Africa, california, london, portland oregon, germany, minneapolis and florida among other places around the world. I just want to thank you so much for being here. My name is nisha bolsey im a writer and editor for haymarket books. Im coming to you from occupied land of the confederacy, pottawatomie nations, and we want to acknowledge the original keepers of the lands that were on and Indigenous People today and for their struggle for sovereignty and selfdetermination. And i want to thank the organizer of this, haymarket books. Now more than ever its critical that we support independent publishers and book stores. You can do that in three ways, first buy books from haymarkets and others directly and joining the book club and third if youre in a position to make a donation, no matter how small, via venmo there will be information to do this and we appreciate any donations. The video, this video will be recorded and afterwards it will be shared on haymarket books Youtube Channel. Please