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Chosing various points of view and it presented to me this huge canvas of america, you know, that was pretty massive in terms of geography and yet just a small window and we dont see into these peoples lives and we dont really know what is happening outside of the frame or where they are going and we dont know anything about them. So i went through exploring places that went from urban areas to small little towns along the border between mexico and the u. S. And a lits dusty towns or right in downtown baltimore and i spent a huge amount of time doing that. So if you think about it, this robot ...

1901. I thought, who could this below be . Theourse, when i opened archives, i realized with a rich subject it was. John hay, his life really has two bookends at either end of his biographical shelf. There is lincoln on one end, he was his private secretary, lived in the white house for every war years. So much of what we know about techoln come from hays with him. He served on the mckinley as well and was secretary of state for teddy roosevelt, so you have these iconic bookends in american history, and then when you look deeper, you realize all the chapters in between, from the civil war to t...

Present different ways of thinking about their work, different ways of thinking about contemporary art in general. And leaving you thinking, as you leave. So, tonight we have someone from young and we have a photographer who is not in the show, alongside of our current existing artists. If you like this program, you will like other things that we do in terms of our public programs. Tonight, we will hear our featured artists and then from the invited guests who i will introduce. If there is time i will direct a couple of questions in their direction. There will be no q, and a, tonight this prog...

Who was he . I decided he was a delicious subject for a biography when it me that he had not lincolns aham bedside at his assassination but william he bedside of mckinley in 1901, they ugt who could this fellow be. Archives, i roosevelt. Realized what a rich subject it was. Ohn hay, his life really has end. Bookends at either lincoln on one end. He was the private secretary, live in the white house with for four years. So much of what we know about from hayes intimate contact with him. On the other end, he served not mckinley but he was teddycretary of state for roosevelt. You have wonderful i...

Wall at booktv or email us at booktv cspan. Org. Author Jared Diamond talks about his book and the way people live in human existence. What we can learn from traditional societies. I would like to invite doctor diamond to the stage. Please give him a warm welcome to the seminar. [cheers] [applause] let me first check if you can see be okay. Can you hear me in the back . It is a great pleasure to be back in philadelphia today and back and this Wonderful Library to talk about a subject other than gall bladders. [laughter] to give me an idea how many may find what im about to tell you a practical...