i d like to welcome you all to city lights bookstore, a landmark since 1953 in the city of fries. we re delighted to have john with us here tonight. he teaches history at georgia state university in atlanta and taught at harvard in history and literature and the underwriting program. he s the founding editor of the 60s, a journal s history of politics and culture, and he ll discuss smoking typewriters, published by oxford university press. it examines the question of how the new left uprising of the 60s emerged and with the dramatic events of the middle east and our own uprisings here in wisconsin it s a timely way to examine the role of new media in insurrection from the l.a. free press all the way through the revolution and the advent of chat books and the culture through media is explored and offers insight into the contemporary movements of social change. please join us in welcoming john. [applause] thank you. it s happy to see familiar faces and old friends. i ve