Uasouthern festival of books and its an amazing event that brings authors from all over the country to nashville each fall to be with the thousands of readers and writers from around the region. For those of us would enjoy being here, f were lucky that its a free event so thanks to a lot of the Community Support remember that the festival does depend on individual donations among other sources to remain free so please take the time to donate and what you can to help keepit free and any amount helps. Whatever amount you can spare. You can donate via the website, behalf or in person at the headquarters tends throughout the weekend and any amount is appreciated. Now let me introduce the authors, kendra allen who is the author of when you learn u that alphabet and jennine cap crucet who is the author of my time among the whites. So kendra, i think you said you want to go first. What were going to do is each of the authors is going to read from their book and we will have discussion back an
Over the country to nashville each fall to be with the thousands of readers and writers from around the region. For those of us would enjoy being here, f were lucky that its a free event so thanks to a lot of the Community Support remember that the festival does depend on individual donations among other sources to remain free so please take the time to donate and what you can to help keepit free and any amount helps. Whatever amount you can spare. You can donate via the website, behalf or in person at the headquarters tends throughout the weekend and any amount is appreciated. Now let me introduce the authors, kendra allen who is the author of when you learn u that alphabet and jennine cap crucet who is the author of my time among the whites. So kendra, i think you said you want to go first. What were going to do is each of the authors is going to read from their book and we will have discussion back and forth and talk about the books and about their writing and their lives if they wa
Make myself not do that again. And then i give you a very long reading list because im your professor [laughter] go read all this stuff, and then we come back and you write a great paper and you graduate with honors, and then you write a book and you sit, like, on a panel with a writer. See how useful it can the all be. [laughter] you can all be successful. [laughter] straight line, right . On some days i can let myself go that way. For me one of the first collection of essays that i ever read was entitled how to kill yourself and others in america. Me too. That was the first thing that i ever read that i was, like, so i can be my cup self country is self, i can talk in my slang, i dont have to great grammar, e myself on the page. That was one of my first books. I read it, like, twice a year, its an easy read. That book is my favorite book. And also belle hooks born black. Its a memoir, but the way it was written is very, like, every chapter is no more than two pages, and the way that
Friends with Valerie Jarrett and who is a behindthescenes adviser to her husband in a way that is quite different because in many respects, michelle behaves toward her husband as though she knows better. He said in public that shes the boss. He often sounds like a henpecked guy i must say. I know thats very you know radical to say that but i think theres a lot of truth to that. These women, both michelle and valerie, have enormous influence over his policy decisions. Another concrete example bill daly was the chief of staff of the obama white house, he said after he resigned that he and obama would come to an agreement and then Valerie Jarrett would go upstairs to the residents that night, spend the evening up there talking to barack and michelle and the next morning the president would come down and contravene and throw out the agreement that he and daley had an daley resigned because he said he couldnt function without kind of white house. Host we talk about a variety of topics and t
After the Midterm Election and see whos going to be running. These republicans are going down the tubes, trust me. I will call back after the Midterm Election and that like you to come back and listen to my comments, okay . Guest i would like Nothing Better than to come back to cspan and if they invite me i will be here and i would be delighted to talk to you after the Midterm Elections. Host mr. Klein a comment from twitter. This is about president ial advisers which i think this is on the topics of your book. Didi fredericks writes do you think the advisers of president obama and president clinton came from the same exclusive think tank pool . Guest , i dont. I think president clintons advisers came from what was called the Democratic Leadership Council which was a centerleft group that tried to bring the Democratic Party away from its radical base to more of a centrist position. The Obama Administration has been by and large, not entirely but by and large run in its policy decisions