And i just couldnt hang on but once things calm down i want to get back into the teaching environment. And would have put it on the spot and ask you about two or three novels that every kid should. I think smile is a great one for younger students. My own daughters love it and my daughters connect very well at that book. If you only. One graphic novel ever it should be. Gene yang is a National Ambassador for young peoples literature and the coauthor of a new series of looks. The new one is called jean, thanks so much. Thank you so much. Up next on booktv after Words Program former interrogator eric fair discusses his time at sub abu ghraib interviewed by sudbury director of National Security and human rights first about his book consequence a memoir. Host eric thanks for sitting down to talk about your book. Your book is a war story, story about u. S. And interrogator engaged in difficult circumstances in iraq. Its a story about torture but its a story about much more than that as well
That ive been thinking about for a really long time. Before i was a fulltime author, i was a High School Computer science teacher. I taught for 17 years at a high school in oakland, and i would teach in this really visual way. I would do a lot of drawing on the board to explain to my students. I always thought, man, a lot of this could really work well in a graphic novel series. I teamed up with a friend of mine named mike holmes, and together we are trying to introduce fundamental Computer Science concepts to middle school kids through comics. Host how did you go from a High School Teacher to a National Book award nominee . [laughter] guest its kind of crazy. Each when i was a fulltime teacher, i would do comics at night, in the morning, in the summers host did you think they could be published . Guest it was for me. Host really . Guest i never thought itd be a source of income. Some people, you know, play golf to relax, and that costs a lot of money. Im going to publish comics to rel
Voters . Democratic strategist mary hughes, republican strategist sean wall are, and political reporter alisa walsh. What a week its been. You came back from the convention this morning. Law and order was very much the main theme of Donald Trumps speech. He said it at least four times in his speech. Was it enough to unify the Republican Party . The message wasnt to unify the Republican Party. The message was to actually get the attention of the entire country. So in our country right now, seems like the best of times, the worst of times. Theres a real unsettled feeling in the country with a lot of the officers shot that we are losing control. Some of the Crime Statistics saying 16 of Violent Crime was up. That message was designed to play on peoples insecurities and anxieties, not only on the domestic level but on the foreign level. Is that a good message . Many conventions, you hear messages of hope and inspiration and aspiration. This was very much depicting a country that seems in c
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And president obama, rather than making any kind of argument about the build. We want to now, all eyes turn to philadelphia, where the Presumptive Democratic nominee gets to make her mark. Joining me with analysis of the the white house, jeanne cummings, Political Editor for the wall street journal, michael duffy, executive editor of time chiefne, john harwood, washington correspondent for cnbc. Alexis simendinger, White House Correspondent for real clear politics. From philadelphia, pennslyvania, this is a special edition ofon Washington Week, with gwen ifill. By. G is provided thousands of people came out today to run the race for retirement. So we asked them, are you forletely prepared retirement . Okay. Mostly prepared . Could you save 1 more of your income . Doesnt sound like much, but saving an additional 1 now could make a big difference over time. Im going to be even better about saving. You can do it it helps us along. Prudential. Additional funding is provided by the xq insti