This topic firsthand with much authority and much sensitivity. Randall horton is a poet having won or Gwendolyn Brooks poetry award and National Endowment of the arts in literature. He teaches at the university of newhaven and serves on the board of directors of panamerican prison writing program, it is his life before these distinguished honors that gives him the authority to write this powerful book about forgiveness and what it is like in the Prison Industrial Complex both during and after and the effect that writing has. Michael mckay is a writer having published a book on the palestinian israeli conflict. We are fortunate to have randall and michael with us today. They will speak and do some reading, and then we will have a few minutes towards the end of the hour to take your questions, and i will turn over to did you a critical first, michael . To michael. Thanks everybody for being here. The title of my book is where the river bends considering forgiveness in the lives of prison
Dylan roof gun down tween 9 africanamericans at the manual amd at charleston, south carolina, republican president ial frontrunner donald trump fired up his silent majority audience of thousands in july 2015 with a macabre promise, dont worry, we will take our country back. You can watch this and other programs online at booktv. Org. We are back live in nashville. Next, authors Randall Horton and Michael Mccray discuss their books, this is booktv on cspan2. [inaudible conversations] good afternoon. My name is mary gray james and i welcome you to the southern festival of books session on forgiveness and what forgiveness really means. Life in and after prison. Our office today can speak on this topic firsthand with much authority and much sensitivity. Randall horton is a poet having won or Gwendolyn Brooks poetry award and National Endowment of the arts in literature. He teaches at the university of newhaven and serves on the board of directors of panamerican prison writing program, it i
[applause] , everyone. I love coming to cleveland for the annual event i enjoy every minute standing grows and grows. Thank you for your loyalty loyalty, the support and for your enthusiasm. Give that up to yourselves. [applause] every time i think of this prize a poet in the 1930s a white to woman now one of the first if not the first prize is in celebration of what to do recall excellence and diversity. An extraordinary person anisfieldwolf and she would have been it used to be named to the black Pulitzer Prize at least up down on the cover of the saturday review in 1941, Martin Luther king himself won its coverage of the five years ago under the leadership under montagu a dear friend friend, it was transformed to focus on artistic excellence and today we use the buzz word cultural diversity. I was put on the Selection Committee and a foundation generously asked if i would be the chair. So weve restructured it and i asked my friends and my colleague and the man that i met and i asked
We are natural partners. Decides United States to other countries work closely with the vatican . Yes, peter. 179 countries have diplomatic relations and 30 of them are islamic countries. What kind of work today due . Well the islamic countries any of them are trying to work with the oecg promote interreligious dialogue and find solutions to radical islam. Many of the secular European Countries are historic monarchies and have had relationship with the holy c or centuries. The latin america, a strong number of catholics in america and the intense social issues in the church deeply involved in is a very strong relationship. In your view ambassador renny has the vatican ever overstepped its bounds as a religious organization into the political . Well, i probably shouldnt answer some of the issues that came up in the two bush campaigns in United States that were highly controversial about the intersection of the elegy in politics. My focus is the diplomat is to show how the oecg and inter
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