Event Details
Renowned historian and bestselling author of These Truths, Jill Lepore, joins fellow MacArthur “Genius” Fellowship winner and host of NPR’s Up First, Steve Inskeep, to discuss her latest book, We the People, the U.S. Constitution, and our extraordinary moment in American history.
The event will be on Thursday, November 6, 2025, at 8 PM (doors at 7 PM) at The Morrison Center for Performing Arts in Boise (2201 W Cesar Chavez Ln, Boise, ID 83725).
This event is part of The Cabin’s 2025-26 Readings & Conversations series.
About the Authors
Jill Lepore is an award-winning American historian, journalist, and staff writer at The New Yorker, where she has contributed since 2005. Her many books include The Whites of Their Eyes, The Deadline, and the international bestseller These Truths: A History of the United States, named one of Time magazine's top ten non-fiction books of the decade. Lepore serves as the David Woods Kemper ’41 Professor of American History at Harvard University and professor of law at Harvard Law School. Her forthcoming book, We the People, offers a stunning new history of the U.S. Constitution for a troubling new era.
Steve Inskeep is a co-host of NPR’s Morning Edition, the most widely heard radio program in the United States, and of NPR’s Up First, one of the nation’s most popular podcasts. His reporting has taken him across the United States, the Middle East, Latin America, Africa, Pakistan, and China. His search for the full story behind the news has led him to history; he is the author of Instant City, Jacksonland, Imperfect Union, and his latest, Differ We Must: How Lincoln Succeeded in a Divided America.
Tickets
This event is part of The Cabin’s 2025-26 Readings & Conversations series. To purchase tickets to this event only, click ‘Buy Tickets’ to purchase through The Morrison Center’s website.
Interested in attending the full Readings & Conversations series?
Get the full Readings & Conversations experience with admission to all five author events in the 2025–26 season, plus three featured books from our visiting authors. Series tickets also offer savings over purchasing events individually. The 2025-26 season includes:
Geraldine Brooks on Wednesday, October 1, 2025, at The Egyptian Theatre
Jill Lepore with Steve Inskeep on Thursday, November 6, 2025, at The Morrison Center
Alison Bechdel with Samuel D. Hunter on Thursday, February 26, 2026, at The Egyptian Theatre
Robin Wall Kimmerer on Monday, March 23, 2026, at The Morrison Center for Performing Arts
Chris Bohjalian on Thursday, May 21, 2026, at The Egyptian Theatre
Thank you to our sponsors
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Special thanks to our supports and partners:
Western States Arts Federation (WESTAF)
Idaho Humanities Council
Idaho Commission on the Arts
City of Boise
Rediscovered Books
Idaho Towncar
Edwards Greenhouse & Flowershop
The Grove Hotel