# Event Details - **Event Name**: Katie Benner & Erica L. Green + Molly Jong-Fast: Miracle Children - **Event Start and End Date**: Wed, 14 Jan, 2026 at 07:00 pm – Wed, 14 Jan, 2026 at 08:30 pm - **Event Description**: Join us for a release event with New York Times journalists Katie Benner and Erica L. Green, discussing their new book MIRACLE CHILDREN.About this EventThis event will be hosted at The Strand at Columbus Avenue (SCA) located at 450 Columbus Ave.Can’t make the event? ASL interpretation is available for this event by request only. Please reach out to our events team at events@strandbooks.com by Jan. 1 to request.Please ask a Strand employee upon arrival for directions to accessible seating if preferred.For further information on accessibility in this space, or to make a request, please contact events@strandbooks.com---------------------------------------------------------------------A riveting investigation into a school, a scam, and a notorious college admissions scandal that exposes the inequalities and racial segregation of American education, from two award-winning New York Times journalistsT.M. Landry College Prep, a small private school in Breaux Bridge, Louisiana, boasted a 100 percent college acceptance rate, placing students at nearly every Ivy League university in the country. The spectacle of Landry students opening their acceptance letters to Harvard and Stanford was broadcast on television and even celebrated by Michelle Obama. It became a national ritual to watch the miraculous success of these youngsters—miraculous because Breaux Bridge is one of the poorest counties in the country, ranked close to the bottom for test scores and high school graduation rates. T.M. Landry was said to be “minting prodigies,” and the prodigies were often Black.How did the school do it? It didn’t—it was a scam, pulled off with fake transcripts and personal essays telling fake stories of triumph over adversity. Worse: Landry’s success concealed a nightmare of alleged abuse and coercion. In a yearslong investigation, Katie Benner and Erica L. Green explored the lives of the students, the school, the town, and Ivy League admissions to understand why Black teens were pressured to trade racial stereotypes of hardship for opportunity.Gripping and illuminating, Miracle Children argues that the lesson of T.M. Landry is not that the school gamed the system but that it played by the rules—its abuses and deceptions, the outcome of segregated schools, inequitable education, and the belief that elite colleges are the nation’s last path to life-changing economic opportunity. https://cdn-az.allevents.in/events3/banners/8e0edbd0-e80e-11f0-9c1b-87e481b47494-rimg-w493-h740-dc050303-gmir.jpg Photo credit: Andrew LihKatie Benner is an investigative reporter for the New York Times, where she has covered the Department of Justice and Silicon Valley. She was part of a team that won the Pulitzer Prize for Public Service for coverage of workplace sexual harassment. She has worked at publications including CNN Money, Fortune, and Bloomberg, and is an MSNBC contributor. She has appeared on CNN, CNBC, PBS NewsHour, and the radio program Marketplace. She lives in Washington, DC. https://cdn-az.allevents.in/events1/banners/8e3639f0-e80e-11f0-a123-e18a081bed33-rimg-w493-h740-dc171715-gmir.jpg Photo credit: Sa Chun PhotographyErica L. Green, coauthor (with Wes Moore) of Five Days: The Fiery Reckoning of an American City, is an award-winning journalist at the New York Times and was named a best education reporter in the country by the Education Writers Association in 2021. She and her team at The Baltimore Sun were 2016 Pulitzer Prize finalists for their coverage of the death of Freddie Gray and the riots that followed. She covers the White House and lives in Maryland. - **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/new-york/katie-benner-and-erica-l-green-molly-jong-fast-miracle-children/100001979053171310 - **Event Categories**: art, literary-art - **Interested Audience**: - total_interested_count: 0 ## Ticket Details - **Ticket Price Range**: min: 0, max: 36.82, currency: USD ## Event venue details - **city**: New York - **state**: NY - **country**: United States - **location**: The Strand - **lat**: 40.783776 - **long**: -73.9745324 - **full address**: The Strand, 450 Columbus Avenue, New York, United States ## Event gallery - **Alt text**: Katie Benner & Erica L. Green + Molly Jong-Fast: Miracle Children - **Image URL**: https://cdn-az.allevents.in/events8/banners/fd2e5ef1291fc86d47186c0bf561e675e1aaa1b15b9f726d2b832b581d0b4954-rimg-w1200-h628-dcffffff-gmir.png?v=1767380977 ## FAQs - **Q**: When and where is Katie Benner & Erica L. Green + Molly Jong-Fast: Miracle Children being held? - **A:** Katie Benner & Erica L. Green + Molly Jong-Fast: Miracle Children takes place on Wed, 14 Jan, 2026 at 07:00 pm to Wed, 14 Jan, 2026 at 08:30 pm at The Strand, 450 Columbus Avenue, New York, United States. - **Q**: How much do tickets cost for Katie Benner & Erica L. Green + Molly Jong-Fast: Miracle Children? - **A:** Tickets for Katie Benner & Erica L. Green + Molly Jong-Fast: Miracle Children are priced at USD 37 per person. Here's a full breakdown of available ticket types:Ticket TypePriceAvailabilityGeneral Admission + Copy of MIRACLE CHILDRENUSD 37 + USD 4 fee + USD 3 taxAvailableFree AdmissionFreeAvailable$5 Suggested AdmissionUSD 8 + USD 2 fee + USD 1 taxAvailable - **Q**: Who is organizing Katie Benner & Erica L. Green + Molly Jong-Fast: Miracle Children? - **A:** Katie Benner & Erica L. 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