Readings, Rated
Book Release: Tony Lagouranis’s “Fear Up Harsh”
Date: Wednesday, June 27
Time: 8:30 p.m.
Location: California Clipper, 954 N. California
Participants: Tony Lagouranis
Did you see that Frontline episode with the guy who wrote about his stint in the military interrogating prisoners at Abu Ghraib and Fallujah? Well, it was chilling, and Tony Lagouranis has since been covered by Hardball with Chris Matthews, the Chicago Reader, and the Chicago Sun Times. At this book release party sponsored by the Guild Complex, Lagouranis will read from his new book “Fear Up Harsh: An Army Interrogator’s Dark Journey Through Iraq,” which is being called “an unflinching firsthand account of how one man struggled with his own conscience and ultimately broke the silence surrounding interrogation practices.” By all accounts, this is a courageous piece of writing. Plus, for those of you that need to imbibe whilst listening, the Clipper makes a nice stiff summertime drink. Come, think, discuss.