Spoke of the wind and what it has been like to stand out there and to wait for the departure of Officer Sicknick and all the people can see represented in the high numbers of Law Enforcement, fbi agents and all those who support the u. S. Capitol police as well, who support our Law Enforcement, are outside the capitol. I understand Griff Jenkins is still with me. Youre in position to better be able to see this. Tell us whats happening. Reporter well, harris, right now were just watching these hundreds of u. S. Capitol Police Officers who have been standing firmly in the cold, in the wind, at attention for the last 30 minutes or so honoring their colleague and friend Brian Sicknick. The family here really has been a touching moment. They put out a statement saying they essentially thanked the capitol and congressional leadership for bestowing a historic honor on their fallen hero, saying their personal tragedy and loss is shared by our nation, brings hope for healing. Such a powerful me
My is e tammy kim and im a writer at the new yorker and the cohost the podcast. Time to say goodbye. Today i have the luck of talking to china mieville, a writer of uncommon breadth integrity and precision work ive admired for a long time. Many of you know china as the author of speculative fiction with beautiful novels such as perdita street station, the city and the city and real sea. You may also know his nonfiction, which ranges from scholarly work on International Law and stylish esthetics. Essays in the quarterly journal to the book oct from 2017, which tells the story of the russian revolution. Were here today to celebrate his latest nonfiction book, a specter haunting on the communist manifesto published by haymarket. A specter haunting part critical companion, part literary exegesis. The book proceeds in six chapters elegant, economical then reproduces the manifesto and its many prefaces over time and space. I confess that until reading this book, i had not looked at the commu
My is e tammy kim and im a writer at the new yorker and the cohost the podcast. Time to say goodbye. Today i have the luck of talking to china mieville, a writer of uncommon breadth integrity and precision work ive admired for a long time. Many of you know china as the author of speculative fiction with beautiful novels such as perdita street station, the city and the city and real sea. You may also know his nonfiction, which ranges from scholarly work on International Law and stylish esthetics. Essays in the quarterly journal to the book oct from 2017, which tells the story of the russian revolution. Were here today to celebrate his latest nonfiction book, a specter haunting on the communist manifesto published by haymarket. A specter haunting part critical companion, part literary exegesis. The book proceeds in six chapters elegant, economical then reproduces the manifesto and its many prefaces over time and space. I confess that until reading this book, i had not looked at the commu
Phonte elijah holly is an Award Winning journalist and author of an american the shakers and nation. They created. His writing has appeared in the atlantic, the guardian, new republic, the washington post, l. A. Times and elsewhere. He lives in los angeles. Please join here and giving him a huge round of applause while he comes out and and then talks about his book. Thanks, ali. Thanks for coming out of retirement for this event. And thank you all for being here. Thanks to skylight so much having me i moved to l. A. A little over a year ago and you know, people me right away. This was the bookstore you got to come to. So here i so thanks for being here with me. I think what im to do is im going to read just a little excerpt from the first chapter, the opening the first chapter, which is the first part that i wrote for this book was a sort of the scene that sets the stage the rest of the book. So im going to read a short excerpt that, and then im going to talk a little bit about just th
Phonte elijah holly is an Award Winning journalist and author of an american the shakers and nation. They created. His writing has appeared in the atlantic, the guardian, new republic, the washington post, l. A. Times and elsewhere. He lives in los angeles. Please join here and giving him a huge round of applause while he comes out and and then talks about his book. Thanks, ali. Thanks for coming out of retirement for this event. And thank you all for being here. Thanks to skylight so much having me i moved to l. A. A little over a year ago and you know, people me right away. This was the bookstore you got to come to. So here i so thanks for being here with me. I think what im to do is im going to read just a little excerpt from the first chapter, the opening the first chapter, which is the first part that i wrote for this book was a sort of the scene that sets the stage the rest of the book. So im going to read a short excerpt that, and then im going to talk a little bit about just th