Was, i suppose youd call it adventurous. But this thing ruined everything. [laughter] we go far and wide, find the best writers that we can ask and bring them to albany. Its like bringing the world the a particular place. And i dont think i cant think of any other organization, even some of the better known ones in major cities that have such a regular flow of creative talent coming through and at no cost to the public. With our open door policy. We bring the literary world to albany. So all these people whose names, faces and dates, events you see are people who have come from far and wide to read to the general public here. And weve had somewhere, my most recent count now has gotten us up to at least 10 or probably 11 Nobel Laureates across the years ranging from Toni Morrison who actually used to teach at albany to most recently a South African writer, and along the way, i dont know, people like the nigerian writer, wally, or the caribbean writer derek walcott, or the irish poet, se
Thank you. My name is mary beth wise and i work for the library of Congress National Library Service for the blind and physically handicapped. We administer audio and braille books to individuals throughout the country as a u. S. Citizen living abroad. I am very proud to introduce Sheila Miyoshi yager who earned her phd in anthropology from the university of chicago. She is an associate professor and director east Asian Studies at oberlin college. She has written extensively on modern content for a korean politics and history and is the author of several books on korea and east asia, including the politics of identity, history, nationalism and the prospect for peace in postcold war east asia. Narratives in nation building an efficient, a genealogy of patriotism ruptured histories, war or the post cold war in asia. Her new book, brother at war the unending conflict in korea is the military, political and cultural history of the war seen as spamming in 1945 to the present and its Global
On booktv on cspan 2. Good afternoon. I am so glad to see all of you here on this Beautiful Day to join a National Book festival. Mine is in a Community Affairs at wells fargo for the midatlantic region. And so want to be here representing wells fargo is both an avid reader myself. I really dont remember a time in my life when i wasnt an avid reader. I just loved reading. I grew up in a very small town in North Carolina and had the benefit of the library account be an adjacent to backyard. But at the library of congress obviously, but its a wonderful asset to the community. Around the corner to parents to pick out books and am feeling very, very grown up when i got to go by myself to check out books myself. Ive attended here today come you must all know books can take you to foreign lands and give you a different perspective about your neighborhood. They can introduce you to people that came generations before and connect people in real time. My favorite incident happened to me when i
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In her role as Miss Grand Lake 2024, Payne advocates for and promotes OLBPH. Her friends at the library will support her when she competes for the 2024 Miss Oklahoma title at River Spirit Casino Resort in Tulsa in June.