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Open Minds Book Who is Government: The Untold Story of Public Service
Date and Time
Wednesday, February 18, 2026 4:00 PM - 6:00 PM
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Location
Meijer Regency Room
Richard M. DeVos Center
401 West Fulton Street
Grand Rapids, MI
49504-6431
Description
For the February 2026 session of Open Minds, we will be reading and discussing Who is Government : The Untold Story of Public Service edited by Michael Lewis.
"Michael Lewis invited his favorite writers, including Casey Cep, Dave Eggers, John Lanchester, Geraldine Brooks, Sarah Vowell, and W. Kamau Bell, to join him in finding someone doing an interesting job for the government and writing about them. The stories they found are unexpected, riveting, and inspiring, including a former coal miner devoted to making mine roofs less likely to collapse, saving thousands of lives; an IRS agent straight out of a crime thriller; and the manager who made the National Cemetery Administration the best-run organization, public or private, in the entire country. Each essay shines a spotlight on the essential behind-the-scenes work of exemplary federal employees."
The discussion for this book will be held on Wednesday, February 18, from 4:00 to 6:00 pm in the Richard M. DeVos Center’s Meijer Regency Room located on the GVSU City Campus.
Books for GVSU students will be mailed to those who register by midnight on January 21.
See the full Open Minds Book Club schedule here!
This event has been tagged as grandforum, and hauenstein.
Information
For more information, please visit: Open Minds Book Club
Contact
If you have any questions, please email Kahler Sweeney.