Think when. [inaudible] most of us are not, we dont want to concentrate on our mortality because its depressing but one of the things that christopher writes in his book mortality, is that we are, he found that at the and is living dying we because you are constantly aware that you have an expiration date. For dying people they know that every single day is a gift and normally, ideally it would be great if we all lived like that. You can watch these programs on full booktv. Org. For the complete list of the finalists and all six quarter categories had to book critics. Org. In her latest book, dm stillman describes the relationship between the flow bill and sitting bull. [inaudible conversation] [inaudible conversation] good afternoon. Welcome to the historic Trinity United Methodist church. We are fortunate to be here. My name is roger smith. I am honored to serve as a volunteer for the 11th annual savannah book festival im so gladoo you all are participating in the festival. It is pre
Good afternoon and welcome to the historic Trinity United Methodist church. We feel fortunate to be in this beautiful space which was made possible by the generosity of jack and mary, im honored to serve as volunteer for the 11th annual savanna book festival and so glad you also participated in this years festival. It is presented by george power, david and nancy cintron, the shia Family Foundation and mark and hats. We want to thank our literary members and individual sponsors and donors who made and continue to make saturday at the book festival a free event. 90 of the revenue comes from donors like you so thank you very much. We are excited to have a savanna book festival apps available this year. Look in your program if you would like information on downloading that apps to your telephone. A couple housekeeping notes. Following this presentation, our author, deanne stillman, will sign festival purchased copies of this book. If you want to stay in this venue for the presentation tha
And by being heard. We have about 25 minutes left. I can keep talking, but there are usually a lot of questions. [laughter] so im going to go ahead and take questions if you have them. If there arent any, i will keep going. Celeste, over here. Far back. Oh, i see you. Here. [laughter] a couple years ago you came to savannah, and you did a ted talk, and it was one of the best ever. Thank you. Thirteen million views, ladies and gentlemen. [laughter] [applause] tell us, if you would, something you learned doing a ted talk. Next time get a haircut and put on makeup. [laughter] [applause] that is what i learned. [laughter] other people will be watching this. Brush your hair. [laughter] yes. Oh, wait, they want me to here and here. Theyre going to bring you a microphone. [inaudible] okay. You talked a lot about the challenges to great conversations, but you didnt say anything specific about how to have great conversations. Well, thats because i wrote a book about it. [laughter] and it took m
Good afternoon. And welcome to the historic Trinity United Methodist church. We feel so fortunate to be in this beautiful space which has been made possible by the generosity of jack and mary romanos. Im honored to serve as a volunteer for the 11th annual savannah festival,o and im so glad you also are participating in this years festival presented by georgia power, by david and nancy citron, the Sheehan Family foundation and mark y and pat suen. Wed also like to thank our wonderful literati members as well as individual sponsors and donors who have made f and continue to make saturday at the book festival a free event. 90 of the revenue for the savannah book festival, in fact, comes from donors like you, so thank you very much. Were excited to have a savannah bookik festival app available year, so please look in your program if you would like information on downloading that app to your telephone. Before we get started, a couple of housekeeping notes. Immediatelys following this presen
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