Dessert selection of works that harriet were when she was living in his house and we like to show people other sides of Uncle Toms Cabin that Harriet Beecher stowe was known for. They have like to let our visitors know that harriet has made a Lasting Impact and we want to make sure her story is not forgotten. Stowe died in 1896. She was 85. She died in this house as her husband had before her and when she died this parlor were standing in the front parlor. Her coffin was laid out here and this is where the wait lists of the New York Times wrote this up. It was widely reported and she was so famous that many came to visit and give their respects. She was buried next to one of her children, two of her children who predeceased her and her husband in andover, massachusetts. Where they had been living when their son henry died at 19. Whatever i could stand by this and funny and i dont have to do this again. He am fine. Well, i was wrong. People went abcly nuts for it. Some people loved it.
There isnt one. That was me being very diplomatic. We are done. Thats it. I apologize. [applause] this is hopefully not a forever conversation. Professor claudes book is available. He will be with us until 6 00. Into the conversation of who we are, where we are going, and how we get there. Please join us again july next year for the 19th harlem book fair. We are working very hard towards our 20th year celebration. We are excited about that. The book fair is becoming a public conversation. Not so much the their but what happens in the book fair, such as with the professor today. So we are hoping that what we do, what we all do together is engendering many more public conversations and perhaps some ideas of how we can maneuver, manage, create a new sense of self as we move forward. So thank you for supporting the harlem book fair. Please day for the next part of our presentation, and then the award. Max rodriguez, thank you so much. [applause] this is booktv on cspan2, television for ser
Advice column if you will will people send in questions about execute under able to answer them. I wasnt offended by the idea of ask a mexican but i did want to do it at first because i did think anyone would care. In journalism you want to do stories that people will care about one way or another. You dont care people like you for a job long as theyre reading. Other who want to read an advice column about mexicans . He kept insisting we need to fill in a space in the paper that wakes im like okay fine ill go back then he said it will only be one time. It would be a surgical satirical column, joking. I remembered, he asked it to me before. I go back and this was both an advice column. If we have to start off with dear mexicans, why do mexicans call white people gringos . My response was a slightly harsher word for gringos, mexicans dont go gringos gringos. On the gringos call gringos bring the. Mexicans call gringos i wrote it, filed a. I thought whatever. I could stand by this. Its fu