As i mentioned earlier, we will have autographing right on the other side of the elevator, and first thing to that area, thank you very much. [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] you have been listening to pamela paul, editor of the New York Times book review talking about terry mcmillan, dave barry, jay mcirnerny and maria semple. Coming up in an hour from miami, you hear from actors and author Jane Alexander about her book wild things and wild places, but in the meantime we are pleased to be joined at the Miami Book Fair by former Florida Governor and senator bob graham, his newest book is called america, the Owners Manual. You write in your book you thought donald trump was a fad that would ultimately pass. Obviously that part of the book needs to be revisited. The rest of the book holds up pretty well. In a sense the fact that he is not a fad makes the fundamental point of the book which is that there are a lot of americans who are extremely
The constitution first. [laughter] [applause] that was my answer. Pick up that softball. What did you want to read . First, they need to learn how to read. [laughter] yeah. That would help. Well, theres a guy a fellow new yorker who just recently elected president and a friend of mine wrote a book about him and told me that all of the books in his house are actually spines of books, leather bound spines with nothing behind them. The first start would be reading almost anything. Mine wasnt that they read anything, when they get questions, they are supposed to swear upholding the constitution and when they get questions about it all right, i think we have time for one more question. No more questions. No more questions. All right. We will end on that. T. Thank you so much to all of the authors. [applause] as i mentioned earlier, we will have autographing right on the other side of the elevators and you may leave and proceed to that area. Thank you very much. [inaudible conversations] [in
Opening the building, why would the museum even help to organize such a conference . Well, the simple answer is that were crazy. But the real answer is that at the smithsonian, at this museum, scholarship is the engine and research is the lifeblood of the institution. Without the decade of research and academic scholarship as a foundation, there would be no National Museum of African American history and culture. So we know that we are tied so much to the work that so many of you do. So much of the intellectual and interpretive agenda of the museum has been shaped by the work of many who are participating in this conference. Thanks to this amazing array of scholarship, the museum is able to position itself as an discussion that will help all who visit find the rich, complex, and nuanced history of the African American community. But even more importantly, thanks to your work, this museum will recenter the African American experience, and use African American history and culture as a le
This morning i got a call from a reporter who wanted to know, why would the museum at a time when it was focused on opening the building, why would they even helped organize such a conference . The simple answer is that we are crazy, but at the smithsonian and at this busy him, scholarship is the engine and research is the lifeblood of the institution. Without the decades of research and academic scholarship, there would be no museum of African American history and culture. We know that we are tied to so much of the work that many of you do. So much of the work of the museum has been shaped by the work of many participating in this conference. Amazing rate of scholarship, the museum has been able to position itself as an institution that will help all whom visit to find it rich and theced vision of africanamerican community. Thanks to your work, this will recenter the africanamerican a lensnce and use it as to understand what it means to be africanamerican. So many themes. It was impos
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