For other great events like this. Now on cspan2 booktv, more television for serious readers. Good morning ladies and gentlemen. My name is ian rowe, a visiting fellow at the American Enterprise institute and the Thomas P Ford institute. Most importantly, for todays discussion i am the ceo of public prep, a network of public charter elementary and middle school located in the heart of the south bronx and Lower East Side of manhattan. Its my honor to welcome you to what i believe will be a very provocative discussion on compelling new book how to educate an american the conservative vision for tomorrows schools, published by templeton press. Moore joined today by a fantastic group of panelists beginning with Michael Petrilli and chester finn respectively the president and president emeritus of fordham institute. How to educate an american was the brainchild of mike and chester finn and they will share the original inspiration behind the book and why it seems even more important now to re
Kent garrett and Jeanne Ellsworth are here with us today courtesy of tom and margaret mr. Garrett graduated from harvard in 1963. He has had a 30 year emmy and peabody awardwinning career in Television News and documentaries. Jeanne ellsworth has a nephd in social foundations of education from the university of buffalo and has devoted her life to teaching from Elementary School to prisms, to universities. The authors live in roxbury new york. Please give a warm savannah welcome avto kent garrett and Jeanne Ellsworth. [applause] thank you for inviting us. The book is called the last negroes at harvard, 61 years ago harvard admitted 18 negroes, thats what we were called then, we were the largest number at that time ever admitted to harvard. We were from all different parts of the country, north, south, east, west, we came e fr different economic and socioeconomic grounds and they had been admitting blacks to harvard but only two or three at a time, most guys would go do their four years
Theres something elemental about speaking the story that puts it to a different task. Narrators bring stories to life in countless ways. The works of shakespeare, toni morrison, Jason Reynolds and Michelle Obama are ace are richer experience heard rather than silent we read. Because of an intimate experience youre not performing per se. You are narrating it. And constantly listening and now get out my iphone and make a recording of someone that might have some characteristic. I feel like its less of myself as a poet who performs and now its myself being let me hold your hand and tell you this thing i heard was so inviting people but its in a different way. If i dont give everybody the utmost respect and understanding and compassion and the im not doing justice to this book. Studies have shown that listening to audiobooks is a more Emotional Experience and tories shared through other mediums. Its not a movie. Its not a book but it has the best of both worlds. Its a very intimate form of
Good evening. I am claire and thank you for joining us with Maryanne Wolf is here to discuss her book reader, come home the reading brain in a Digital World. Before we dive and i would like to take a moment to let you know about Upcoming Eventss. Our summer in cambridge means one thing, fiction friday. For the rest of august, instore, new fiction purchases, 15 off every friday for members of our frequent buyer program. Next monday we welcome jack davis and his new book on golf the making of an american see. On wednesday the fifteenth roy scranton will be in conversation about the new book we are doomed, now but, essays on war and climate change, both of these beginning 7 00 pm and are right here at the store. Our fall event season is about to kick off, we are thrilled to welcome authors like john kerry, Walter Mosley and many many others. You can learn more about these and all our Upcoming Events on our website, harvard. Com events on these yellow flyers. After the talk there will be t
Featuring dennis baron and conversation they are here to discuss dennis new book, what your pronoun. The book is going to be for purchase outside after the program and dennis will be signing books. All proceeds from your purchase will go to benefit the new york Public Library. Before i introduce our wonderful discussion i want to highlight some of the amazingou events we have coming up this season. Tomorrowng we have poets joins with friends to read from their brilliant new collection of poems. On valentines day, we have our largest public event Series Library after hours the citys most cerebral happyci hour. [laughter] therapy poetry readings, trivia and interactive collections displayed with picture collection and more. Bring yourself, bring a lover, bring a friend you want to turn into a lever. [laughter] to our special edition of library after hours. On favorite 25th, we have two leading negotiators of the un Paris Agreement will join organizer to present options that government, c