The change good afternoon. I am in the a and i am here with gail collins. I dont think i have to introduce everyone. She was the columnist for the New York Times, among many illustrious points in her career, and time at the end for questions. I want to start by saying this panel, i titled it, it is called dancing backwards and come from joe russells house, dont know if you remember bill russells house. He was in the nixon administration, and his wife was a policymaker and woman of some fluids. It occurred to me when i was 13 and going to Getting School that dancing school, and what you have to dance backward all their lives. Speaking about Hillary Clinton i knew we would get to Hillary Clinton. Host i want to start with journalism, you started in the early 70s, you have said you did not have to break down the walls, and a few years ahead of you have taken their backss coronation style lands gotten in, started covering the connecticut state house. Had to be mostly men. Guest she was sor
1960 to the present. The change good afternoon. I am in the a and i am here with gail collins. I dont think i have to introduce everyone. She was the columnist for the New York Times, among many illustrious points in her career, and time at the end for questions. I want to start by saying this panel, i titled it, it is called dancing backwards and come from joe russells house, dont know if you remember bill russells house. He was in the nixon administration, and his wife was a policymaker and woman of some fluids. It occurred to me when i was 13 and going to Getting School that dancing school, and what you have to dance backward all their lives. Speaking about Hillary Clinton i knew we would get to Hillary Clinton. Host i want to start with journalism, you started in the early 70s, you have said you did not have to break down the walls, and a few years ahead of you have taken their backss coronation style lands gotten in, started covering the connecticut state house. Had to be mostly m
Thats the way i interpreted it. I think its a really wonderful and amazing representation of his influence. Host janet in quincy, illinois, i think we have time to get you in. Caller thank you. My husband knew him. They worked together in 1958 the glacier park, montana. Guest you worked with whom . Host janet . Janet, i apologize. Im going interrupt you. Janet, i didnt understand who your understand worked with . Caller they were working in glacier park in a lodge in 1958. Host who . Caller hebert. Guest okay. Host janet, very quickly, go ahead. Caller anyway. We wanted to know. You had earlier talked about him being in this compound. Has anybody seen him . Is he okay . Thats my question. Guest yes. He came out recently for a funeral of a family member, and apparently talked to his brother. But then his brother told people about what hebert said. I think they cut off communication. But, you know, hes alive and hes healthy, apparently. But he has host is he being held prisoner . Guest y
Today we know that these three writers are gifts to the english language. This morning, the first author that i will be introducing nonother than dave barry. Lets give him a round of applause before he comes out. [applause] we all know that you cannot do justice to his talents and there he is. [applause] you just cant do justice by reading has lengthy biography or saying that his new work, insane city, his first adult novel in more than a decade. He is an individual for over 25 years have appeared in 25 newspapers, winner of the Pulitzer Prize and its pretty cool. Like every other kid in the 305, i grew up relishing reading him and today we are hearing from a hometown favorite in dave barry. In our next author is roy blount. Come on out and lets give him a round of applause. [applause] a master of language and the humorist to boot. He has authored 22 books in a wide range from robert ely to the Pittsburgh Steelers if you are an npr nerd, and you may also know him as a regular panelist
Married someone she shouldnt have, but in her mind she felt this man she would never be cheated on. She struck in her mind a devils bargain. She was deeply in love with george, but scraired to cross the line and marry him. The way she did it was she said, well, at least, this means i will never be cheated on. She married one of the most famous ladys men of harlem, and he was cheating on her within months, if not week, and that continued throughout her life. Her daughter was killed in vietnam, and two years later, josephine hung herself in their apartment while george was reading in the living room, and many of the women in this book did come to sad ends. Do you have a piece to read to us about josephine . Yes, i do. With peoples permission. Okay, one microphone is enough. I think the selection displays how in so many ways her marriage was based on an idea, not a reality. Their ideas and fantasies about each other consumed realities of who they were, and that built their faulty relation