Please take a minute to silence your phones before we begin. While you are doing so, we have a fair number of members with us tonight. Supporters of president lincolns cottage. In seeing some of the names on the list, i wanted to take a moment to recognize two members who have been dedicated supporters since before we were open to the public. Eric reese has been a member for 12 years. Can you raise your hand . [applause] and thank you to all the other members tonight. I did want to name everyone but i thought the fact since the two of you have been getting since before we open was special, so thank you. At that conclusion, we invite you to the book signing which will be downstairs in the library. Joining us tonight is Sidney Blumenthal and jamie raskin to discuss mr. Blumenthals new book, the third volume in his series on the 16th president. Sidney blumenthal is the author of a selfmade man and wrestling with his angel, the first two volumes in his biography, the political life of Abra
Can you waste your hand . E your hand . [applause] and thank you to all the other members tonight. I did want to name everyone but i thought the fact since the two of you have been getting since before we open was special, so thank you. At that conclusion, we invite you to the book signing which will be downstairs in the library. Joining us tonight is Sidney Blumenthal and jamie raskin to discuss mr. Blumenthals new book, the third volume in his series on the 16th president. Sidney blumenthal is the author of a selfmade man and wrestling with his angel, the first two volumes in his biography, the political life of Abraham Lincoln. He is the former assistant and andor to resident clinton Senior Advisor to former secretary of state hillary clinton. He has been a National Staff reporter for the Washington Post and washington editor and writer for the new yorker. His books includes the clinton wars and the permanent campaign. Raised in illinois, he lived in washington, d. C. Jamie raskin r
Host the tv coverage of the National Book festival continues with novelist Salman Rushdie with novelist salman rue hello i am Salman Rushdie the author most recently of a book that i am here to talk about as the title suggest a novel inspired and i guess it is a version of that story will and his sidekick making his way across america on the absurd quest for love. Because i found as i was thinking about the book the characters became their own creatures rather than his. I started off with the idea to writing a novel more or less entirely set in new york city even with the previous novel i said next time you have to get out of town so i have this idea of a novel that would somehow range widely across the country. And try to do two things and to take america at this particular moment. And the other aspect with teachers you not to do thats a dangerous thing because then the novel begins to read like yesterdays papers if you do it right thats available for. And then the easiest way to desc
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