We have several author panels and call ins for you today. Topics range from fdr to education, women in washington, Guantanamo Bay and many in college sports. For the full schedule of events go to our website, booktv. Org and follow us on twitter to get schedule updates as well at booktv is our twitter handle. We are going to kick off todays live coverage with a conversation about Franklin Delano roosevelt and the environment, this is historian Douglas Brinkley. Booktv live from tucson. Good morning. Welcome to the tucson festival of books, the worlds greatest book festival. [applause] my name is jim cook, executive director of the National Parks association and sponsor of this session. Western National Parks association is the Nonprofit Organization partner of the National Park service. Our purpose is to educate visitors about the history, nature, cultural and recreational opportunities in 67 National Parks in 12 western states. Expose your kids to the best america has to offer. Also t
[inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] and this is book tv live coverage of the 21st annual Los Angeles Times festival of books. This is the campus of the university of Southern California. We are live. Coming up in just a few minutes another author panel. Panel. The next one is on education. He will your authors talk about the panel, but in the meantime we want to introduce you to professor nancy, author of this book called breakthrough. Is this a book about Hillary Clinton . This is not a book about Hillary Clinton. Of course Hillary Clinton is a central figure given that she was the 1st woman to make a serious run for the presidency in 2008, but it is really a book about how it became possible for a woman to make a serious run for the presidency. After all, women command go to america for 130 years. You are not going to have a female president if women cannot vote. It is almost 100 years since, and they still still have not had a female president. Couple of years ago i
To booktv on. Org for the full schedule. The up next, a panel on Public Education, this is booktv live coverage. Hello, everyone. Welcome to the eighth annual dues on festival of books. I am david garcia, your moderator for this panel today. Thank you for joining us. Our discussion today of politics, education and inequality will last an hour and i promise you are going to get an opportunity to ask your questions of the authors at the end and also immediately following the session, natalia will sign her book about jonathan will not be signing immediately, i want everyone to know. He will be signing later run today starting at 5 00 in the childrens and teen signing area, that is the best time to catch him, has nothing to do afterwards, stick around and sign for a long period of time and tomorrow from 12 30 to 1 00 he will be in the central mall. Before we get started by indeed to thank the sponsors of the jews on festival of books and remind all of you i know you have a great time today
Step out of your time and culture and your age and your race and your gender and imagine what life is like in some other era in some other culture. Theres a whole theory of criticism around that. Is that kind of rationale ever been used to select literature . Thats not racist, its just an active imagination. Has that argument ever been used to select literature and if not, why not . Has the argument ever been put forward to select books based on the imaginative distance from the here and now, speaking of fantasy literature is maybe the biggest embodiment of that. I think that question is related to my near versus far question earlier but i think i will turn to david on that first because he is a much stronger fan of the fantastic and im much more rooted in the realist. I would say in effect, i think thats what they think theyre doing now. There are two troubles, one is their sense of what is different is based upon very narrow categories of modern multiculturalism which in effect means
Internment of japanese americans during world war ii. He took his case all the way to the supreme court. Cspanseek on landmark cases, weevil explore versus the korematsu united states. President roosevelt issued an peopleion order sending of japanese origin to internment camps throughout the united states. This is the recreation of one of the barracks. Longarracks were 100 feet and divided into six different rooms. They did not have sheet rock. They did not have feelings ceilings. It would have been freezing, even during the daytime. The only heating they would have had was a po potbelly stove. Would not have been able to heat the entire room and a comfortable kind of way. Challenging the evacuation ther, korematsu defined order and was arrested. His gaze went to the supreme court. Find out how the court ruled with our guest, author of justice at war. Karen korematsu, daughter of the plaintiff. We will discuss the mood of america and Government Policies during world war ii. s will foll