realizing how we all exist on the spectrum of compromise. and you can watch the full program anytime online at c-span.org/booktv. just search for emily ratajkowski. welcome everyone. i m the dean of the college and this partnership with established hasin been so valuae to our college, having palm beach book festival here really is the. heart and soul of our mission. your hometown public research university. these are the kinds of events that a university should be doing and bringing ideas to both our students as well as the community, and there s no better way to bring ideas to a group and through reading great books. so thank youou for organizing ts festival and bring it to sau, your home now for the palm beach book fso. the first author is really exciting me. all our authors connect to the colleges mission in different ways. this one is especially revenue africa african-ay program here just launching in ouran college, and, of course, e have creative writing program, a
community and there s no better way to bring ideas to a group than through reading great books. and so thank you for organizing this festival and bringing it to fau your home now for the palm beach book festival this next the first author is really exciting to me all our authors connect to the college s mission and different ways this one especially to we have a african-american studies program here. just launching in our college. and of course, we have a creative writing program a master s of fine arts and creative writing a lot of those folks do memoir writing this book kind of bends genres interesting ways, but it certainly is the kind of book we want to be talking about here at fau. so we re so excited for this first author and lois is now going to introduce her. thank you. lee haber is a friend and a board member to our festival. she s the moderator today as well as the books editor for o the ober magazine and oprahmag.com and the the curator of oprah s book club. has go
welcome everyone to the dorothea schmidt college of arts and letters here at florida atlantic university. so i m the dean of the college at this partnership that we ve established lois has been so valuable to our college having the palm beach book festival here really is the heart and soul of our mission. we believe is your hometown public research university that these are the kinds of events that a university should be doing and bringing ideas to both our students as well as the community and there s no better way to bring ideas to a group than through reading great books. and so thank you for organizing this festival and bringing it to fau your home now for the palm beach book festival this next the first author is really exciting to me all our authors connect to the college s mission and different ways this one especially to we have a african-american studies program here. just launching in our college. and of course, we have a creative writing program a master s of fine
welcome everyone to the dorothea schmidt college of arts and letters here at florida atlantic university. so i m the dean of the college at this partnership that we ve established lois has been so valuable to our college having the palm beach book festival here really is the heart and soul of our mission. we believe is your hometown public research university that these are the kinds of events that a university should be doing and bringing ideas to both our students as well as the community and there s no better way to bring ideas to a group than through reading great books. and so thank you for organizing this festival and bringing it to fau your home now for the palm beach book festival this next the first author is really exciting to me all our authors connect to the college s mission and different ways this one especially to we have a african-american studies program here. just launching in our college. and of course, we have a creative writing program a master s of fine
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