Good afternoon. Thank you ladies and gentlemen, for turning out on a cold, late fall day. I can assure you its going to be worth your time. Im daniel disalvo, an associate professor of Political Science at city college of new york and a senior fellow at the Manhattan Institute here its my pleasure today to introduce our speaker, beth akers. So first things first id like to welcome beth to the Manhattan Institute wishes result become a fellow. Prior to joining us she was a fellow at the Brookings Institution center on children and families. And before that she was a staff economist at the president s council of economic advisers, and worked extensively on Higher Education policy. Second, i like to welcome beth back to new york. Beth received her ph. D in math excuse me, her ba in math and economics from suny albany at a ph. D in economics from columbia university. So beth is here today to talk about her book, game of loans the rhetoric and reality of student debt. Recently published by
Gentlemen. Thank you all for coming out tonight. Before a introduce next guest we have cspan filling and this clearly broadcast on booktv. We do ask that you silence your cell phones and [laughter] also, since it is being filmed, the q a will need to be holding this microphone if you have a question. Once that starts i will be around with the microphone. Make sure before you speak that you have the microphone in your hand. I also want to mention we are having a fantastic event on sunday afternoon at 4 oclock. Kelly jensen will be here, she is the editor of a feminist essay collection called here we are. This is a collection for 12 enough. If you have a young feminist in your life, this is a fabulous collection. So come out and meet kelly. She will be with one of our incredible young adults writers in the hudson valley. Hope to see you again. Tonight, we are absolutely thrilled to welcome alyssa mastromonaco. [applause] her new book is who thought this was a good idea . And other questi
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
Dylan roof gun down tween 9 africanamericans at the manual amd at charleston, south carolina, republican president ial frontrunner donald trump fired up his silent majority audience of thousands in july 2015 with a macabre promise, dont worry, we will take our country back. You can watch this and other programs online at booktv. Org. We are back live in nashville. Next, authors Randall Horton and Michael Mccray discuss their books, this is booktv on cspan2. [inaudible conversations] good afternoon. My name is mary gray james and i welcome you to the southern festival of books session on forgiveness and what forgiveness really means. Life in and after prison. Our office today can speak on 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 i
He is a serial liar, no beliefs, he lives in his own reality. I am telling you, this is not a guy that you want. When i make the judgment on not voting for trump and i am not hillary either, i am homeless right now. Because in part because i worked in the white house and in part because i read history, the issues, thinking about a president , i dont think there is any individual issue that takes precedent in my mind over what i would refer to as the public character of the president or they are public or private aspects. On that a little more, you need a person who has prudence, judgment, some amount of wisdom, and what used to be understood as character, not just how they act, the whole of who they will are, and in my estimation what i have seen from donald trump, this is not a state secret, no erratic and unprincipled and narcissistic, the idea that that man, from the commanderinchief, to the head of department of justice to the irs, to the fbi, should be a frightening prospect. When