Congressman rick larsen of washington, what is on your reading list . Guest are reading list is or has been long but it is coming into the middle of the summer now so im working on wrapped, the third iq novel by joe ej, los angeles mystery writer and iq is his character and wrapped is the third book in the series and kind of a detective, detective novel and is a private investigator and a lot of action and a lot of great relationships in that book so i am working on that. Im also working on frederick douglass, biography published recently and im working on that. Its a fairly long book so im popping in and out of that, in and out of that book quite a bit. Im taking that in chunks. The policy and me, david a dollar at one of the think tanks in washington dc is a lead editor of a book called china 2049 where hes brought together some reform minded chinese scholars to look at what the chinese economy might look like and what its challenges are between now and 2049. Obviously, it has indica
The extraordinary life of hamilton aellis cose the author of trana they both have a lot to add for people that are interested not only in our history but a lot of current events. Im going to give kimberly and alice a couple minutes to introduce themselves and then we will jump into discussion. Kimberly, do you want to go first . Hi, i am so delighted to be here. As i was saying before we get started, i used to live in austin, he went to ut for my phd so being a part of the texas book festival has been a dream of mine for a long time. Edited picture it would happen this way but i will take it. Im very grateful to participate and thank you so much for having me. Im a historian and ice study women, sex politics, and science and medicine. Now i live in cincinnati and i teach in oxford ohio. I contribute essays to publications like the washington post, i have an oped in there today actually about kamala harris. I also have my new book free thinker which tells the story of the fallen woman a
Congratulations again on the terrific book that has made clear it does help us understand the very public figure we think we know and who as you convey as even more to him. Democrat from washington recently joined booktv to discuss the books hes reading. Congressman rick larsen of lf washington, what is on your reading list right now . It hasnt been long but its coming to the middle of summer now so im working on the third novel by a los angeles mystery writer and this is the third in the series. Its kind of a detective novel. Hes a private investigator and a lot of action and great relationships in that book so im working on that and also working on Frederick Douglass a biography published recently. Its a long book so im popping in and out of that one quite a bit kind of taking that 1 inch chunks. One in chunks. For the policy wonk in me one of the think tanks in washington, d. C. Is the lead editor of a book called china 2049 where hes brought together scholars to look at what the ch
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