Good evening everyone. Welcome back to barnes and noble otherwise decide. Thank you for coming out today. I know its about 95 million degrees so we are pleased that yo you made the trk and you are in our airconditioned space. As many of you might know, e. Jean carroll from he the advice column in l. Magazine, which has 8 million readers it is the longestrunning advice column in the u. S. Shes been featured in many other publications such as rolling stone, gq and glamour. Shes written for snl, hosted the tv show ask jean and is a frequent guest on the today show. And what do we need men for, which we are all here about today, she hits the road to speak about hideous me of hideor we need them. The answer to the question as the title poses hulshof name and delight when. The story creates a darkly funny yet hopeful narrative. Its a must read by the washington post, la times, National Book review, refinery 29 and hopefully all of you here tonight after this talk. Today she will be in conver