All right, everyone, my name is ted hammond, im the chair of journalism here at st. Josephs college. I want to welcome you to the college. This next year will be our 100th anniversary, so give it up, please. [applause] and this is clearly one of the most anticipated, Exciting Events that weve had in that century [laughter] just want to say very quickly that one of the great things about brooklyn is that one day you can be a delivery man in park slope, and before you know it you can become a world famous author, and thats who we have here tonight. Its my pleasure to bring up jessica, the coowner of green light bookstore, whos going to introduce tonights event. Jessica. [applause] good evening, everyone. Im jessica, as ted said, and we are so pleased tonight on hosting Tanehisi Coates in brooklyn to present his new book, between the world and me. [cheers and applause] hes going to be speaking tonight with James Bennett of the atlantic, so youre in for an excellent evening. We are so grat