for “The Future is History: How Totalitarianism Reclaimed Russia, is a staff writer at the New Yorker and the author of several books, among them” The Man Without a Face: The Unlikely Rise of Vladimir Putin” and “Words Will Break Cement: The Passion of Pussy Riot.” The recipient of numerous awards, including a Guggenheim Fellowship and a Carnegie Fellowship, Gessen teaches at Amherst College and lives in New York City. Gessen’s will speak at 7:30 p.m. at the Carnegie Music Hall. Visit pittsburghlectures.culturaldistrict.org for more information and to purchase tickets.