Colonnade signing books, so as soon as the session ends, well head right over there, and you can get your book signed at that point. It is a thrill for me, my names andy brennan, im with par nasties books, and when i got an advance copy of spain in our heart, i thought it was a fantastic and important book, and i told adam a little while ago that that wasnt the case with King Leopolds ghost. In that case his writing and the subject matter was so powerful that i found myself having to put it down regularly and take a breath before i could come back to it. But spain many our hearts in our hearts is an incredible book, and were very, very excited to have adam here. Without further ado, adam hochschild. Okay. Thank you, andy. [applause] and its good to see all of you here in nashville and to know that more of you are watching this on cspan. So my book is about the spanish civil war, and i want to set the context for it by rolling back the clock to the 1930s which was a grim time. As you kn
This topic firsthand with much authority and much sensitivity. Randall horton is a poet having won or Gwendolyn Brooks poetry award and National Endowment of the arts in literature. He teaches at the university of newhaven and serves on the board of directors of panamerican prison writing program, it is his life before these distinguished honors that gives him the authority to write this powerful book about forgiveness and what it is like in the Prison Industrial Complex both during and after and the effect that writing has. Michael mckay is a writer having published a book on the palestinian israeli conflict. We are fortunate to have randall and michael with us today. They will speak and do some reading, and then we will have a few minutes towards the end of the hour to take your questions, and i will turn over to did you a critical first, michael . To michael. Thanks everybody for being here. The title of my book is where the river bends considering forgiveness in the lives of prison
Dylan roof gun down tween 9 africanamericans at the manual amd at charleston, south carolina, republican president ial frontrunner donald trump fired up his silent majority audience of thousands in july 2015 with a macabre promise, dont worry, we will take our country back. You can watch this and other programs online at booktv. Org. We are back live in nashville. Next, authors Randall Horton and Michael Mccray discuss their books, this is booktv on cspan2. [inaudible conversations] good afternoon. My name is mary gray james and i welcome you to the southern festival of books session on forgiveness and what forgiveness really means. Life in and after prison. Our office today can speak on this topic firsthand with much authority and much sensitivity. Randall horton is a poet having won or Gwendolyn Brooks poetry award and National Endowment of the arts in literature. He teaches at the university of newhaven and serves on the board of directors of panamerican prison writing program, it i
The near times, vanity fair were she was contributing editor and national publications. Shes also editor of cuba, a travelers literary companion and cuba confidential. She teaches International Journalism at the university of california at santa barbara. Without fidel is a terrific book, fun to read and format it and the subject matter is endlessly fascinating. Alice castro are able to stay in power for 50 years . Why was the United States not able to topple him and how was he able to maneuver so that communism fell everywhere else in the world . And if the United States had no sway in cuba, how was it that he was not overthrown by his own people. Families in this book discusses cuba somewhat without fidel. She reports on a stillness in the relationship between raul infidel and continues to report im not part of the story that never seems to end, the miami cuba washington ballet. Well, everybody is waiting for the shoe to drop which will come first, fidel dying for cuba opening up for
Politician in American History to Bobby Kennedy being the one to model themselves after. And now they to say one last thing i have written a book on very strange topics including superman wrote the biography of superman but i would like to present this church. I will not make template on tonight. [applause] but wonderful round of applause. [applause] you could not have known that is what everybody called me when i was mayor of. [laughter] [inaudible conversations] authod Michael Mccray discuss their books, this is booktv on cspan2. [inaudible conversations] good afternoon this is the southern festival of booksks center dog forgiveness and what forgiveness really means. The authors today will speak of the topic firsthand with much authority and sensitivity. Dr. Randall horton is a poet having won National Awards and endowment of the arts teacher one negative teaches it university of new haven and serves on the border directors of the prison breaking program. Those honors it gives him th