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Good evening, [inaudible] [applause] to introduce our speaker for this evening who will tell you, Leeanna Keith teaches history at the Collegiate School for boys in new york city. She is the author of the colfax massacre. [inaudible] [inaudible] please join me in welcoming Leeanna Keith. [applause] thank you everybody. Forgive me for remaining seated. Im going to tell you what happened to me. I know you want to know how i broke my legs. They sideswiped me. I feel very lucky to be here at all. Now im going to tell you a story about the civil war and afterwards all i can remember is on the lady ...

Anyway, congratulations on what is a terrific book. Im so glad youve returned this. We have written so many books and articles about the dissidents and opposition and that is like maybe 10 of the population we dont hear a lot of people in between make do and get by. The idea came to me slowly as i found i wasnt exactly able to capture what i was seeing and feeling and maybe because i wasnt understanding the picture myself when i arrived with that dichotomy that you mentioned looking for the oppressors. With stalin or neo and that makes for good journalism. With time i realized i wasnt doing ju...

Donald trumps trial in the senate, but some important things have been happening in russia as well, particularly the announcement wednesday by Vladimir Putin shifting Greater Authority to parliament which has left many wondering what this means about putins own plans to relinquish the presidency, or not, in a few years here so we are especially fortunate to have with us this evening an expert on putins russia, joshua yaffa, who is the moscow correspondent for the new yorker. Hes been covering russia from much of the past decade. His new book between two fires offers a truly fascinating and rev...

Particularly announced wednesday by Vladimir Putin shifting Greater Authority to parliament which has left many wondering what this means about putins own plans to relinquish the presidency or not in a few years. So we are especially fortunate to have with us this evening an expert on putins russia, joshua yaffa who is the moscow correspondent for thenew yorker. Been covering russia for much of the past decade and his new book between two fires truth, ambition, compromise in putins russia offers a truly fascinating and revealing look at the impact of the putin era has had on above all the nati...

Industry, americas cabletelevision company, as a Public Service and brought to you today by your television provider. Reading everybody. Welcome to politics and prose. Im bradley graham, a coowner of the bookstore along with my wife lissa muscatine. While theres certainly been a lot of news this week, much of it of course about the start of Donald Trumps trial in the senate, but some important things have been happening in russia as well, particularly an announcement by Vladimir Putin shifting Greater Authority to parliament which has left many wondering what this means about putins on plans t...