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Will be sent said along to ther who answer them at the end of the presentation. Also we encourage you to support todays featured author by purchasing her book from independent book seller, politics and prose. Finally i big thank you goes out to the featured sponsors. The blair family foundation, downtown crowne, and montgomery college. Lets get started. Tonight we have got author casey cep to talk about her bestselling book furious hours murder, fraud, and the last trial of harper lee. She tells the true story of murder, revenge and courtroom drama. Beloved writer harper lee spent years working on telling this story. Now casey cep brings the story to life from the shocking murders to the courtroom drama. Casey cep is a staff writer at the new yorker. After graduating from harvard with a degree in english she earned a master philosophy in theology at the university of oxford as a rhodes scholar. In interviewing case tonight is eugene, an awardwinning veteran journalist who has an eclect
And those that will be sent on to the author to answer them we encourage you to support the author and finally a big think that goes out toward featured sponsors and Montgomery College and so lets get started caseys back to talk to her bestselling book murder and fraud in the last trial of harper lee beautifully telling the true story of courtroom drama and murder and revenge we spent years working on this story and now the shocking murder to the courtroom drama after graduating from Harvard College with a master of philosophy and theology interviewing her tonight as an awardwinning veteran journalist of history and lifestyles real estate and the Chesapeake Bay with washington editor at the Washington Post so welcome to the program. Thank you for having us. Its good to see you virtually. Yes thank you so much i know we will have a great conversation. I just tore through your book. Its a page turner i was fascinated and i guess my first question is the remarkable story at the hands of t
As a collection, make it scream, make it burn and they are so smart, so nuanced and its fascinating to hear about and to read about the ethical complications of being a writer. Theres tension between making art making beauty and exporting the people you write about. Thats one of the recurring themes, all of these essays. Theres also a lot else as well so its great to have the here. Its wonderful to be here. One thing that so striking to me about this collection is this a very different kinds of answers. Some are journalism, summer what i would callst criticism and thn you very personalal essays, revealing essays. Arere you equally comfortable wh all those different kinds of writing or do you have a favorite type ofu essay . Best way to start answer the question would be to say that i am differently uncomfortable with all three forms of writing. I think its usually a bad sign if im feeling too comfortable about a a project or peace and working on but i find, and suddenly and discovered