Join Jane Eisner for a Virtual JBC Author Talk on “Carole King: She Made the Earth Move” 2/12 at 7pm

Everyone is invited to participate in a Virtual Jewish Book Council Author Talk featuring

Jane Eisner on Carole King: She Made the Earth Move (Yale U. Press Jewish Lives Series)

Jane Eisner traces the professional accomplishments and personal challenges of pop icon Carole King, exploring her unique contribution to American music.

Register in advance for this Zoom event: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/QaLT_iO0SnWWkpxJ_D2i1A

Take one hour of your time to expand your horizons. Each program includes Q & A, so go listen to some of your Carol King favorites and join the conversation. This event is free and open to all.

Praise for Carol King

“[An] engrossing, finely illustrated account.”―Andrew Robinson, Nature

“Eisner’s portrait is a thoughtful, nuanced, and intelligent take on a reluctant pop star.”—June Sawyers, Booklist

“Illu­mi­nat­ing. . . . Eisner nar­rates a deeply mov­ing, often per­son­al account of King’s life and career.”―Don­ald Weber, Jewish Book Council

Carole King’s extraordinary career has defined American popular music for more than half a century. Born in New York City in 1942, she shaped the soundtrack of 1960s teen culture with such songs as “Will You Love Me Tomorrow,” one of many Brill Building classics she wrote with her first husband, Gerry Goffin. She was a leading figure in the singer-songwriter movement of the 1970s, with dozens of Billboard Hot 100 hits and music awards―her 1971 album Tapestry won a record four Grammys. Yet she struggled to reconcile her fame with her roles as a wife and mother and retreated to the backwoods of Idaho, only to emerge in recent years as a political activist and the subject of the Tony-winning Broadway show Beautiful: The Carole King Musical.

Jane Eis­ner is an accom­plished writer, edi­tor, edu­ca­tor, non­prof­it leader, and pub­lic speak­er. She was edi­tor-in-chief of The For­ward for more than a decade, and recent­ly was direc­tor of aca­d­e­m­ic affairs at Colum­bia Jour­nal­ism School. Her work has appeared in The Wash­ing­ton Post, The New York Times, The Atlantic, and numer­ous oth­er pub­li­ca­tions.