Good morning. Good morning and welcome to nashville and the southern festival of the books. Behind the curtain, money, politics and imperiled republic. We are fortunate today to have two authors who are really addressing some issues we deal with today. Weed to live in many ways in imperiled times and dealing with the concentration of economic power and political power, so again we are fortunate to have two very renowned speakers today after the session is over we will have a signing session that will take place on the war memorial section between the capital and library. We will go there and also have questions and answers, a q a session after the presentation this morning to your right there is a set of microphones and if you would like to ask questions of the authors to your right there is a set of microphones. Each speaker will speak about 15 or so minutes dealing with their books and then we will open it up to questions. If you could, you may want to take a moment to silence your c
Everyone to the 68 National Book award. [applause] like most people here tonight i have always been an avid reader and i come from a family of avid readers and i have birthed at least one avid reader, the jury is still out on the younger ones. As an only child and the daughter of two only children it wasnt uncommon in our house to find everyone in separate corners, each of us buried in a book. Huge nerds, you might have called us. Its a privilege to be in his room full of huge nerds. I feel right at home. My mothers father was a rare book dealer in chicago so the nerd gene goes back even farther in my family. One year there was a terrible fire and my grandfather store and the fire itself didnt reach the volume the fire hoses did. Water, water, everywhere. His whole inventory ruins and my grandfather felt he had no choice but to close up shop. My grandparents packed up and moved to the ozarks in the heart of missouri where my grandmother was from and they both were effectively retired a
[inaudible conversations] good evening, everyone. Welcome to the public library. Thank you for your patience and flexibility and thank you, rainy day books for getting david here. These circumstances are out of everyones control. His plane was delayed. You may insert your own airline joke. But tonight david will talk about his book killers of the flower moon and his greed, fear, anger and racial claim. Its part political history and this is a book that will generate conversation long after david catches his next plane. Its easy to read this book because it is in a suspenseful way. Its hard to read this book because it is true and devastating and maddening. Hes written for the New York Times magazine atlantic Washington Post wall street journal republic. His his awardwinning book that is in theaters right now and if you cant take their word or line about Supreme Court Justice Stephen breyer who cited one of the pieces in his opinions so please, welcome david. [applause] my first book wa
They make no secret just how important in my opinion but maya little experience of politics i was on the city council eight years in a previous lifetime the. [applause] and it seemed to me then that one very important thing in politics is to understand your opponent where they are coming from what motivates them and what they are trying to do. And this book shows our understanding the radical right toward the altar rate for the al libertarian right has been very limited with a philosophy and strategy that goes back decades. There are a few things that could be more important and then we are in the much better position to counter the arguments Nancy Maclean is the professor of history of Public Policy at duke university. First serving as a chair. Then coming to do university in 2010 so we are very pleased and happy to have heard here. Also into cspan for covering us. Nancy maclean. [applause] i am so thrilled to see how many of you are here. Thanks for coming to interested in this book
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