Speaker today. T is an honor to r he was born in the bluegrass state but moved to the greenest state in the land of the free. As soon as he could. And it was here at the university of tennessee, where he completed his ph. D. In history. It is truly an honor to introduce our speaker today. He was born in the bluegrass state but moved to the greenest state in the land of the free as soon as he could. It was here at the university of tennessee where he completed his phd in history. And we know that doctor cardy is a man of good sense because he stayed. He is now in east tennessean and it is rumored that he wears the color orange throughout the years. Safe basketball season. After all, no man is perfect. What doctor cardy continues to perfect is his understanding of the past. He and i first met when he was working here for the east Tennessee Historical society and the Education Department and he alongside lisa oakley who is with us today, worked tirelessly to build the network of teachers
So guess i will start with a short excerpt from an early part of my book is from chapter three. So biting the hand is a memoir and its about, you know, sort of figuring out how to navigate the black white binary in this country from the perspective of somebody who doesnt fit into those two categories. So talking about my upbringing and my young adulthood, childhood, young adulthood, a koreanamerican girl daughter of immigrants who grew up in los angeles. So this comes from the third chapter. And talks about an incident that occurred when i was about ten years old. I was going to a Catholic School in, west los angeles, that was predominantly white. And one of my friends at the school. Had a job opportunity for me, her mother. And so it reveals little bit about the racial experience of how i figured out, okay, where do i fit in my first school up my first friend at my Elementary School was an irish girl named erin, who was born prematurely, had a large scar on her arm, the result of an i
Author ocean printed out downstairs and she talks about the importance of bookstores she talks about if you just go on amazon that youre only going to see a calcified version of your reading past. But when you walk into a bookstore you have no idea whats going to capture eye and your future is here and so it was part of the dream. Mr. Clifton when he bought the store not to be just a place of commerce for folks to gather and come together and have a community, different ideas and experiences. So were always ecstatic whenever we can now in our 31st year here in the square to have something that brings so many folks in. Second point will make is election day is any day you take out your wallet, youre giving to a business that youre voting sticks around and youre walking past one that you dont really have any emotion invested in. And so were ecstatic that are voting to have us here today. So with that, thank you for coming to our author event tonight. We are ecstatic to be joined with my
My name is stephen. Im one of the booksellers here. We have a interview with an author ocean printed out downstairs and she talks about the importance of bookstores she talks about if you just go on amazon that youre only going to see a calcified version of your reading past. But when you walk into a bookstore you have no idea whats going to capture eye and your future is here and so it was part of the dream. Mr. Clifton when he bought the store not to be just a place of commerce for folks to gather and come together and have a community, different ideas and experiences. So were always ecstatic whenever we can now in our 31st year here in the square to have something that brings so many folks in. Second point will make is election day is any day you take out your wallet, youre giving to a business that youre voting sticks around and youre walking past one that you dont really have any emotion invested in. And so were ecstatic that are voting to have us here today. So with that, thank y
So guess i will start with a short excerpt from an early part of my book is from chapter three. So biting the hand is a memoir and its about, you know, sort of figuring out how to navigate the black white binary in this country from the perspective of somebody who doesnt fit into those two categories. So talking about my upbringing and my young adulthood, childhood, young adulthood, a koreanamerican girl daughter of immigrants who grew up in los angeles. So this comes from the third chapter. And talks about an incident that occurred when i was about ten years old. I was going to a Catholic School in, west los angeles, that was predominantly white. And one of my friends at the school. Had a job opportunity for me, her mother. And so it reveals little bit about the racial experience of how i figured out, okay, where do i fit in my first school up my first friend at my Elementary School was an irish girl named erin, who was born prematurely, had a large scar on her arm, the result of an i