First Lady Laura Bush along with then library of librarian of congress and the current librarian of congress has continued. Carla it is so delightful to see people line up outside waiting to hear authors and get their books signed and all of these things. There is just so much excitement. After two years of being virtual, that was good for when we all had to hunker down, but being in person is just delightful. What is your role today . Carla my role is head cheerleader, and also to open up the main stage to actually get a chance to moderate a panel of young adult authors. This year we are having a stage for the young and young at heart, teenagers, specifically. The interesting part is we had a Youth Advisory Committee which could all happen during a pandemic, and they zoomed in through the country and gave us advice about authors they would like to hear from. They recommended the books and so i am just being led on to the stage but young people will be interviewing some of their favori
Book tv viewers are also joining us. So welcome. [applause] cspan will be here throughout the day recording the events on the stage. This stage has a long history of being one of the festivals festivals most popular stage and we will delve into the role women played in the civil rights movement, americas relationship with the bald eagle, and a more complete accounting of the mexican revolution, and the strange history behind the search of the source of the nile river and many other topics. You learn a lot here at the history and biography stage and we hope you will visit us at the library of congress to do research about subjects you are interested in to expense the beauty of the Thomas Jefferson holding or attend one of our life at the library events. Most thursday nights we keep most exhibits open until 8 00 p. M. And host dynamic, free events for visitors. On september 15, and actress and podcast sisters will join us for a discussion. Determine 22nd, mosaic theater will present a pr
From our studios in new york city, this is charlie rose. Senator Kristen Gillibrand is here, democrat from new york to replaced former senator Hillary Clinton in 2009. She was previously a congressperson for new yorks 20 ninth congressional district. She has emerged as an advocate for womens rights and taken on the battle for Sexual Assault especially in the military. She has a new memoir, off the sidelines, and in the forward notary clinton writes it is a job but a calling. Im pleased to have her here at this table. Great to see you. What leads one to write a book at this time in your life . Wanted to share a little bit about my personal journey for a way to ask women to be heard. It is part call to action, part memoir, part selfhelp. Me. Mpacted my mom was one of three women in her law class. Really as a way to ask women to be heard, speak up to raise the voices on the things they care deeply about. They could not only make a difference but change outcomes. Atespecially looking viole
From our studios in new york city, this is charlie rose. Senator Kristen Gillibrand is here, democrat from new york to replaced former senator Hillary Clinton in 2009. She was previously a congressperson for new yorks 20 ninth congressional district. She has emerged as an advocate for womens rights and taken on the battle for Sexual Assault especially in the military. She has a new memoir, off the sidelines, and in the forward Hillary Clinton writes it is not a job but a calling. Im pleased to have her here at this table. Great to see you. What leads one to write a book at this time in your life . I wanted to share a little bit about my personal journey for a way to ask women to be heard. It is part call to action, part memoir, part selfhelp. It impacted me. My mom was one of three women in her law class. Really as a way to ask women to be heard, speak up to raise the voices on the things they care deeply about. They could not only make a difference but change outcomes. Especially look
Veteran of the publishing world. I worked for harper is a Senior Editor and Vice President for many years and went on to work at Simon Schuster as well. So i have been around the block. Im a bit of a veteran in all fields, but we have learned so many things in this conference so far. It such a delight, such a pleasure to the wonderful keynote speech about the importance of words and the report from the frontlines of so many countries, south africa and russia, marvelous and to learn that the First Encounter between europe and the new world, between the conquistadors and the quinta was over a book and on and on with the heritage of Thomas Jefferson and the wonderful discussions that you just heard. At such a vibrant discussion. And wonderful to know that it will go on on in the sum of as we go forward around the world. Now what we have learned in the whole process is that the book culture is changing, although we all know i think in our hearts that the world of books which we have known