Globe. Tonight we celebrate this is all i got, which immerses its readers in the life of a young homeless single mother amid her quest to find stability and shelter right here in new york city. Laurent is an awardwinning journalist, essayist and author. This is her third book and she has written about inequality and its many forms from publication including the New York Times, new york, the new republic, the nation, and salons. And has worked as a producer at npr. Tonight lord will be in conversation with New York Times non fiction critic the Senior Editor at harpers magazine. Our event tonight will run for about one hour, beginning with the conversation between jen and lauren alibi q a for all of our viewers. Please never to post your questions on ip k twitter feed. With no further do i passed the mic to jen to get us started. Thank you again and enjoy. Thanks much jessica. Hi lauren, congratulations on your book i was wondering if maybe to start off you could give us a few sentences
Readers. Good evening, welcome to murmur. I am stephanie valdes, coowner of humidity bookstore and m b, its also a hardcore indie bookstore crowd. Tonight were thrilled to welcome Rebecca Solnit on the publication date of her new book recollections of my nonexistence. She will be in conversation with Leslie Jamison area is no that there will not be assigning tonight after the event but Rebecca Solnit did arrive early to sign each and every one ofyour books. So Rebecca Solnit is the author of 20 books including a field guide to getting lost, the faraway nearby, a paradise built in hell, river shadows and wanderlust. A history of walking. She is also the author of essays on feminism, activism and social change, hope and also the climate crisis. A product of the California Public Education System in kindergarten to graduate school shes a regular contributor to the guardian. Leslie jamison is the author of the New York Times that sellers recovering and the empathy exam and the novel gin cl
Thank you, guys, for being here. Welcome to politics and prose at union market. We are so excited that youre here. Im jennifer mcdvitt, owners Bradley Graham as well as staff, we would like to welcome you to todays event. To briefly note housekeeping items before we get going, we would appreciate it if you turn off or silenced your cell phones. This is my favorite part. Everybody start reaching. So not to disturb the conversation. We do have ats microphone. Its going to be this one for the q a portion of the event. We do want to use microphone for any questions that you have. Copies are available if you want to purchase a copy or many copies. Theyll be a signing after the q a. This is the word im looking for at the conclusion of the talk, its my pleasure to introduce alexis coe, you never forget your first followed murder in memphis, soond to be motion picture. Lively look at George Washington that separates man from the legend. Host of audibles no mans land, founder through lens. She
About this wonderful book you have written. I want to start with you by the beginning and end of the book. You have two different encounters with donald trump or the first is when you are a young cub reporter and the lasses when youre obviously a big white house hotshot reporter. But described this to different encounters with trump i think that is kind of the ark of the book. It goes between those two. s really incredible book ends. The first was i was in my 20s, working for the New York Post. As actually assigned to city hull there was a guy there a mayor at that time who would just become mayor called rudy giuliani. [laughter] somebody who we might know. Smack yes. There is this absolutely unbelievable story that had gripped new york city at the moment. Its not story is particularly interested as working for the New York Post and its all my editors cared about. News had just broken that Michael Jackson, the king of pop had just married lisa marie presley, Elvis Presleys daughter. Th
Good evening, everybody. Welcome to the paige turners readingsters, aim glen raucher this cowerrator and host of the page turns reading series. This used to be call the king reading sears to six miles to the west. I dont know if identity pointing west put humor me. Were glad you could be here in the nook. We started here last may ander very pleased to be here with our friends here the stage. Its a monday knight in new york, a beautiful spring day here in the late winter. And we know that even on a monday knight in new york theres 10,000 different places you could be, and nobody involved with putting together this event or participating in it take ford granted you have chosen to be here with us so thank you very much for that. We appreciate you being here, and the present you get he tend of end of your evident is the evening with a wonderful author, tim bakken and the cost of loyalty. Were joined by cspantv. If you look at the pageturners or Facebook Page i will post when this is going