About her book drinking in america our secret history. This was held at politics and pros bookstore in washington, d. C. We are so honored tonight to welcome susan cheever, best selling and highly esteemed memoirist, biographer and novelist as she launches her newest book drinking in america our secret history. You will tell us the secrets. Her distinguished bibliography includes the 2015 biography of e. E. Cummings, which was chosen by the economist as one of the best books of that year. It is now considered the definitive biography of that iconic poet. Other biographical works include american bloomsbury and my name is bill, bill wilson, his life and the creation of alcoholics amon mounonymouanonye before dark and treetops, a memoir. Shes the author of five novels and a frequent contributor of essays and articles to leading publications. She is influential as a member of the corporation of yado and of the Authors Guild counsel and is a faculty member at the b benni Bennington College
Im so sorry that we cant all be together in person although i very much hope it will be sometime soon. In the meantime it is nice to connect this way. Stay tuned. We are putting together virtual content they will be rolling out over the next few months to look in your inboxes for the information coming to you. In the interim i am so pleased to welcome Douglas Murray to our events this afternoon. He is a journalist and im sure many of you if not all have read his work and of course in the spectator where hes an associate editor and also an author most recently the 2,019th of the mat is of crowds and he was with us in person just after the publication of this book. Douglas is a critic and while he is an observer of all things, im not sure if he knew the subjects of the most recent book and this one at this particular moment in time but they have and its for that reason and many others but its my pleasure to welcome you to our events this afternoon. Thank you very much. Its a pleasure to
Women who raised her and later went on to earn a degree from harvardd law and working extensively with Domestic Violence survivors here in kentuckye now lives in louisville with her husband. [applause] first off thank you for being here from all the different stages and phases of my life also thank you to carmichaels for hosting this event it does so much for our community please purchaseca books and have events like this and support them. So please at the end of tonight i will be signing them at the signing table. So what i want to do tonight is talk about why i wrote this book and what inspired me to write it and a little bit of an overview of how the book came to be and into the world. So anything thats on your mind this is a discussion and a dialogue i look forward so the first part of want to read so in kentucky that is one of the poorest counties in all of america the appellation a small county one of the highest poverty rates in america. Its hard for me to know which part of the
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