Drinking in america our secret history. Her distinguished bibliography includes the 2015 biography of e. E. Cummings a life which was chosen by the economist as one of the best books of the year and is now considered the definitive biography of that iconoclastic show hes a poet and other biographical works include american bloomsbury the leading figures of the transcendentalist movement, and my name is bill, bill wilson for his life and the creation of Alcoholics Anonymous home before dark, the groundbreaking biography of her father, writer john and treetops in the more. Shes also the author of five novels, and a frequent frequent computer of essays and articles to leading publications. Shes influential in shaping and sustaining our literary culture as a member of the corporation and of the Authors Guild council and is a faculty member at Bennington College mfa program in the new school in new york city. In her fascinating and compelling new book, she traces the pervasive influence of
Good evening ladies and gentlemen. Colonist and editorial cartoonist is an awardwinning graphic novelist and the author of nonfiction books about domestic and International Current affairs. His cartoons appear at approximately 100 newspapers around the United States and from 2008 to 2009 he was president of the association of the editorial cartoonist and hes won several awards for his work including the journalism awards and the National Journalism award and best book of the year award. Joining him on stage tonight is chris hedges who spent barely two decades as a correspondent in Central America the middle east, africa and the balkans. Hes reported for more than 50 countries and has worked for the Christian Science monitor and the National Public radio at the Dallas Morning News and New York Times. He was part of the team of reporters at the times and awarded a Pulitzer Prize for coverage about global terrorism. Hes also the author of several bestselling books including ward gives us
Nonfiction book and authors every weekend on cspan 2. Saturday at 7 00 p. M. Eastern Winston Groom discusses his latest book the generals, pa on the, mcarthur, marshall, and the winning of world war ii. Then at 10 00 p. M. Eastern, world Medicine Association president on the Worlds Health gap. On sunday afternoon at 1 30 p. M. Eastern Douglas Wilder discusses his memoir, son of virginia, a life in americas political arena. Governor wilder was the nations first africanamerican governor. With the military experience that i had and then the opportunity to learn what was going on, that started me. And i had a good law practice. As a matter of fact, i had a great law practice and politics was the last thing i wanted to get involved with. Watch book tv all weekend every weekend on cspan 2. In new york today the u. N. Security Council Unanimously approved a resolution endorsing a Peace Process for syria. The resolution calls for a ceasefire and talks between the Syrian Government and Syrian O
Washington d. C. At a house hearing on the cost of record entrance Prescription Drugs, we will learn how they set drug prices. When members question ceo about the company raising the price of the drug he declined to testify invoking his fifth amendment rights. Officials were at the hearing and discuss the approval process for generic drugs. This hearing is four hours. [inaudible] [inaudible] [inaudible] [inaudible] [inaudible] [inaudible] [inaudible] [inaudible] [inaudible] [inaudible] [inaudible] [inaudible] [inaudible] [inaudible] please take a seat. Welcome everybody the committee on oversight will come to order. Without objection where declared a recess at any time. The chairman is responsible under the rules of the house and the role of the committee to maintain order of the committee room, and i will will do that. We have an important hearing today. We have a number of hearings that are very important. Today were talking about the cost of healthcare in our country. Because it is
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