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author speaks about being a lawyer and the role that law plays in contemporary fiction with a panel of the national press club in washington d.c.. this is a little over an hour. >> everybody got quiet so i guess we can begin. thats my cue. good afternoon. i am very pleased today to welcome all of you to the nodule celebration and preservation of the harper lee prize for fiction. nell harper lee of monroeville alabama attended our law school in the 1940s and published "to kill a mocking...

>> men who stood tall, did not flinch at gunfire. you know, who had a booming voice and a reassuring stature, and who could embody the kind of behavior that soldiers themselves were supposed to display. in the 20th century, because troops are so spread out, because theyre often few other comrades, it was much less important and effective combat officer to stand up, to physically modeled the kind of courageous behavior. most soldiers understood that was suicidally reckless. and so there...

his works of nonfiction include one struck loader, templars and going out and american stories. his books of birth include oblivious sales, which is the bush administration and brown, a heckuva job, which is more of the bush administration in rhyme. calvin has written and performed two inches at the american place theatre in new york city. and "quite enough of calvin trillin" coming addresses subjects including the horror of what this scene we do economics ceremony, the collection feat...