Good morning. Welcome. The gaithersburg book festival. My name is marc korman. Im a state delegate representing Montgomery County in the maryland general assembly. And i apologize for forgetting my sports coat at home in the biggest fashion pas since barack obama wore a tan suit that one afternoon and blew up twitter gaithersburg is a city that values and supports the arts humanities. Were pleased to bring you this fabulous festival, thanks in part to the generous support of our sponsors, including our title, the carnegie at washington, and all of our great volunteers. You see them. Please join us in expressing our deep thanks and appreciation. A few announcements. Please silence all of your devices for the latest updates. Make sure following gaithersburg book festival on facebook and twitter. If you post about the festival, please use the gbv. Your feedback is really to us. Surveys are available on website, which you can access at gaithersburg book festival dot org or using the key qr
Good morning. Welcome. The gaithersburg book festival. My name is marc korman. Im a state delegate representing Montgomery County in the maryland general assembly. And i apologize for forgetting my sports coat at home in the biggest fashion pas since barack obama wore a tan suit that one afternoon and blew up twitter gaithersburg is a city that values and supports the arts humanities. Were pleased to bring you this fabulous festival, thanks in part to the generous support of our sponsors, including our title, the carnegie at washington, and all of our great volunteers. You see them. Please join us in expressing our deep thanks and appreciation. A few announcements. Please silence all of your devices for the latest updates. Make sure following gaithersburg book festival on facebook and twitter. If you post about the festival, please use the gbv. Your feedback is really to us. Surveys are available on website, which you can access at gaithersburg book festival dot org or using the key qr
Good morning. Welcome. The gaithersburg book festival. My name is marc korman. Im a state delegate representing Montgomery County in the maryland general assembly. And i apologize for forgetting my sports coat at home in the biggest fashion pas since barack obama wore a tan suit that one afternoon and blew up twitter gaithersburg is a city that values and supports the arts humanities. Were pleased to bring you this fabulous festival, thanks in part to the generous support of our sponsors, including our title, the carnegie at washington, and all of our great volunteers. You see them. Please join us in expressing our deep thanks and appreciation. A few announcements. Please silence all of your devices for the latest updates. Make sure following gaithersburg book festival on facebook and twitter. If you post about the festival, please use the gbv. Your feedback is really to us. Surveys are available on website, which you can access at gaithersburg book festival dot org or using the key qr
Good morning. Welcome. The gaithersburg book festival. My name is marc korman. Im a state delegate representing Montgomery County in the maryland general assembly. And i apologize for forgetting my sports coat at home in the biggest fashion pas since barack obama wore a tan suit that one afternoon and blew up twitter gaithersburg is a city that values and supports the arts humanities. Were pleased to bring you this fabulous festival, thanks in part to the generous support of our sponsors, including our title, the carnegie at washington, and all of our great volunteers. You see them. Please join us in expressing our deep thanks and appreciation. A few announcements. Please silence all of your devices for the latest updates. Make sure following gaithersburg book festival on facebook and twitter. If you post about the festival, please use the gbv. Your feedback is really to us. Surveys are available on website, which you can access at gaithersburg book festival dot org or using the key qr
Debut of collections is now available and his memoir the cookoff will be released in may. Nice. And can we have a hand please . [applause] [inaudible] and awardwinning poet and journalist, critic and poet, his books are the New York Times best seller and book show of the month raising fences. Claims a l novel also americas and collection of essay, the life and death of tupac and hes a professor of english at lola Marymount University in los angeles. [applause] seated next to me is nirk coal raised in bronx, new york. Hand for the bronx. [laughter] a masters degree of psychology and worked as a counselor for teenagers and families in crisis situations. She also has mfa in creative writing for a new school. Her first novel won Los Angeles Times book prize for young adult literature and novel kendra and bronxwood selected by American Library association as best book for young adults. Her first middle grade novel kind of elected as an ala notable book for children, and an npr best book of