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Is there more questions . Usage of the boy who was infatuated with you. Have you heard anything from him since the book was complete . No. His father went to prison camp, and i didnt even know if he is still alive. So thats our lives. Many people are missing and theres no way we can find those people. And hopefully i can go back home some day and find some of my friends. Thank you so much for your questions. Thank you. Okay, have a wonderful evening and i hope you can enjoy the book. Thank you. [applause] [inaudible conversations] if you want to buy a book, well be shutting down at about a 45 p. M. And youre welcome to go downstairs and fight and come back up. [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] is there a Nonfiction Author or a book youd like to see featured on booktv . Send us an email, booktv cspan. Org. Tweet us at booktv or post a comment on our wall, facebook. Com booktv. Welcome to monterey on booktv locate a longer Central Coast of california. This Waterfront Co
Help them to interrogate the world and i dont know there is a sad attack involving reading closely and differently than one might read in a literature class. In my classroom looking at choices writers make and say using this metaphor, what possibilities are being opened up and how does the writer do that and what is yielded and what is recognized as a results . I think the writers which is to come into a visceral impact and because of the nature of the time it is either material that happened in the past, trying to return to, war material that happened the we might not have liberal access the we are curious about. That might be a poem that takes you to another geographic location or another persons experience that is remote from new. There are whole regions of imagination that writing gives access to, about things that were not real that havent happened that our minds invent and might be important to excavate and question and i want to give my students as many tools that might help the
Know, kennedy was killed 20 days after the vietnamese president was killed. So Lyndon Johnson gets handed the totally collapsed government and army of south vietnam. And eventually, he made his own decisions about sending american combat troops. But johnson went to his grave arguing that kennedys assassination or overthrow and assassination of the vietnamese president , johnson was a big supporter of the president , was the reason he ended up committing combat troops. Patrick sloyan is the author of the new book, politics of deception jfks secret decisions on vietnam, civil rights and cuba. Thanks so much. Good evening. Good evening. Again, welcome to the library of virginia. Im happy to introduce tonights distinguished author, former governor wilder, who as you heard has a new memoir entitled son of virginia a life in americas political arena. As noted, im the states politic editor at the Richmond Times dispatch, and im proud to be in sort of whats become a select fraternity of Virgin
Right now where the process of doing a lot of great work. Onto our esteemed author. Wendell pierce was born in new orleans and as an actor and Tony Awardwinning producer. He starred in all five seasons of the acclaimed hbo drama, the wire. You may remember [applause]. You may remember him as a humble man with great attributes. Mr. Pierce was nominated for an naacp image award for outstanding supporting actor in drama series for that role. He is also starred as a player Antoine Baptiste [applause]. And the hbo series and has appeared in several other feature films such as thelma, ray, ray, waiting to exhale and hackers. Since Hurricane Katrina mr. Pierce has helping to rebuild the flood ravaged neighborhood of new orleans. He has recorded that in his memoir and is going to talk about that today. Again, lets welcome mr. Wendell pierce. [applause]. Thank you very much. Thank you mr. Williams. Now this is very exciting for me. Very unique. As mr. Williams said, i am an actor, not an audio