Over the country to nashville each fall to be with the thousands of readers and writers from around the region. For those of us would enjoy being here, f were lucky that its a free event so thanks to a lot of the Community Support remember that the festival does depend on individual donations among other sources to remain free so please take the time to donate and what you can to help keepit free and any amount helps. Whatever amount you can spare. You can donate via the website, behalf or in person at the headquarters tends throughout the weekend and any amount is appreciated. Now let me introduce the authors, kendra allen who is the author of when you learn u that alphabet and jennine cap crucet who is the author of my time among the whites. So kendra, i think you said you want to go first. What were going to do is each of the authors is going to read from their book and we will have discussion back and forth and talk about the books and about their writing and their lives if they wa
Event that brings authors from all over the country to nashville each fall to breed with the thousands of readers and writers and booklovers from around the region. For those of us who enjoy being here the second weekend of october every year we are lucky its a free event. Thank you to a lot of the community support. Remember that the festival does depend on individual donations among other sources to remain free. Please take the time to donate what you can to help keep it free and any amount helps. Whatever amount you can spare. You can donate via the website, the app, or in person at the headquarters, tenant, throughout the weekend. And any amount is appreciated. Let me introduce the authors, kendra allen, the author of when you learn the alphabet. And janine the author of my time among the whites. Those are the books they will be talking about today. Kendra, i think you said you wanted to go first. Yes. What we will do as each of the authors is going to read from their book a little
I am so happy youre here for this book educated this is one of the most extraordinary memoirs i have ever read and that made my experience. Thank you so much. Turning toward the house on the hillside tall shadow stiffly pushing to the currents my brother was testing whether a picture my brother with his steel toed boots on the highway below the school bus drives past without stopping. And more than any other we dont go to school but the government doesnt know about us to force us to go we dont have birth certificates we have no medical records. We were bored at home and never have seen a doctor or nurse. We have no School Records weve never set foot in a classroom when i was nine i will be issued a delayed certificate of birth at this moment according to the state of idaho and the federal government i do not exist. Of course i did provide load up with parents waiting for the sun to darken i spent my summers in the fields in the winter rotating supplies my family continues on unaffected
Everybody. I am bradley graham, the coowner and everybody at the bookstore and all the great folks, welcome. Thank you very much for coming. Every time we do a joint author event like tonight which we love doing by the way and marvelous facility, i think back 15 years when the building was up for sale and how close it came to being transformed into a nightclub. It came this close but instead the s founders and the staff hae transformed the wonderful place over the pastnd decade and a haf into the vibrant Community Center that it is today, lets have around of applause for that. We have a great event for you this evening featuring Melinda Gates here to talk about her new book, the moment of lift, this is melindas debut as an author and her book is part memoir and part call for more action as melinda recount the mission she been on, she tells the story tof her journey from taken a jb at microsoft in 1987 fresh out of Business School to marrying bill gates seven years later to partnering w
The fbi raid on his private island, our cameras right there. Breaking overseas, the hero takedown caught on camera. These men jumping into action to stop a knifewielding man on a deadly spree. What he was shouting when they caught him. Disturbing discovery on a united flight. A passenger finding a hidden camera in the bathroom. The suspect now facing charges, and what else the fbi discovered on that device. And the new shark sighting off the coast of cape cod. The shark as big as their boat. No way how these great white wonders are actually sparking new business. Good morning, america. Its great to have you with us on this Tuesday Morning, and that family who saw that shark, theyre going to need a bigger boat. A much bigger boat. I would just get a Swimming Pool first. Im with you there, michael. No need for the ocean. Massachusetts beaches actually have been closed 40 times since july because of these shark sightings. Will is there this morning. He loves the beach and we always send h