Its a big night for the National Book foundation, for literature, culture, the big night for all of us. Whenever i have the opportunity to stand in front of people i always mention my mothers name, irma jean christin. She is the reason i like to say about my mother i am th imed amm because she is the woman she is or was. My mother was my first teacher. My mother graduated from college the age of 17 the first person i17 in the firstperson in her fo college for me to be a wellknown literary advocate in this nation, a place where only a few generations ago it would have been illegal for me to read is no small thing. [applause] literature is the birthright of every single one of us if you can read in at least one language you are in my definition free. That is to say no one can pull the wool over your eyes are give you what they want to call alternative facts and convince you what you know to be true is in fact not true at all. If you can read at least one language, you have the wherewitha
So what i was finding the necessary format to this . Is there a half hour reading and q a . We will do some q a and not as many of these in the past, the q a seems to stretch out a long time. The reading i did in the city, my brain still works so i can write to facebook as i speak. The best passages that most wanted to be read, and and it gets shot down, the famous sexist paragraph that will go on my tombstone, and quoted in every review completely out of context and what surprised me was the facebook by guy, weird mafia boss ill meeting and the story where i. Up the plumbing. Any other seen somebody wants a reading . Some characters in the book are standing here by the way. The last reading, british trader was there, my kids were there, chose not to out themselves. The israeli with a face like that sheet of plywood. He interviewed me at facebook and made the decision, i got hired. Anyone else have a passage you really want me to read and willing to raise your hand and say i want you t
Emily Hamilton, who said she grew up in a household where "Star Trek" and "Star Wars" were favorites, remembered she used to really wish there were more LGBTQ+ characters.