Shes been our guest here at the Los Angeles Times festival. Thank you, cspan. Thank you listener. Now we have a another panel coming up, author panel, is on syria. Beginning in just a second. After that, will be joined by corey field who writes about black republicans. Then an author panel on author publishing. One of the people is lisa lucas, the the National Director of the Book Foundation and will conclude our life today with a column on hugh hewitt, the radio talkshow host. Thats coming up today. People schedule schedule is on book tv. Com. Now are going back inside to hear from the authors on syria. Welcome to telling serious stories. My name is jeffrey and im a cultural writer for the Los Angeles Times. Ive been based in rome and berlin and is a cairo bureau chief. Ive written two novels, shadow man and thomas surgeons. Thank you for being here. In the strange times, strong journalism with good book and challenging ideas are critical. That is what the Los Angeles Times in the boo
Been included in the best american short stories. Hes a former marine and served five tours of duty in iraq and afghanistan where he received the silver star, bronze star for valor in the purple heart. Welcome everybody. [applause] when we think about the arab spring, its this thing in 2011 that started this glorious fire and it seemed to stir into asia, 18 days of furious energy, and egypt that brought down libya and laid in. Yemen and bahrain restless a little bit of saudi arabia and on and on. Syria stands alone. 400,000 dead, millions of refugees and displaced and a tide of anguish that has seeped into europe and across the world. Still he rules. Mocking a broken revolution and defined the world that is lefts band. Well begin with elliott. In your novel, very powerful, there is a moment when one of your characters a mere is deciding and hes in turkey and deciding do i go back to syria and he doesnt want to. He describes he says he feels that theres no life for them anymore and he g
Back from chicago. So, no one had him. No one had his blood. No one had anything, and the blood trail was already there. Many hours before he got back. So, not even possible. Go ahead. You have always been really inspirational to me in my life, watching you as a child. He shouldve been doing at most maybe six years for manslaughter and its so wrong. Ht its all wrong. We fought and fought and fought at every level, every level. I dont know what to tell you about that because its a heartbreak that, i dont know what to tell you, other than i keep in touch with them and they keep writing to him and telling i believe you, i know. Its the only thing that is left to offer because weve exhausted all of our remedies. Al you can do that but as far as you feel personally i havent found a way to do. I dont know what to tell you. Bless you for the work youre doing. Defined the danger of developing to take a skin because of the experience she said, they dont want to expose yourself to that over and
Washington. She previously held positions at stanford and the university of pennsylvania. Prior to her academic career, she worked in the Clinton White house and served as a contributing researcher at the brookings institution. She will be upstairs one level in front of the Archives Store to sign copies of her book. The Washington Post described her book is a captivating read. She draws a vivid portrait of modern politics, one that takes readers on a delightful tour and puts on her battles into context. Just a delicious book written by an authoritative historian. And brilliant narrator. We are pleased that she is able to be with us here today. Please welcome Margaret Omara to the national archives. [applause] prof. Omara thank you so much. And thank all of you for coming out today. Archives, i have been to the archives as a researcher. I have been here as a citizen , a tourist, and a former resident of washington, d. C. It is such a pleasure to be here as a speaker to talk about my boo
Mira from the university of washington. She previously held positions at stanford and the university of pennsylvania. Prior to her academic career, she worked in the Clinton White house and at the brookings institution. She will be upstairs one level in front of the Archives Store to sign copies of her book. Describedgton post her book is a captivating read. She draws a vivid portrait of modern politics that takes readers on a delightful tour and puts on her battles into context. Just a delicious book written by an authoritative historian. We are pleased that she can be with us here today. Please welcome Margaret Omara to the National Archives da. [applause] prof. Omara thank you so much. I have been to the archives as a researcher. I have been here as a citizen. Nd a resident it is such a pleasure to be here as a speaker to talk about my book. I am pleased that you exhibited interest in such an unobscured subject that nobody pays attention to, president ial elections. [laughter] we ar