120,000 people attend this every year that it happens and is held every weekend, booktv offers programming focus on nonfiction authors and books. Keep watching for more here on cspan2 and watching of our past programs online at booktv. Org. Randy boyagoda is next on booktv. He talks about the activism and political influence of the late Catholic Priest Richard John Neuhaus. During this event in new york city professor bordo go to sit down with author and former New York Times review editor Sam Tanenhaus. Welcome, everybody. Do i wait for you . Welcome everybody. Its really great to be able to have an opportunity to host regular booktalk by authors that write about topics of culture and politics, and it especially good when the topic is from the founder of the magazine. [inaudible] randy is an accomplished novelist. Tonight Sam Tanenhaus agrees to interview randy and pull out from him aspects of the biography of new house. Welcomed them both. [applause] at my good ear . I shout. Randy b
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[inaudible conversations] welcome everybody. Should i wait for you . Welcome everybody to its really great to have an opportunity to host regular botox by authors that write about topics that concern and culture and politics. Its especially good when the topic is the founder of the magazine and its a pleasure tonight to introduce the biographer of the biography of John Neuhaus Randy boyagoda. Randy is an accomplished novelist and his most recent novel beggars faced which is best described as great gatsby. Its a very good read and i thoroughly enjoyed it. Tonight sam taman house has agreed to interview randy and call out aspects of the biography so its my pleasure to welcome them both. [applause] am i good . I shouts i probably dont need one of those. Randy boyagoda you are novelist writing about john neuhaus. How did you get to this topic . And when did you choose and why . I started working on this book in some ways without even realizing it in 2009 so shortly after i wrote a profile
Should i wait for you . Welcome everybody to its really great to have an opportunity to host regular botox by authors that write about topics that concern and culture and politics. Its especially good when the topic is the founder of the magazine and its a pleasure tonight to introduce the biographer of the biography of John Neuhaus Randy boyagoda. Randy is an accomplished novelist and his most recent novel beggars faced which is best described as great gatsby. Its a very good read and i thoroughly enjoyed it. Tonight sam taman house has agreed to interview randy and call out aspects of the biography so its my pleasure to welcome them both. [applause] am i good . I shouts i probably dont need one of those. Randy boyagoda you are novelist writing about john neuhaus. How did you get to this topic . And when did you choose and why . I started working on this book in some ways without even realizing it in 2009 so shortly after i wrote a profile of him for a torontobased magazine called the
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