This is booktv on cspan2. [inaudible conversations] good evening. Good evening. Welcome to politics and prose at busboys and poets in brooklyn. Thank you all for coming out this evening. Politics prose is very pleased to join busboys and poets in bringing authors and events to brooklyn. Now, if you would, please silence your mobile phones. After the event well have question and answers. Books can be purchased at our register on the way out the door. You can have them signed by this at this table right here at the door heading out of this space, and ill give it over to my friend andy. Thank you so much, and welcome, everybody. Good evening. Good evening. Good evening. How many are here for the first time . Oh, its always exciting you have not been here for the first time. And this one, okay. [laughter] how many are lying . I want to thank you all, and i want to also say a very special thank you to politics prose and the partnership that we have with them. Were very thrilled to be part o