Why books matter. In the library of americas literary anthology. He is the book critic and former book editor of the los angeles times. Ladies and gentlemen, david yulen listen. [applause] thank you. Its a real honor and a pleasure to be here tonight and a real honor to be part of the National Book awards. Let me start by saying what an exceptional year its been for fiction, which means our work which made our work as a jury in this category especially rewarding and especially difficult. Long books, short books, short stories, novels, this list of finalists could have been a hundred books long. Why . Because what fiction offers is the interior plunge, a sense to experience the inner be life of another person which which makes it a mechanism of empathy. Thats what fiction has always been, thats what fiction remains, and it offers a vivid challenge to questions about the health of fiction. Trust me, my fellow jurors and i can assure you, it is healthy. We know this firsthand. In the cour
Provocative. One of the cases of yes, yes, and its the one thats most like, you know, ah, thats the one. But it is one of your five. It is one of the five. So i wasnt off base. No, youre not. Will[laughter] i think youre argumentive, but thats okay. [laughter] you can watch this and other programs online at booktv. Org. And now from the 30th annual Miami Book Fair international on the campus of miamidade college, a discussion with Nathaniel Philbrick, author of bunker hill a city, a siege, a revolution. And brenda wine apple, author of ecstatic nation confidence, crisis and compromise. This is about 45 minutes. In. Good afternoon, everyone, and im sure youve had a number of welcomes to the book fair, but im going to give you one anyway, so were very glad youre here. This is a discussion about two of the most significant periods in American History, the revolutionary war era before the, before americas birth as a nation and the runup and the after math of the civil war when america expe
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