Looked at Summer Reading we are joined by professor 19th century publishing and the rise to Summer Reading a professor of the department of English Communications in Newport Rhode island with an undergraduate degree at merrimack and phd from university of illinois as a former magazine writer and editor including print culture and womens magazines and a radical or alternative press. A special welcome to anyone joining these programs for the first time and we have been collecting and preserving our history since and including the papers presence of the United States we are continuing to collect today and if you are interested we are currently collecting with covid19 experience and found that diverse standpoint for future generations. And was social distancing before we begin we have a few quick housekeeping things to go through so just to go over the details and have a presentation to have a questionandanswer period and with the q a function so send the questions to our speaker and she w
Washington post columnist, thriller writer who writes about the cia and such. This month, Pulitzer Prize winning author, Colson Whitehead as our guest. His most recent book is the under ground railroad. Mr. Whitehead, whats the appropriate response new book is appraised by oprah, president obama, you won the National Book award, what is the appropriate response . If only it took the pain aw away. [laughter] has taken off in a way thats unexpected and startling and wonderful. Just try to enjoy it despite my best efforts. Why does it put you in a better mood . Ive been writing for 20 something years doing fiction 20 some years, sometimes we write a book and people dig it and understand it sometimes write a book and no one cares and its sort of disappears so i have the pride the job i did with the book. Either you dig the groups of two prospectors or you dont and so you are either along for the ride description or not. Definitely when i was writing was my second attempt at a novel. My fir
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And if they have any ideas i can still. Speaking today with the team, the brain trust behind the industries leading trade magazine for in the books, publishers and particularly bookstores, selfawareness, jenn risko the cofounder and publisher, john mutter the other cofounder and editorinchief, and bob gray an editor and columnist for shelf. You no doubt read his columns. He is basically a bookstore correspondent, wandering bookstore correspondent making you feel like you are in america is great in the bookstores and seeing whats really going on from the inside. Welcome, guys, its really an honor and pleasure to see you all. You all looking basically the same from last time i saw you with i think was with institute. January. Yes. Seems like a lifetime ago, doesnt it . Its good to see everybody. I have to say, shelf to me seems to have become even more important obligation then it was before. Really kind of a lifeline for indie booksellers in particular to see whos making it, how they ar
Your screen or becoming a member and our partner booksellers as you might imagine are really right now as well, theyre going to be interested in going deeper on the subject of tonights talk use the link to purchase your copy of the long fix through thirdplace books. Doctor vivian lee has been a practicing physician, scientist and healthcare administrator for over two decades. Among her roles, doctor lee has served as inaugural chief scientific officer and vice dean for science at Nyu Langone Medical Center and prior to that she was the vice chair of research at the department of radiology and for six years he served as ceo and dean of the university ofutah school of medicine among other roles in salt lake city. She was elected to the association of american medical Colleges Council of the administrative board and is a member of the Advisory Board of Massachusetts General Hospital and university of Pittsburgh School of medicine and her writing is has appeared in the Harvard Business rev