Former NPR reporter Sean Carberry to recount his years as foreign correspondent Thursday at Headliners Book Event
Former NPR reporter and veteran foreign correspondent Sean Carberry plans to offer his perspective on life in several war zones when he discusses his new book, Passport Stamps: Searching the World for a War to Call Home, at a National Press Club Headliners Book Event Thursday, Aug. 17, at 6:30 p.m.
Tickets cost $5 for Club members, and $10 for the general public. To reserve your spot, click here.
From 2007 through 2014, Carberry traveled the world reporting from war zones and fragile states for public radio. He spent time in Iraq, Syria, Yemen, Libya, Congo, Colombia, Kosovo, Sudan and other rough neighborhoods before settling down in Afghanistan in 2012.
Carberry served as NPR’s Kabul correspondent until the end of 2014, when NPR closed the bureau. He is currently managing editor of National Defense Magazine.
Passport Stamps is described as a candid, darkly comic, and emotionally naked tale of a man who – driven by grief, loss and the desire to find his “tribe” – seeks solace in the world’s most dangerous places and in his quest to join the ranks of combat-tested war correspondents. The learning curve of reporting in hostile environments is steep, sometimes comical, and sometimes nearly fatal. When the assignment ends, Carberry is left to confront the mental and emotional impact of the years of danger, death and destruction.
The program includes a question-and-answer session with Carberry. To submit a question in advance for the speaker, put CARBERRY in the subject line and email to [email protected].