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Author David Owen Entertains Sixth Formers

David Owen, the author of numerous nonfiction books and a staff writer at The New Yorker since 1991, spoke to Woodberry's sixth formers on March 25, 2015, at the invitation of the English department. David shared photos and often humorous reminiscences of his own schooldays, spent at the all-boys Pembroke-Country Day School in Kansas City, Missouri. He also discussed several of his books, whose topics range from education to golf to sustainability.

David Owen earned a degree in English from Harvard University, where he was an editor of the Harvard Lampoon. His most recent book is The Conundrum: How Scientific Innovation, Increased Efficiency, and Good Intentions Can Make Our Energy and Climate Problems Worse. He lives in Connecticut with his wife, the writer Ann Hodgman.
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