[inaudible] its a very good read. I thoroughly enjoyed it. And tonight Sam Tanenhaus has agreed to interview randy and call out for him aspects of the biography, so its my pleasure to welcome them bothful thank you. [applause] am i good here . I can shout, so i probably dont need one of these. So Randy Boyagoda youre a novelist, and youre writing about Richard John Neuhaus. How did we get to this topic, first of all and why . Right. I started i started working on this book in some ways without even realizing it in 2009, so shortly after neuhaus died. I wrote a profile for a torontobased magazine called the walrus. Im from toronto, and it was basically an essay that argued heres the most influential canadianborn intellectual in the past 50 years that none of you have ever heard of. So i wrote this interview and i kind of left it at that. At that point i was in the midst of a terribly unreadable second academic monograph and as a rescue from that sort of project, i realized that here rea
[inaudible conversations] welcome everybody. Should i wait for you . Welcome everybody to its really great to have an opportunity to host regular botox by authors that write about topics that concern and culture and politics. Its especially good when the topic is the founder of the magazine and its a pleasure tonight to introduce the biographer of the biography of John Neuhaus Randy boyagoda. Randy is an accomplished novelist and his most recent novel beggars faced which is best described as great gatsby. Its a very good read and i thoroughly enjoyed it. Tonight sam taman house has agreed to interview randy and call out aspects of the biography so its my pleasure to welcome them both. [applause] am i good . I shouts i probably dont need one of those. Randy boyagoda you are novelist writing about john neuhaus. How did you get to this topic . And when did you choose and why . I started working on this book in some ways without even realizing it in 2009 so shortly after i wrote a profile
[inaudible conversations] welcome everybody. Should i wait for you . Welcome everybody to its really great to have an opportunity to host regular botox by authors that write about topics that concern and culture and politics. Its especially good when the topic is the founder of the magazine and its a pleasure tonight to introduce the biographer of the biography of John Neuhaus Randy boyagoda. Randy is an accomplished novelist and his most recent novel beggars faced which is best described as great gatsby. Its a very good read and i thoroughly enjoyed it. Tonight sam taman house has agreed to interview randy and call out aspects of the biography so its my pleasure to welcome them both. [applause] am i good . I shouts i probably dont need one of those. Randy boyagoda you are novelist writing about john neuhaus. How did you get to this topic . And when did you choose and why . I started working on this book in some ways without even realizing it in 2009 so shortly after i wrote a profile
Should i wait for you . Welcome everybody to its really great to have an opportunity to host regular botox by authors that write about topics that concern and culture and politics. Its especially good when the topic is the founder of the magazine and its a pleasure tonight to introduce the biographer of the biography of John Neuhaus Randy boyagoda. Randy is an accomplished novelist and his most recent novel beggars faced which is best described as great gatsby. Its a very good read and i thoroughly enjoyed it. Tonight sam taman house has agreed to interview randy and call out aspects of the biography so its my pleasure to welcome them both. [applause] am i good . I shouts i probably dont need one of those. Randy boyagoda you are novelist writing about john neuhaus. How did you get to this topic . And when did you choose and why . I started working on this book in some ways without even realizing it in 2009 so shortly after i wrote a profile of him for a torontobased magazine called the
Congestion building. If you are headed in the eastbound direction you will find one lane is blocked in the eastbound direction headed beyond Treasure Island until 3 00 this morning. Traffic is building. Highway 4, antioch to concord is 16 minutes and from san rafael to San Francisco is 17 minutes. Outside, metering lights are not on and cash paying lanes are loaded up. We possibly have an accident ahead with more information on that coming up. Breaking news in San Francisco where police are investigating a stabbing outside a downtown hotel. Police say a man was found stabbed in the neck in front of the mayor idea hotel after 3 00 a. M. He may have been stabbed in a parking garage a block away and walked or was taken to the Marriott Hotel where he was taken to the hospital with no word on his condition. Yesterday morning, a man was fatally stabbed in the same area not too far away with Police Investigating whether the two are connected. Police have identified a 62yearold woman shot and