Pulitzer Prize-winning Alum Speaks to Honors Class

Honors students in Prof. Margaret Thompson’s spring HNR 360 White Nationalism/Right Populism in Modern America class read the book, Rising out of Hatred by Eli Saslow and had a chance to speak with the author.

Saslow, SU Class of 2004, is a Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter for the Washington Post. His book, Rising Out of Hatred: The Awakening of a Former White Nationalist (Doubleday, 2018), is being made into a mini-series by HBO. His most recent book is Voices From the Pandemic: Americans Tell Their Stories of Crisis, Courage, and Resiliance (Doubleday, 2021). He lives in Portland, Oregon, with his wife and three children.

You can listen in on the class’s spirited exchange with Saslow here.