Cspan. Org the president s, wherever books are sold. Host welcome to the Atlanta History Center virtual author talk featuring Heather Lende in conversation with jessica handler. I kate whitman Vice President of programs and Community Engagement for the History Center and im glad you are here and thanks for being with us. This will also be broadcast on cspan, so look out for that. You can purchase copies directly from our official bookseller. There is a link so you can do that and also we provided a link on the website. As jessica and heather are talking, please submit questions as jessica will entertain questions as well. There is a qanda feature at the bottom of the screen. We will get to as many of those as time allows. Heather lende has contributed to the New York Times and National Geographic traveler. Among other newspapers and magazines. Shes the author of the bestselling book take good care of the garden and the dog and if youve lived here i know your name. Tonight she will be d
To change a street name because it was deemed racist containers authorities to go further a street and train station in the german capital are named after the antislavery book Uncle Toms Cabin. Says its offensive and he has joined the sports push against racist. Welcome to the program germanys president has condemned the far right activists who tried to storm the German Parliament building the group someways in German Imperial flags managed to reach the entrance of i started building the whole police force them back from further shanaya said the display of the flags was an intolerable attack on the heart of german democracy. It happened alongside a demonstration that drew nearly 40000. 00 people to protest germanys coronavirus was struck sions hundreds of whom were arrested for breaching social distancing rules. For 2 hours they waited flouting social distancing rules seated on the pavement. And then before it began the demonstration was over. Through the course of the morning thousand
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A whole other feeling that whatever the police does now in the street they detain protest something that has become popular every day life is not something that the government can really clamp down with. What has a man at the center of all this president look. Doing in the face face of this protest. Well we had another extraordinary photo shoots by his president ial press office today as last week and again this weekend only 66 percent of the christians in military fatigues again holding a gun again with a mission unloaded i dont quite see what this is trying to achieve its trying to come across as a show of strength working people were showing the strength of. The government is at a bit of a loss. They have mentioned earlier they arrested some of the leaders of this but if you so do the jews and so widespread without really a clear leadership that its not clear what they can now do to really put this genie back in the book. And how do people you talk to. Things are all 6. I think that
Website as jessica and heather are talking, please submit your questions for heather or Jessica Jessica will entertain questions as well. The q a features are at the bottom of your screen. We will get to as many of those as time allows. Heather lende has contributed a ashes the author of the best selling book buying the good take good care of the ab heather will be interviewed by Jessica Hendler, Jessica Hendler is the author of the novel the magnetic girl winner of the 2027 book prize. Also nominee for the townsend prize. Her memoir the invisible sisters was named one of the book s all georgian should read in her craft guide reading afire a guide to writing about grief was praised by vanity fair magazine many others. She teaches creative writing and directs minor writing at a university in atlanta. She lectures International Writing and we are so delighted she is joining us tonight. Heather and jessica, welcome, i will let jessica take it from here. Thank you kate. Heather, im so glad