Its my honor to introduce three people to you this evening. First is Roger Rosenblatt whose work has been published in 14 languages. Roger is the author of five New York Times notable books of the year and three times bestseller. The story the story i am mad about the writing life came out in april and a cool moon a life love and responsibility will be in october. Rogers written seven off broadway plays notably the one person free speech in america that he performed at the American Theater which was the times 10 best plays of 1991. Last spring he performed them play piano in his play living in the basement is nothing which would go to the Stoller Center for the arts at stony brook and the theater in new york next year. He also wrote the screenplay for a bestselling novel rapid rising which is currently in production. Roger is distinguished repressor at english and writing at stony brook. He formerly held the copeland appointment to creative writing at harvard where he got his ph. D. Am
First, Roger Rosenblatt whose work has been published in different languages and the author of five notable times books of the year which was originally an essay in the new yorker. The collection on writing came out in april. The he performed and played piano and it will go to the center for the arts in new york. He also wrote the screenplay for which will store doctor channing and is currently in production. He is a distinguished professor of englisprofessorof english any brook and formerly held among his many honors and the president s medal for the institution for his body of work. We are incredibly pleased to have him with us. Asked of the community would change outreach and engagement at the Library System she works with the four member libraries and communities to help people live there best wife. Along with her colleague from these other Library Systems have been coordinating leaving our fingerprint documenting to collect firsthand accounts to create a peoples history of covid19
Middle of the 20th century. Is been to world war. And to his whole view of himself in this world of community of potential has changed. He came back to southern texas and realized he could no on another because of what is born. And he and thousands of others southern black people from texas and louisiana have moved to los angeles. And we follow him as this kind of unofficial detective. He reveals what life is like in parts of los angeles had not been talked about. Host how did you come up with name. I was writing a story and a voice was speaking firstperson, and i was talking about this party that he was given and talking about how he was trying to pay money to raise his rent. And then he was talking about this woman who is in love with but she was in love with this other guy and then mouse comes in and looks at the person who is talking aces hey how you doing. And thats where he came from. Host what voices he supposed to represent. Walter what he represents is now the africanamericans
To the program polls have just closed in polands president ial election will be taking a look at the 1st numbers in a moment but 1st lets take a look at the campaign the issues and the 2 front runners. In southern poland is one of many small towns that president is visiting during his Election Campaign Family Tradition religion those are the issues and values he hopes will win over voters in this speech he warns that what he calls l g b t ideology will undermine the traditional family and above all twist childrens morals are surprised my parents generation fought for 40 years to remove communist ideology from the Education System so that our children are not forced fed it anymore now its no longer allowed to brainwash young people or indoctrinate children or soldiers in the army our parents did not fight this fight to prepare the way for another new ideology an ideology even more destructive for humanity just about a vehicle until recently slogans like these were the preserve of polish
Make spicer welcome to the program exit polls in polands president ial election show incumbent winning the 1st round with nearly 42 percent of the vote but falling short of an absolute majority needed to win outright the candidate from the law and Justice Party has run a combative campaign for motoring conservative values hes caused controversy by focusing on what he called the spread of l g b t ideology on the tradition in the traditionally catholic country does opponent in the likely president ial runoff in 2 weeks is the mayor who could garner just over 30 percent of the vote hes from the centers Civic Platform party his Campaign Pledge was to heal the rifts in polands divided society and im joined now by voice from our polish service wojciech give us an. Ambers if you would well the incumbent president mr andre do that gets almost 42 percent of the votes so this is the exit poll that we have right now and his main rival the liberal mayor of warsaw mr just ski gets 30. 4 points 4 pe