brooke hauser will be reading from her book and then will be in conversation and we will have a short q&a afterwards. let me briefly introduce brooke hauser. brooke hauser has written for the new york times, los angeles times among other publications that she s originally from miami, florida and new york and then were full, massachusetts. she has her days at columnist and editor at the new york times for the past 17 years and is the deputy editor at the home section. he s written for harper s atlantic commonwealth and the progressive in teaching that we are university. just quick housekeeping. these turn up your cell phones and as you ve seen coming c-span tv is so made the event tonight. further q&a, will be passing around microphones if you could wait for the microphone to riccio m.ed. bring you a microphone so we can record it. please welcome brooke hauser, author of the book the new kids. [applause] so, as suzanne said we are here to discuss brooke s new book and