Good morning, everyone. Sorry about the delay but, you know, without a little problem, life is no fun, right . As some of you know, im a federal judge about two blocks away, and im reminded this morning this is deja vu all over again. Now, one could draw a couple of conclusions from this, and that is i did such a great job they asked me back, the other one is they had to find someone who was willing to get up on a saturday morning and do this. But i think the second explanation is really the best one, because were all readers, and we all love authors, and we just want to be here. So welcome. So starting at my right is the narrator of this mornings panel, pamela paul. Shes the editor of the New York Times book review and is also an author in her own right. She writes the popular feature buy the book and interview feature in the magazine. Every morning i and many other readers of the New York Times book review turn with anticipation to see which novelist, historian, short story writer or