An honor and pleasure to have you here for us to begin a series of conversations that we hope will be a blessing to many. For thisthi evening is to create a cap conversation about the lee jackson windows and the larger issues of race and the legacy of slavery and our nation. Know the recent history of events regarding these windows, i invite you to read about that history in the information we provided for you within your program on tonights conversation. This is the first in an ongoing series of conversations over the next two years intended to foster conversation and a deeper understanding. While the leadership of the cathedral made the decision to remove the confederate battle flags from these windows, the larger question of whether the windows should stay in the sanctuary or be moved to a different location was intentionally left open for a period of two years so we might engage in conversation and education around the difficult issues of race and our history and our present life t
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He has been the host of an hourlong weekly news and Interview Program on new york one. He is the author or editor of eight previous books and his latest, a history of new york, is the vibrant story of the metropolis told through distinctive objects in new york. And both books will be on sale in front of the museum after the talk and they will be here to sign them. And gay talese has written 11 books and was a reporter for the new york time and has written for the times, esquire, new yorker, harpers magazine and other publications. In the late fall of 1964, gay taleses remarkable book, the bridge, was published. In his early days as a reporter, he followed the construction closely and on many occasions putting on a hard hat and joining the workers on the iron beams. More than just a story of a famous bridge, he produced a tribute to those who built it in an absorbing treatment which reminds us how manmind structures affect lives. The release of the book is introducing a new generation o
And by bloomberg, a provider of multimedia news and Information Services worldwide. Captioning sponsored by Rose Communications from our studios in new york city, this is charlie rose. Rose Terry Mcdonnell is here. His career in magazine journalism spans more than four decades, 40 years. Hes edited some of this countrys influential magazine including outside, esquire, Rolling Stones and sports illustrated. He also worked with and befriended many literary writers. He chronicles his long life in publishing and in the world of letters in this new memoir, it is called the accidental life, editors notes on writing and writers. Hes a friend and im proud to have him at this table. Welcome, sir. Its great to be back. Rose good to have you here. So why did you decide and what was the point here for this particular book . Is it one you always knew that you had to write because it was your life and it involved the ideas writing and the people, writers, that you cared the most about. It feels now
And by bloomberg, a provider of multimedia news and Information Services worldwide. Captioning sponsored by Rose Communications from our studios in new york city, this is charlie rose. Rose Terry Mcdonnell is here. His career in magazine journalism spans more than four decades, 40 years. Hes edited some of this countrys influential magazine including outside, esquire, Rolling Stones and sports illustrated. He also worked with and befriended many literary writers. He chronicles his long life in publishing and in the world of letters in this new memoir, it is called the accidental life, editors notes on writing and writers. Hes a friend and im proud to have him at this table. Welcome, sir. Its great to be back. Rose good to have you here. So why did you decide and what was the point here for this particular book . Is it one you always knew that you had to write because it was your life and it involved the ideas writing and the people, writers, that you cared the most about. It feels now