I write mostly comic novels. We have written seven or eight of those. This book is a memoir probably the only memoir i will never write. I dont have that much to say. May be going out on thin i. C. E. I dont think i will write another book than this one in part because it is so singular in nature. About two Extraordinary People who provided me with some amazing material for a book. Host what was it like to write the book . I sat down shortly after i buried my father last year i woke up in the morning with no intention of writing a book and started writing a book and i wrote a in 40 days. Was accidental there was no biblical collusion but when i looked at the calendar i saw 40 days had lapsed. I work hard to on my writing. It wrote a lot of it itself but we pretty much poured out. Host were you surprised at what poured out . Yes. I think the first sentence read Something Like im not sure how this book is going to turn out. I was indeed surprised at how it turned out. Host thats exactly
invite up our keynote speaker tonight, dr. victor david hansen as the winner of this year s henry and annucci book prize. dr. hansen is a longtime friend of isi. he was a faculty associate going all the way back to the 90s as i mentioned earlier. he actually wrote an isi book in 2002 called bonfire of the humanities rescuing the classics in an impoverished age. he also has lectured to isi students on topics such as who killed homer the origins of the west and what happened to history. he is the martin and ellie anderson senior fellow at the hoover institution focusing on classics and military history. he is also the wayne and marcia buskey distinguished visiting fellow in history at hillsdale college and he combines the very rare ability to be one of the foremost scholars in his field of classics, but also to be a popular pundant who regularly appears on fox news and rights of weekly column with national review as well as american greatness. he has received a ba in classics f
invite up our s keynote speaker tonight, dr. victorav davis hann as a winner of this year s henry in and prize book prize. [applause] doctor hanson is ase long tie friend of isi. use t hockley associate going al the wood back to the 90s. as i mentioned he wrote and i as i thousand two gold bonfire of the community, rescuing the classics in that impoverished age. he also has lectured to isi students on topics such as who killed homer, the origins of the west, and what happened to history. he is the martin anderson senior fellow at the hoover institution focusing on classics and military history. he is also the wayne and marcia distinguished visiting fellow in history at hillsdale college, and he combines the very rare ability to be one of the foremost scholars in his field of classics but also to be a popularr pundit who appears on fox news and writes a weekly column with national review as well as american greatness. he has received a a ba in clas and university of cal
in an impoverished age. he also has lectured to isi students on topics such as who killed homer the origins of the west and what happened to history. he is the martin and ellie anderson senior fellow at the hoover institution focusing on classics and military history. he is also the wayne and marcia buskey distinguished visiting fellow in history at hillsdale college and he combines the very rare ability to be one of the foremost scholars in his field of classics, but also to be a popular pundant who regularly appears on fox news and rights of weekly column with national review as well as american greatness. he has received a ba in classics from university of california santa cruz. he was a fellow at the american school of classical studies in athens and received his phd from the university of stanford and his book the dying citizen how progressive elites tribalism and globalization are destroying the idea of america is this year s conservative book of the year. please join m
2002 called bonfire of the humanities rescuing the classics in an impoverished age. he also has lectured to isi students on topics such as who killed homer the origins of the west and what happened to history. he is the martin and ellie anderson senior fellow at the hoover institution focusing on classics and military history. he is also the wayne and marcia buskey distinguished visiting fellow in history at hillsdale college and he combines the very rare ability to be one of the foremost scholars in his field of classics, but also to be a popular pundant who regularly appears on fox news and rights of weekly column with national review as well as american greatness. he has received a ba in classics from university of california santa cruz. he was a fellow at the american school of classical studies in athens and received his phd from the university of stanford and his book the dying citizen how progressive elites tribalism and globalization are destroying the idea of america