Investment in projects that would open American Mind so that American Minds see the challenge and tragedy of socialism. We want to share the record of the past, the record of venezuela so that when they come to vote or lead businesses and families Young Americans recognize what is not useful policy. Where are we . It is november of 2019. Educating as a longterm investment. Some of us dont have the heart for the long haul. We feel frustrated at the prospect, slow outcomes and perhaps outright failure in our intellectual entrepreneurship. Politics are much more fun and instant gratification. All of us have some vanity. People remember politicians, they do not always remember educators. So we tend, we journalists, businesspeople, philanthropists, scholars want to be remembered and sometimes pick shortterm prospects for that reason so tonight i would like to tell you a story about a really longterm project, a crazy project, this is a story which starts in the 1950s, features the company, a
Hes also author of prelude to cruise which is winner of the penn joyce author award for poetry and at the 2015 stonewall literature award. Poetry collection is also a finalist for the 2015 National Book critics circle award as well as awards lambda literary and the publishing triangle in 2015. Saeed jones served as cohost of buzzfeeds morning show and served as buzzfeeds lgbt and culture editor. He grew up in lewisville texas and earned a ba at Western Kentucky University and an mfa at Rutgers University in newark. He lives in new york city and tweets at the ferocity. Thank you for being here saeed jones. As a side note, the southern festival of books remains completely free because of Strong Community support and we want to keep it that way. So you can donate on the web. Humanities tennessee. Org or by the southern festival of books or by the collection plate thats been passed around. Saeed is going to read for us. We will have a q a and when we get to the q and aplease use the microp
Jodi kantor and megan discussed the need to movement in their investigation of Sexual Harassment allegations against Harvey Weinstein. They were interviewed and hosted by politics to washington d. C. Good evening, everybody. On behalf of everybody, thank you very much for coming. Enjoy joining forces upon author events at this cultural center, 15 years old and it founder and staff deserve a lot of credit. [applause] its a vibrant community today. Jodi kantor and megan tooley. [cheering] they revealed to the world Harvey Weinsteins reviews. There book is the reviewing account of how they developed their blockbuster story. The me too movement. As i note in the wake of the weinstein expose which broke in october 2017, it wasnt as if allah had come down. Women not just in this country but around the world to tell their own stories of mistreatment. In addition to the pivotal impact their reporting is have, they went about confirming a story at others before them had tried to now but by a te
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Employee owned bookstore. Before we begin tonight, later this week we have romance writer Christina Lauren with Meredith Goldstein on thursday, next week, we are hosting Robert Pinsky along with the mind and we are hosting nancys atlas of boston industry and more events coming up and we are demonstrating the registers when you pick up your copy of the books today. How night Stuart Russell present human compatible Artificial Intelligence and the problem of control american radicals how nineteenthcentury protest shaped the nation. This wellwritten overview of americans who protested wrongs in their society deserve a wide readership. Many fine Academic Studies have studied this but this account for a general audience is authoritative and portrays a crucial period. Publishers weekly in a stark review wrote electric. This is a central reading for anyone interested in how the us became what it is today. Holly jackson is associate professor at the university of massachusetts, her writing has