Thinkable Events series will bring high-profile speakers to Montclair

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On Oct. 27, a talk by Ta-Nehisi Coates, the National Book Award-winning writer, will kick off the Thinkable Events series at Lackawanna Station in Montclair. The series, founded by Desh Amila, will also include five other events featuring a high-profile and diverse group of speakers, over a period of 10 months.

Cornel West and John Wood Jr. will discuss justice, truth and democracy on Feb. 18. British evolutionary biologist Richard Dawkins will reflect on the 50-year impact of his book “The Selfish Gene” on a date TBA in March. Steven Pinker, the cognitive psychologist and psycholinguist, will be featured on April 23. Linguist John McWhorter will speak about race, identity and intellectual freedom in America on June 19. And Iranian journalist, women’s…