On booktv we are live from jackson, mississippi, the home of the first annual mississippi book festival. All day long bringing events from the Mississippi State capitol including otter panels, civil rights, the civil war and more. First up today is of panel on harper lee whose book go set a watchman written and 1915s was released this past july. This is live coverage of the inaugural mississippi book festival in jackson, mississippi. [inaudible conversations] good morning, ladies and gentlemen. We welcome you to the mississippi book festival, to our harper lee panel. The rules the we have up in here, there will be no beverages allowed in here. If you have beverages we ask you to go to a garbage can and placed in the garbage can. Second thing, please silence yourself phones. We need everyone to please silence yourself funds. Again we would like to thank you and i would like to introduce the moderator, amanda nelson, editor of the largest book site in north america. He is also a judge of
Have enough spare can sees but havent released books. Released this past july. This is live coverage of the inaugural mississippi book festival in jackson, mississippi. [inaudible conversations] good morning, ladies and gentlemen. We welcome you to the mississippi book festival, to our harper lee panel. The rules the we have up in esre, there will be no if you actually made it in youe. With beverages and would like ty ask you to go to a garbage can and places in the garbage can. The next thing, please everyone silence your cell phones. Hones. We need everyone at this particular moment to please silence your cell phones. I would like to introduce the moderator amanda nelson. She is the managing editor of a riot the largest book site ink north america. Shes also a judge of theal 2016th translated book award and is an expert on the topic she is about to lead on thehe discussion discussion. Ladies and gentlemen welcome to the harper lee panel. Ea [applause] thank you. Id like being called
You will find the candidates, speeches and debates and most importantly your questions. This year road to the white house coverage is in classrooms across the country letting them decide the most important questions for the candidates. Join the coverage on tv, on the radio, and online at cspan. Org. Host welcome to booktv in prime time. Tonight we want to show you some of the panels and authors we have covered at book festivals throughout the year. We will show you panels from vegas, mississippi, harlem. We have a panel on harper lee from the mississippi book festival coming up first. Harper lee panel. [applause] thank you. I thank you. I like being called an expert. I am Anderson Nelson and i want to welcome you to the mississippi book festival and the harper lee considered. I will introduce the panel and we will jump in and the last ten minutes are reserved for audience questions. You can go up to that mike if you questions. This is my panel. We have sterling plumpp first. The editor
University, recipient of numerous awards in africanamerican cultural storytelling including the 2014 american book award for literature. Currently at the 13 is writer in residence at mississippi university. [applause] next is Beth Ann Fennelly directs the program at ole miss where she was the outstanding liberal arts professor of the year. Work is included in the best american poetry series, published three poetry books, her first open house won 2001 can review prize, Great Lakes College Association Writers award and the top ten 36. And the third unmentionable in 2004 and 2008. Elson published a book of nonfiction in 2006 and essays on travel, culture and science, southern living, africanamerican and others. Thank you so much. Next is kerry madden who wrote the trilogy concerning the musical wing family and their home in the smoky mountains. The critically acclaimed coming of age story on the side was followed by a biography of harper lee for young adults which is released this spring
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