I am lily and im a bend associate of politics and prose and im really glad you were here tonight. We do events all of the city from our main store on connecticut avenue to our busboys and poets who locations. We have gotten incredibly diverse and dynamic lineups this season starting tonight and continuing in the next few weeks with Sybrina Fulton and tracy martin who are the parents of trayvon martin. We hope you will join us for those events. Tonight we are so glad you have joined us to welcome Michael Eric Dyson who is a Georgetown Professor of sociology and ordained minister and author of 19 books most recently the black presidency from which he read at politics and prose not thank. His newest book tears we cannot stop a sermon to White America is the core Patrick Phillips New York Times has book that should take its place in baltimore and the fire next time in kings when we way. Combines colter mouses personal experience and is consuming in every way. Washington post Carlos Lovato
Much like the leader in Residence Program seeks to bring script to the world and the world to scrap by finding the intersection between the intersection and scholarship in society and culture. Presenters often linked to academic curricula and linked to issues that are vital to faculty, race, literature, and the arts. Programs provide a forum for Community Engagement and the exchange of ideas beyond the classroom and nurture the environment for inquiry ideas and intellectual exchange. While shes been on campus for the last few days, lisa has been meeting with students and faculty and sharing her perspective of the executive director of the National Book foundation and the former editor of the magaze. Im re that her conversation with argus script community will inform tonight discussion. I want to tell you that she tweeted today that claremont has been an exceedingly Pleasant Place [joining her on stage is poet, robin lewis was voyage of the voyage won the National Book award in 2015. Sh
For. We have split our phone lines by age this morning. 835, 202 7488000. 650, 202 7488001 older and older, 202 7488002. You can also catch up with us on social media. Twitter and facebook. Good thursday morning to you. No generic information on voter numbers today. More days in florida to register to vote citing the destruction from hurricane matthew. Six day extension after a brief court hearing. Theyre interested in expanding the pool of voters. A party stretch the voter i one day from tuesday to wednesday in lawsuit fired against gov. Rick scott by democrats, who ordered floridians to exit homes but would not extend the date. Thats not to say that republicans are not taking advantage. At his rally on wednesday, toald trump urged the crowd register to vote. He said, who is not registered . He said, if you are not registered, get the hell out of here. Leave right now and go and register. Paul ryan posted a video yesterday with his outrage to younger voters, answering the question he
This topic firsthand with much authority and much sensitivity. Randall horton is a poet having won or Gwendolyn Brooks poetry award and National Endowment of the arts in literature. He teaches at the university of newhaven and serves on the board of directors of panamerican prison writing program, it is his life before these distinguished honors that gives him the authority to write this powerful book about forgiveness and what it is like in the Prison Industrial Complex both during and after and the effect that writing has. Michael mckay is a writer having published a book on the palestinian israeli conflict. We are fortunate to have randall and michael with us today. They will speak and do some reading, and then we will have a few minutes towards the end of the hour to take your questions, and i will turn over to did you a critical first, michael . To michael. Thanks everybody for being here. The title of my book is where the river bends considering forgiveness in the lives of prison
Two distinguished authors to our panel, doctor Patrick Phillips and doctor jason ward. We will have presentations by both Patrick Phillips and jason ward and after both panelists are finished with their presentations we would like to open it up to discussion. Following discussion, we will go up to the War Memorial Auditorium upstairs and the book signing, i encourage you to continue discussion with both authors once you get there so we will get started. Patrick phillips is an associate professor of english and a poet as well, previous book he produced, eulogy for a broken mechanic was a National Book award finalist. Todays book we are talking about is blood at the root a racial cleansing in america. Please welcome Patrick Phillips. Thank you so much. For the southern festival of books, thank you for coming. This will con turn into a conversation, questions and comments but a little bit about the book blood at the root a racial cleansing in america and how i came to write it and a littl