Washington post columnist and thriller writer and then the Pulitzer Prize winner last month and this month we are joined by jeff shaara military historical fiction author. Ranging from the American Revolution to the korean war and we will talk about all those in just a minute but we will start with a facebook comment that a viewer has posted on our facebook page. What exactly is historical fiction . Guest i have had this conversation with other authors it is an accurate historical setting but the people are totally made up thats a little different from what i do because i take you to these places with a lot of the real people with historical figures with names that you know like George Washington or Dwight Eisenhower were robert e. Lee it is fiction by definition because i put words in their mouth. My job is to tell you a story and not just do a textbook or names dates places facts and figures but to put you in the hands of the characters to tell you the story the way they would tell i
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She is a librarian of congress and a dance curator. She has been there since 2015. Before that, she was the executive director at Dance Heritage Coalition where now she provides outreach to artists and national preservation. This is vitally important. Im a dancer in another part of my life and im excited this work is happening. She advises organizations and artists on how to find funding or assistance for records and coauthored with an attorney a booklet on copyright and fair use to navigate issues. But she is also really interested in how the arts connect to other parts of history and culture. And i think that is very much what we will see today. Im looking forward to it so i will say no more an offer libby smigel. [applause] thanks. I really am thrilled to see all of you here on this extremely muggy day and giving up your time to come to this presentation. I want to thank the staff for inviting me to come and talk about things that i really care about dearly. Also, i am looking forwa
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