Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. It is an honor to welcome everyone to the 71st National Book awards. I am Jason Reynolds coming to you live from washington dc go this is overnight but there is so much going on in the world this is our night and it is a big deal. It is so much of a big deal i woke up this morning anxious and nervous as usual. I always, mother and i am anxious. It is 7 00 oclock in the morning and she says oh no i said i am feeling anxious about tonight have to hope the National Book awards am calling you to see if you have advice for your child go she said that she always has been to make the call. Let me ask you something, son. What did i make you say every single night before you got into bed when you were little boy . I said i dont want to do this right now she said no dont know what did i. C. E. Make you say every night when you got into bed . I said you made me say i can do anything. Exactly you can do anything. You tell me this all the time on. But i never asked
Now it looks like maybe not but it was a challenge definitely very fulfilling. Not only did i learn a lot from it but as you know, when you report on politics day in , day out there are themes that you develop andfinding your writing. There are things you feel like your understanding in a lot of dimensions about american politics so for me , that was a way to bring a lot of that together. A white to tie together years andyears of reporting and writing about congress, women in politics, the way the political system works and congress works. And also as a magazine writer you always write more words than they are willing to put in the magazine so its nice to have 300 pages and spell it all out what made you considerthat nancy pelosi was the one that would be worthy of power along this book took . Honestly, of all the political figures ive written about she was the one that felt big enough for a book. Big enough and significant enough that i could take that deep of a dive into her. As i wr
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City. Former secretary of state and democratic president ial nominee, Hillary Clinton will discuss her forthcoming book. [applause] hello, book people. Thank you for coming to this very special event. I know what a long day it has been for you all on the floor show and meeting rooms. Im not much more appreciative that youre here with us this evening. I am carolyn reidy, president and chief executive offer. It is my great pleasure and honor to introduce Hillary Rodham clinton. [applause] of course, when you been the first female president ial nominee of a Major Political party the former secretary of state, twice elected senator from new york and first lady of the United States, introduces a relative term but you also know Hillary Clinton as a major bestselling author and being on the front lines of the bookselling had witnessed firsthand her tremendous ability to write books that galvanized readers and create traffic and excitement in your book source. As your publishers we are proud a
City. Former secretary of state and democratic president ial nominee, Hillary Clinton will discuss her forthcoming book. [applause] hello, book people. Thank you for coming to this very special event. I know what a long day it has been for you all on the floor show and meeting rooms. Im not much more appreciative that youre here with us this evening. I am carolyn reidy, president and chief executive offer. It is my great pleasure and honor to introduce Hillary Rodham clinton. [applause] of course, when you been the first female president ial nominee of a Major Political party the former secretary of state, twice elected senator from new york and first lady of the United States, introduces a relative term but you also know Hillary Clinton as a major bestselling author and being on the front lines of the bookselling had witnessed firsthand her tremendous ability to write books that galvanized readers and create traffic and excitement in your book source. As your publishers we are proud a