Book tb continues now on cspan2, television for serious readers. We are so excited to host the incomparable jane bond for her book on the Climate Crisis. But we for we go to the screen at first like to introduce andy leonard executive director of greenpeace, usa. What an integral role in helping jane organize and was one of the inspirations behind this book. So we will bring andy up first and then we will welcome jane and amber. Hey it is so wonderful to be here. I am delighted to introduce my friend and fellow climate activists. James and amber. The last time we were together was protesting in washington d. C. So it is perfect we are here with her favorite washington d. C. With politics and prose. I am in cannot wait to were able to do that again. Theyre making it greater than ever and hope all of you will read this book and then be able to join us will be protest again part i mentioned joining from california what it is so dark outside from the smoke that it looks like it is the midd
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Will be sent said along to ther who answer them at the end of the presentation. Also we encourage you to support todays featured author by purchasing her book from independent book seller, politics and prose. Finally i big thank you goes out to the featured sponsors. The blair family foundation, downtown crowne, and montgomery college. Lets get started. Tonight we have got author casey cep to talk about her bestselling book furious hours murder, fraud, and the last trial of harper lee. She tells the true story of murder, revenge and courtroom drama. Beloved writer harper lee spent years working on telling this story. Now casey cep brings the story to life from the shocking murders to the courtroom drama. Casey cep is a staff writer at the new yorker. After graduating from harvard with a degree in english she earned a master philosophy in theology at the university of oxford as a rhodes scholar. In interviewing case tonight is eugene, an awardwinning veteran journalist who has an eclect
[applause] im happy to introduce the moderator for the session. Hes not only im sorry, i skipped over. The moderator is curtis wilkie, associate professor of journalism at the university of mississippi, and hes also a fellow at the university over the center for southern journalism and politics. If you will take over. Thank you. And thank you all for coming. We appreciate the presence of the guests on the panel here at the mississippi book festival it is Getting Better and better every year. Im going to start off by introducing very briefly overcast and we will carry on a discussion i hope that you will have some questions for the panel towards the end of the hour. Karen is a bestselling author of several books, and her newest eden park is aof pick for august. Maybe some of you read it said it captures the bill of the age and the gangsters. They also call her but a well researched highly engaging work filled with intrigue, infidelity and headline catching courtroom drama. Its good to h
Thank you for coming. True crime across america. Im a graduate dean at the university and is happy to be here. We have about 45 minutes for this session and then will leave about 15 for q and a. The sponsors for our panel. Are stay with us . [applause] im happy to introduce our moderator for this session. Hes not only an attorney im sorry. I skipped over this. Hes over there. Moderator is an associate professor at the university of mississippi and hes also at the southern journal and positive. Thank you all for coming. We appreciate the presence of our guests on the panel here at the book festival. Its getting big and better every year. I will introduce briefly our guests and will carry on a discussion and i hope you all have some questions for the panel towards the end. Bestselling author of several books. Her newest book is amazons best book. Maybe some of you read this, it captures the bill of that age and its gangsters. They also call her book a well researched and highly engaging