A paper anymore. Lu theres a lot of great writing on the internet but its harder and harder to make a living as a newspaper columnist. You see fewer and fewer of them but im sure your dad will be fine. [laughter] why wont he run for governor . [applause] i think thats a wonderful note to end our session on. Lets give a round of applause to dave barry. Thank you. Thank you very much. Thank you all. [applause] [inaudible conversations] you can purchase dave barrysbok book. Thank you. [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] okay. Thank you everybody for coming. Cspan booktv is going to be here recording tonight on the q a portion i will pass the microphone around. We can make sure we get that captured. But culture is pleased to host lewis lapham in a conversation with terry mcdonell. The new book, age of folly and terry mcdonells new book also and editors notes on writing. We encourage you to pick up one or two or three so we can continue to be a Community Space on the upper w
Former editor of outside, rolling stone, esquire and Sports Illustrated to discuss age of folly on book tv. This was taped november 3, 5 days before the election. Okay. Okay. Well, thank you everybody for coming. If you hadnt noticed, cspan book tv is going to be here recording tonight. So during the q a portion, i will be passing this microphone around so we get that captured along with the talk. We are so pleased to host lewis lapham tonight along with terry mcdonnell. The new book, age of folly, and the accidental life writing and writers, we have copies up front and encourage you to pick up one or two or three so we can continue to be a Community Space on the upper west side. A quick show of hands if youve been here before. Okay. Welcome to all of the new faces. We were lost with many bookstores over the years but a couple years ago the culture with Partner Magazine opened up with this base in order to celebrate the word. It might not always get the attention they deserved. Somethi
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