We are going to have a great night tonight. We are honoring literary liens, emma white will be honored, a big night for the Massive National Book Foundation for literature, culture, a big night for all of us. When i have the ability to stand in front of people i mention my mothers name jean christian. She is the reason i like to say about my mother i am the man that i am because she is the woman sheis or was. My mother was my first teacher. My mother graduated from college at the age of 17, the first person in her family to go to college. For me to be a wellknown literary advocate in this nation, a place where only a scant few generations ago it would have been illegal for me to read is no small thing. [applause] literature is the birthrightof every single one of us, no exception and if you can read in at least one language youare in my definition free. That is to say , no one can pull the wall over your eyes. No one can give you a set of what they want to call alternative facts and co
The first time, welcome to those who have been with us since friday. This journey began. Welcome to the philip roth. Unbowed and our weekend long celebration. The life and legacy of novelist and newark native philip roth on the occasion of would have what have been his 90th birthday today in fact would have been philip roths 90th birthday so happy birthday, roth. My name is carey and im a coproducer of the along with jon schreiber, president and ceo of njpac. Rosemary steinbaum, a trustee of the newark public library. Chelsea keyes njpac, director of strategic initiatives. James shapiro, professor of english at columbia university. And bernard schwartz, director of Unterberg Poetry Center at the 92nd street y. Over the course of these past three days, weve been telling a story. On friday, that story was about newark or, as they apparently say here. Newark, one syllable not to a majority minority city whose, cultural, political and economic and triumphs have in many reflected the Greate
of what i say is the greatest state in the united states. in football terms it is halftime, we just wrapped up half time. everybody knows the best action happens in the second half and you are with us. pete: will is out, joey jones, is with us. joe: after the olympics it was a much friendlier town, much safer town. every town suffered in the last handful of years, there is so much to offer, martin luther king is in there, world co. the coolest aquarium you can find on the east coast come a lot of cool stuff. i don t have anything to give, all the dancing is in my heart. rachel: migrants from venezuela calling out the white house for the decision to bring a modified version of the trump era remained in mexico program. pete: this after agents encountered 25,000 venezuelan illegals in august alone. joe: alexandria joins us. reporter: venezuelans are desperate to make it into the us due to a state of absolute political crisis at home so they were caught off guard by the biden a
Shawn colvin, welcome. [shawn] thank you. [eric] nice to see you again. [shawn] you too. [eric] its so nice to hear your voice coming out of a record, i have to tell you the great fun ive had over the last couple of weeks listening to this record. It reminds me how much i enjoy hearing your music. Thank you. And its a really great, and interesting, and different record. Its very spare, very raw, and casual. Not is as if pejorative i say that, but it just doesnt feel like its been overproduced and over done. Feel like you all had fun thats a great compliment. [eric] making it. We did, and it was done quickly, a week and a half and [eric] you recorded it in a week and a half . We did. And those are exactly the words we want you to use to describe it. Good. And it was recorded in different places, or it was recorded in one place . No, it was recorded in nashville with buddy miller whos a producer and often its not when he produces, you record at his house, which is what we did and it was
That the people of kurdistan have made their decision and entered a new phase different from anything in the past. But its theres nobody to blame us for this but that and they took advantage of the situation and broke the bounds of the constitution and upward for the for the more than the one i dont want to design they will use force. But the new barzani and the northern Iraqi Administration will go down in history bearing the shame of pushing our region into an endless six area and war over here today that iraq after two thousand and three was established by american and Coalition Forces america has to mediate to save the blood of iraqis and their voices civil war between kurds and arabs of youre. Also on the show the founder of playboy hugh hefner has died at the age of ninety one ill speak to a former editorial director a flyboy magazine about the man and his legacy coming up but first iraqs kurdish minority has said yes to independence but the vote is having major consequences for