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Tell us what you think about our programming this weekend. You can tweet us at booktv, comment on our facebook wall or send us an email. Nonfiction books every weekend on cspan2. And now from the 17th annual texas book festival in austin, texas, a discussion of president Lyndon Johnson and first lady ladybird johnson. This is just over 50 minutes. Hi, and welcome to the texas book festival. D my name is carol dawson, and iw love being a moderator every year at the texas book festival, and i particularly love this task this year. Task this year i have had the privilege of reading two books that...

Good morning. Or as say and say in texas, hi you all. Its a great day to be in austin texas and today i have the honor and pleasure to be at the book festival with the moderator New York Times author and writer, Rachel Swarns. Im going to tell you a few things about rachel because i know you came here to hear her and not me and because our time is limited. She has worked for the New York Times since 1995 reporting on domestic policy, national politics, immigration, the president ial campaigns of 2004 and 2008 and on First Lady Michelle Obama and her role in the obama white house. I met rachel ...

Great day to be in texas and today i have the honor and pleasure to be at the texas book festival serving as a moderator, and im pleased to be here with rachel l. Swams. I will tell you a few things about rachel because you came here to hear her and not me and our time is limited. She has worked for the New York Times since 1995. Reporting on domestic policy, national politics, immigration, the president ial campaign of 2004, and 2008, and first Lady Michele Obama and her role in the obama white house. I met rachel at an event this year where i bought a book, the book she wrote, american tapes...

View, are completely unobjectionable. Dick gregory titled his first autobiography, nigger an autobiography. And Richard Pryor with two great albums, that nigger is crazy and bicentennial nigger. Host when you wrote the book, it was published in 2002. What reaction did you get . Host when i do. Guest when i wrote the book i got a lot of reaction, some positive and some negative. And continue to get some positive reactions and negative reactions. Some people took real offense at the title. If there was one aspect of the book that probably got me the most negative reaction was people who complain...

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