To and and in person, how this virtual format works. Just click on the q and a happy bottom of your screen. Donald trump donald trump v. The United States inside the struggle to stop a president by Michael Schmidt. Answering phones before becoming a Sports Reporter with off the field issues going on to report on the war in iraq like the pentagon, the fbi and the department of homeland security. In recent years his work is focused on National Security and federal investigations. And Pulitzer Prize in 2018. The other for coverage of donald trump with campaign ties to russia. In his new book michael recounts trumps abuse of president ial power, two individuals who stopped to confront the president and constrain him. As what trump and his enablers did, inside of intent to stop the attempt. Michael has a reputation for meticulous reporting with access to tortoises. A revelatory portrait that led to the investigation for instructional justice, the Washington Post review, offers a powerful ac
We are going to have a great night tonight. We are honoring literary liens, emma white will be honored, a big night for the Massive National Book Foundation for literature, culture, a big night for all of us. When i have the ability to stand in front of people i mention my mothers name jean christian. She is the reason i like to say about my mother i am the man that i am because she is the woman sheis or was. My mother was my first teacher. My mother graduated from college at the age of 17, the first person in her family to go to college. For me to be a wellknown literary advocate in this nation, a place where only a scant few generations ago it would have been illegal for me to read is no small thing. [applause] literature is the birthrightof every single one of us, no exception and if you can read in at least one language youare in my definition free. That is to say , no one can pull the wall over your eyes. No one can give you a set of what they want to call alternative facts and co
The first time, welcome to those who have been with us since friday. This journey began. Welcome to the philip roth. Unbowed and our weekend long celebration. The life and legacy of novelist and newark native philip roth on the occasion of would have what have been his 90th birthday today in fact would have been philip roths 90th birthday so happy birthday, roth. My name is carey and im a coproducer of the along with jon schreiber, president and ceo of njpac. Rosemary steinbaum, a trustee of the newark public library. Chelsea keyes njpac, director of strategic initiatives. James shapiro, professor of english at columbia university. And bernard schwartz, director of Unterberg Poetry Center at the 92nd street y. Over the course of these past three days, weve been telling a story. On friday, that story was about newark or, as they apparently say here. Newark, one syllable not to a majority minority city whose, cultural, political and economic and triumphs have in many reflected the Greate
More books we hope to cover. Number one, Richard Orton smith who has written dozens of books has a brandnew biography coming out on gerald ford. It is entitled in ordinary men, the surprising life and historic residency of gerald ford. It took about a decade for him to write this book. Another book coming out is called letters to trump. This is Donald Trumps book and in this book he puts some of the letters that were written to him prior to becoming president. He makes editorial comments as well. Its a brandnew book published by a price that is run by his son, donald trump, jr. Those are two books that are coming out. Another program is called about books. And that we look at the bids business of publishing. One interview we did was with Michael Knowles, the book reviewer for prager university. We talked him about some of the books that he looks at. Here is a snippet of that interview. Recently on about books, Michael Knowles discussed his program the book club. It is on the books that
Shawn colvin, welcome. [shawn] thank you. [eric] nice to see you again. [shawn] you too. [eric] its so nice to hear your voice coming out of a record, i have to tell you the great fun ive had over the last couple of weeks listening to this record. It reminds me how much i enjoy hearing your music. Thank you. And its a really great, and interesting, and different record. Its very spare, very raw, and casual. Not is as if pejorative i say that, but it just doesnt feel like its been overproduced and over done. Feel like you all had fun thats a great compliment. [eric] making it. We did, and it was done quickly, a week and a half and [eric] you recorded it in a week and a half . We did. And those are exactly the words we want you to use to describe it. Good. And it was recorded in different places, or it was recorded in one place . No, it was recorded in nashville with buddy miller whos a producer and often its not when he produces, you record at his house, which is what we did and it was