Jeremy Redmon in conversation with Hank Klibanoff – Tell the Kids I Love Them

A son's search for meaning in the shadow of war and a father's final words.
A Cappella Books is delighted to welcome author Jeremy Redmon to the Jimmy Carter Presidential Library to celebrate the release of his powerful new memoir, “Tell the Kids I Love Them.” The author will appear in conversation with Hank Klibanoff, veteran journalist, Pulitzer Prize-winning author, and host of the Peabody Award-winning podcast "Buried Truths."
This event is free and open to the public. Copies of the book will be available for purchase at the venue.
About the Book
In “Tell the Kids I Love Them,” Jeremy Redmon uncovers the mysteries of his father's life and death. His dad, a decorated Vietnam War veteran, took his own life when Redmon was a teenager—an act that propelled the author on a lifelong quest to understand war, loss, and fatherhood.
From blast-scorched Mosul to the ancient ruins of Babylon, Redmon chronicles his experiences as a war correspondent embedded with US troops in Iraq, surviving close calls while witnessing utter devastation as well as remarkable humanity.
Threaded with dark humor, told with cinematic detail, and conveyed with raw honesty, this memoir is as much about resilience as it is about tragedy. When Redmon becomes a father, he finally learns how to carry on with both his father's complicated legacy and the final message he left behind: "Tell the kids I love them."
About the Author
Jeremy Redmon is a journalist and educator with more than three decades of experience writing for newspapers and magazines, and he now serves as the nation enterprise editor for USA Today. His articles have appeared in Smithsonian, Oxford American, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution and other publications. Redmon teaches for the University of Missouri School of Journalism.
About the Conversation Partner
Hank Klibanoff, a veteran journalist, a Pulitzer Prize-winning author, and a Peabody Award-winning podcast host, is a teaching professor in Emory's Creative Writing Program.
He co-authored The Race Beat: The Press, the Civil Rights Struggle, and the Awakening of a Nation that won the 2007 Pulitzer Prize for history.
Prior to joining Emory, he was a reporter and editor for more than 35 years, held various reporting and editing positions in Mississippi, at The Boston Globe, The Philadelphia Inquirer, and served as a managing editor of The Atlanta Journal-Constitution.
He holds an undergraduate degree in English from Washington University in St. Louis and a master's degree from the Medill School of Journalism at Northwestern University.