Hello, everyone and welcome to powerhouse we are an independent bookstore and we thank you for your support and attendance tonight and hope that you purchase the book. We are very excited to be hosting the new book american overdose and die will be reading and talking with the moderator after which they will be taking questions. The former journalist at the bbc the guardians correspondent in jerusalem and washington, d. C. By tim on the impact of economic recession in modern america he received the James Cameron prize he was awarded the prize for journalism for recording the version of events and told an unpalatable truth and hes the longtime staff writer in the paris review and the office of Standard Operating Procedure from 2008 and we wish to inform you including the National Book critics circle award. Facebook short fiction essays have been translated into a dozen languages. Hes at work on a new book. Please join me now in welcoming chris. [applause] this one works. [laughter] a lo
By tim on the impact of economic recession in modern america he received the James Cameron prize he was awarded the prize for journalism for recording the version of events and told an unpalatable truth and hes the longtime staff writer in the paris review and the office of Standard Operating Procedure from 2008 and we wish to inform you including the National Book critics circle award. Facebook short fiction essays have been translated into a dozen languages. Hes at work on a new book. Please join me now in welcoming chris. [applause] this one works. [laughter] a long time ago at the border in 1996 or maybe earlier than that and in those days chris is doing some of the truly outstanding reporting from there as he has them everywhere that he has reported that ive ever had the pleasure to read. I guess i want to just start tonight, you have written about american overdose. It is just a terrific book, terrific reporting, writing, exceptional read and urgent story. How did you get into it
Publishing with the age of Political Polarization we are recorded by cspan so we will introduce each speaker so let me change the plan so then ill ask a question to have them jump in as they see fit and then we will be off and running at that point. The editor freemans journal the leading rider from around the world and is the author of several books and the tale of two america is. We have directly to his right michael has worked for the nexus of the literary cultural and political world between 1985 and 95 publisher and ceo of a german Publishing Company and then jumped the atlantic headed the new york belt publisher base he was involved of the satanic verses. In 1988 appointed commissioner for Cultural Affairs the chief editor than publisher since 2012 served as a director from the academy writing about Cultural Affairs and politics. So to his right joining the paris review as editor in 2018, before that at the southern review publishing many stories the best american short stories a
Publishing with the age of Political Polarization we are recorded by cspan so we will introduce each speaker so let me change the plan so then ill ask a question to have them jump in as they see fit and then we will be off and running at that point. The editor freemans journal the leading rider from around the world and is the author of several books and the tale of two america is. We have directly to his right michael has worked for the nexus of the literary cultural and political world between 1985 and 95 publisher and ceo of a german Publishing Company and then jumped the atlantic headed the new york belt publisher base he was involved of the satanic verses. In 1988 appointed commissioner for Cultural Affairs the chief editor than publisher since 2012 served as a director from the academy writing about Cultural Affairs and politics. So to his right joining the paris review as editor in 2018, before that at the southern review publishing many stories the best american short stories a
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