Author event with Jill Biden

Join Parnassus Books, Vanderbilt Library, and Dialogue Vanderbilt, and The Margaret Cuninggim Women's Center for a candid conversation with former First Lady Jill Biden about her life in the White House during a singular moment in US history — and her new memoir, View from the East Wing: A Memoir.

This is a ticketed event and will take place at 6:30 p.m. CT, in Langford Auditorium on the Vanderbilt Campus on Monday, June 8th. Doors will open at 5:30 p.m.

Ticketing:

You must have a ticket to attend this event.

Each ticket is $45.50 and includes one general admission seat and a copy of View from the East Wing with a signed bookplate.

Please note, there will NOT be a signing line for personalizations following this event.

Each ticket purchase includes a $10 contribution in support of the 38th annual Southern Festival of Books, presented by Vanderbilt University in partnership with Humanities Tennessee. Your contribution helps ensure the festival remains a space that fosters meaningful connections between authors, readers, and the broader community. This year’s festival will take place Oct. 17–18 in downtown Nashville. We look forward to seeing you there.

Parking:

You may park in the 25th Ave. garage, which you can enter via 24th Ave. The address of the garage is 1404 25th Ave. S. 37212. Parking is available on levels 3 - 10.

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We always encourage ride share options.

Please note Parnassus cannot control pricing or validate parking for Vanderbilt lots. Other campus events can affect pricing. For questions or concerns, contact the VUMC Parking Permit Office at

615-936-1215.

About the book:

Read about the unprecedented pressures of balancing the duties of the First Lady with her role in her family, behind the scenes stories from Camp David and Air Force One, how the Biden presidency changed the nation, what she saw leading up to President Biden’s decision to drop out of the 2024 election, her unwavering faith in democracy and the American experiment, and much more.

In the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic, in the shadow of the January 6 insurrection, Joe and Jill Biden arrived at the White House for one of the most complicated periods in recent American memory. A tireless advocate for women’s health initiatives, military families, cancer prevention, and education, Dr. Biden also made history as the only First Lady to hold a career outside the East Wing as a community college professor. Now, in her new memoir, she reveals her experience of these deeply consequential four years for the first time — before, during, and after the unexpected ending to her husband’s bid for re-election, setting the record straight and sharing her story in her own words.

About the Author:

Jill Biden, former First Lady of the United States, is the New York Times bestselling author of Where the Light Enters and her children’s books Don’t Forget, God Bless Our Troops, Joey: The Story of Joe Biden, and Willow the White House Cat. She served as Second Lady of the United States from 2009 to 2017. As First Lady, she advocated for military families, the Biden Cancer Moonshot, community colleges, and women’s health research—and maintained a full-time career teaching English as a community college professor. She chairs the Milken Institute’s Women’s Health Network. A mother and grandmother—and now great-grandmother—she lives with her husband, former President Joe Biden, in Wilmington, Delaware, with their cat, Willow.

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