And the readers for allowing me to be who had elevated libraries. [applause] let me just say that you are now a number one. I finally smacked down andrew carnegie. But when i started this book i could not have anticipated that part of it. I was drawn because they wanted to understand that happened in 1986 the epic fire that close the black one the library for seven years but more importantly i wanted to understand why i cared about it so much. I have often said if somebody said to me city hall burned down i would have thought thats too bad. I assume they will rebuild it. But hearing that a library had burned, felt like a deep profoundly personal loss. And i thought why do we feel such a connection to books . And what is so disturbing. And with the investigative curiosity with the overarching question of why do we care so much about libraries. And thats what stirs a lot of people because for many people it was a reminder to them of how much they care about libraries. So the thing that i
And in the 92 years since then they have all shuddered except for the strand and thanks to you for racialist readers. Founder and editor of the leftist magazine the socialist manifesto the case for radical politics and extreme inequality. And noam chomsky has described as a light and dark time the manifesto present socialism and and argument to the end of inequality and we couldnt be more thrilled. We are excited to be recording conversation from our friends at cspan. And a writer with the current affairs, boston review. Also cohost of the podcast please join me to welcome bhaskar sunkara. [applause]. Thank you everyone for showing up and thank you to the strand for hosting this event. We have known each other for about ten years now. Through a small group of pre bernie millennials. Where we spent a lot of time trying to explain socialism to normal people it was very difficult. So a moment like this is very exciting. And then to see the potential of the socialist movement in the United
[inaudible conversations] please welcome dr. Carla hayden and susan orlean. [applaus [applause] well, i have to start by, im carla Hayden Library of congress and i want to thank jamie and feline and the angels and the readers for allowing me to be with someone who hassle evaluat evaluated elevated libraries to such an extent. Thank you. Let me say there have been patron saints of libraries, Andrew Carnegie and stuff like that, about you you are now number one. I finally smacked down Andrew Carnegie. You have. Thats great. How does it feel to be the patron saint of librarians . When i started this book, i couldnt have anticipated that part of it. I was drawn in to the story because i really wanted to understand what happened in 1986 that this epic fire that closed the l. A. Library for several years, but more importantly, i wanted to understand why i cared about it so much. I ive often said to me if city hall burned down, i would have thought thats too bad and i assume theyll rebuild it
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