Communications. Shes undergraduate degree and her masters from the university of illinois. As a former magazine writer and editor, her Research Interests include 19th century culture culture. Womens magazines of the. And the radical alternative press. And before we begin the program, i would like to send a special welcome to anyone who will be joining the virtual the first time. If youre not familiar with the Historical Society, when the first Historical Society in america. Ill be expecting preserving and sharing the histories in 1791. Withhold amazing collection. Including the papers of the first president of the United States. Im sorry. The first six president s of the United States. I misspoke that. We are continuing to collect today. And if you are interested in, we are currently collecting material related to that covid19 experience. The special initiative designed to listen to peoples experiences during the unusual times and preserving this information for future generations. In
Im here with others author of the American Gods country and for me in the heartland. On return to the bulk and marie in a moment. Just have a couple of announcements to make. My name is danny im the owner of the raymond bookstore in kansas from city right now. The director of the literary festival. We appreciate you being here. With us, trend 12 the author. It would perhaps be more fun if we were altogether this beautiful sunny day. But we appreciate regardless. And we plan to be back stronger than ever in 2021. We had a great series of Online Events are all archived and available for replay just like raven bookstore at the top of the page. To get to the list of archived events. In a couple of other things about how this is going to work. Marie is going to give a sort talk and show some photos about the book. Then well open it up to questions. You can ask a question by clicking the ask question buttoned at the bottom of your screen. We appreciate you asking questions to kind of keep th
Joining us is mitch kaplan the owner of books and books bookstores in the miami area. We last spoke with mr. Kaplan mh when the pandemic started. That was the day books and book shut down. Thats right. At that point we became a virtual bookshop. The only business we were doing was online and doing our events virtually as well. Give us an update five months later. It has been a roller coaster to be honest. We have had ups and downs we were able through the ppp loans to bring our staff back but unfortunately the stores were so shut down because of the pandemic here in florida. But toward the end we could open around the beginning of june or so i think it was july now that i think about it we began to open. We opened all but one. One we have closed permanently on miami beach. But we are looking forward to finding another space there as well. Whats it like to have customers back in the store . For us and has been fairly smooth. The customers have all been very respectful of wearing masks.
The host unveils a sweeping management overhaul of her show after allegations of workplace misconduct. We hear from a former producer about what it was like to work there. Shell fix it. But first, heres todays eye opener. Its your world in 90 seconds. On this administration, authoritarianism has taken root in our country. The Democratic National Convention Kicks off virtually. Whenever we look to this white house for some leadership or consolation or any semblance of steadiness, what we get instead is chaos. Gss in case of ng if the alarms emergency. There was glass all over the place by the end of this the president said the only way he can lose is if this election is rigged. The postmaster general to slow the mail . I have encouraged everybody, speed up the mail, not slow the mail. Covid19 has forced the university of North Carolina at chapel hill to convert to Remote Learning. After just one week i wish that when we went into lockdown we looked like italy. Prosecutors are calling fo
Virtually as well. Host is so give us an update five months into this. Guest its been like a roller coaster, to be honest. Weve had ups and downs. Weve, we were able through the ppp loans to be able to bring our staff back. Unfortunately, when we brought them back, our storeses were under, were still hut down because of the pandemic here in florida. But toward the edge of it we were the end of it we were able to open around the beginning of june or so. Actually not june, i think it was july. Now that i think about it, it was in july we began to open. And we opened all but one of our stores. One of our stores weve closed permanently on miami beach. But were looking forward to finding another space there as well. Host whats it been like to have customers back in the store, mr. Kaplan . Guest you know, for us, its been fairly smooth. Our customers have been all very, very respectful of wearing masks, theres been no hesitation on anybodys part about that. Our staff has been very upbeat. We