Just a reminder as soon as the session is over mr. Reid will be signing books and a portion of all proceeds will go to the Public Library foundation. So to avoid any confusion there are at least two public figures named eli reed. One is the journalist is with us today and the other is a talented singer that goes by the name of eli paperboy agreed. [laughter] so if you came here this afternoon expecting to hear this guy we have the real eli reed. And we are in the presence of a great artist and a great storyteller and a great conscience if you can understand how he could interpret the joy of the people, if you can appreciate how he could sketch the range of emotions with the pen, then you know how he is able to capture and deserved the deserve the essence of our humanity with his camera. During his time with such publication is National Geographic people, newsweek, the washington post, spurs illustrated, you get the picture he covered the war in Beirut Lebanon which he covered between 1
Ghost of mississippi Beautiful Mind and eight mounds. Sin 2005 he has joined the faculty of the school of journalism at the university of texas at austin. He is the author of two highly praised books black in america. A 20year survey of the africanamerican experience. And, beirut city of regrets. His new e collection of photographs. Long walk home. The man is also a gifted writer. This is from the preface of the new book. My personal journey on the long road has been a medication what it means to be a human being. And i have tried to capture the complicated beauty and reality of life in the visual form. The families of man woman and child, are the reason the dreams of the living are immortal, and i keep listening hoping and looking. I use my camera to freeze time and to make beautiful images that i hope will find their ways the dreams to inspire the continuing movement within the circle. I continue the search and live and breathe and wonder at the beauty of it all. Ladies and gentlemen
The Long Distance participating that desma does from her deployment in afghanistan and later in iraq is heartbreaking, and shes trying to hard to be there for her kids and be a good mother. Anyway, im afraid we have to end there. I want to thank helen thorpe so much for today. Thank you. Prison [applause] thank you. Please dont forget shell be sign ising upstairs. Thanks. The san antonio book festival continues with andrew yang. His book is smart people should build things. [inaudible conversations] im one of the cofounders here in san antonio, and im very pleased to introduce andrew yang who has an amazing story to tell. And, you know, were probably going to do some kind of questions about the book and where youre going, but i wanted to mix things up on you. Normally moderators wait until the end for questions so im going to start at the beginning which is is there anything you guys want to know from andrew . Yell it. Go. I got the impression from looking at the book it focused more o
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