Kevin my name is kevin butterfield. It is my great pleasure to introduce you that todays speakers. Our center is one of the sponsors we are proud to bring americas most beloved writers to this room. We want to welcome everyone joining us live on cspan. Our next panels records of survival escaping genocide and human trafficking. His new book is waiting to be arrested at night. A memoir of chinas genocide. The founder and director of resilience force. His book is titled the great escape, a true story of forced labor and immigrant dreams. He is a lecturer in princeton. Our moderator writes for the Washington Post opinion section and is the author of prisoner, my 544 days in an iranian prison, solitary confinement, and the extraordinary efforts it took to get me out. Join me in welcoming them. [applause] i want to thank everybody for being here today and for watching me at home. This is an extraordinary honor and privilege for me. Over the last couple of weeks i have got to know him intima
Joining us via cspan across the country. I am pleased to introduce this event behind the scenes with black writers. Featuring Jericho Brown and two authors. Jericho was last at the festival in tonight 2019 to talk about his third and most recent book of poems which went on to win the Pulitzer Prize of poetry. [applause] he is the Charles Howard professor and creative writer at Emory University. Today, he is here to lead a discussion on the anthology edited titled how we do it, black writers, how we craft, practice, and skill, which he describes as a book of answers to questions do writers ask everyday about how to produce writers books that show their character every day. We are delighted to have two authors on stage. Camille is the author of four portrait collections and two poetry collections and two book collections. She is a University Distinguished professor at Colorado State university. Tiffany unique is the author of two novels, a book of short stories and a poetry collection. H
Shes been. Im pleased to introduce the event behind the scenes with block letters. Jericho was last in 2019 and talk about poems, conditions in poetry. Mark is the Charles Howard professor of english and creative writing at Emory University and editor of the magazines a believer. Today brown is here for discussion title how we do it, black writers on practice and skill which he describes as a book of answers, answers to questions new writers every day how to produce writing to prove their identity as a more than 30 conservators to how we do it and we are delighted to have to join us on stage. Camille is the author of four poetry collections and edited black nature, african naturist University English professor at Colorado State university. The author of two novels, a poetry collection. Most are in the middle. This years list and a professor of english. Join me in welcoming camille and tiffany. But mark. Thank you for the introduction. Im doing something a little different doing whateve
reliable punishments x. if that s why we work so hard to expose that. our look at nonfiction books that have been adapted into films continues with margot lee shetterly s hidden figures. 9 the book follows four african-american women who were integral in devising aeronautic calculations that proto pelled the united states in the space propelled the united states in the space race. the movie adaptation was released in 2016 and every ised oscar nominations. here s the author, margo lee shedder margot lee shetterly, in hampton. physics, of course, meant math, and math meant mathematicians. and since the middle of the last decade, mathematicians had meant women. langley s first female computing pool started in 35 had caused 199 35 had caused uproar among the men at the laboratory. how could a female mind process something to rigorous and precise as math? [laughter] the very idea with, investing $500 on a calculating machine show it could be used by a girl. [laughter]
with the academy awards taking place this weekend we want to look back at some of the authors we had covered on book tv with have the books adapted into the film. first up is just mercy. his book tells the story of walter mcmillan. he was accused of murdering an 18-year-old girl. brian stevenson spoke with us about his book at the miami book fair. here is a look. the story focuses on walter mcmillan. there is a murder downtown young white woman was murdered. after seven months they were putting a great deal of pressure there. i think they decided to arrest someone. they didn t have a crime. it was not the kind of person you would expect. it was having an interracial affair with young white woman. he was arrested and actually put on death row for 15 months before the trial. actually put on death role death row before the crime. and then i talked to his family. at the time of the crime he was 11 miles away and about 20 people from his church and family raising money. all of t