# Mona Chalabi: Ten Lives w/ Jia Tolentino

Mona Chalabi: Ten Lives w/ Jia Tolentino at First Unitarian Congregational Society in Brooklyn, Thursday 12 November 2026, 19:00.

- Price: $11
- Venue: First Unitarian Congregational Society in Brooklyn, 119 Pierrepont Street, Brooklyn, United States, 11201
- With: Jia Tolentino
- Get tickets: https://allevents.in/brooklyn/offsite-mona-chalabi-ten-lives-w-jia-tolentino/100002002315615908
- Go to page: https://www.booksaremagic.net/

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An evening book event, an offsite presentation of 'Ten Lives' with a conversation between its author and a writer. It is by Mona Chalabi, a Pulitzer Prize–winning data journalist and artist, joined by Jia Tolentino, a staff writer at The New Yorker. 'Ten Lives' explores money and the lack of it in America through the lives of ten individuals, whom Chalabi followed for five years, asking how much wealth it takes to be safe in the United States. Tickets start at 11 USD, with a bundled option including a signed copy of the book.

## Dates

- Thursday 12 November 19:00 — First Unitarian Congregational Society in Brooklyn

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