This conversation will be moderated by a Seattle Opera artist or staff member and is also available as a virtual livestream.
Speakers
Tamara Payne
Tamara Payne is a Pulitzer Prize-winning co-author of The Dead Are Arising: The Life of Malcolm X written with her father, Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Les Payne. Prior to working on the book, Tamara worked in the media industry and real estate and graduated from Hobart and William Smith Colleges in Geneva, New York.
After earning her bachelor’s degree, Tamara worked at The MacNeil/Lehrer NewsHour on PBS. She then moved to China where she taught English for two years in Shandong Province.
Upon her return from China, Les Payne invited her to work on the book. Tamara was the principal researcher while working in commercial real estate. After her father’s sudden passing in 2018, she made it her purpose to finish his life’s work.
The Dead Are Arising: The Life of Malcolm X has won several awards including the Pulitzer Prize, the National Book Award, NAACP Image Award, and The Malcolm X and Dr. Betty Shabazz Memorial and Educational Center Vanguard Award.
Glenn Hare
Glenn Hare is Associate Director of Communications at Seattle Opera. He has worked in arts communications and marketing his entire career, having served in government agencies, public broadcasting, and universities. Most recently he was Director of Marketing & Communications at the Brooks Center for the Performing Arts at Clemson University.