She lives and works in tempe. Where she is the founder and artistic director of essential theater. She has taught nonfiction classes at her estate universities studio and directed creative writing programs for incarcerated youth and at a federal prison for women outside of phoenix. She has also raised her family here. As a matter of fact her daughter was once a junior staffer in our kids section. She was the darling of the kids not only for her love of looks but also for her personal winning smile much like her mothers. So you can see susan and her family have been one of our regular patrons and readers for many years now and one of our dearest friends. So for many years we have known about the book she has been working on diligently, quietly. The topic is so big and important yet sensitive and heavy hearted and off that it had not been properly dealt with until now upon the 70th Year Anniversary of the dropping of the atomic bomb on sunday. The story had been untold. In nagasaki life
Its people. This was recorded in tempe, arizona in 2015. It is just under one hour. Susan southard is one of this community and thats what makes this event very special. She holds an msa in creative writing from Antioch University in los angeles and was a non she lives and works in tempe, where she is the founder and artistic director of essential theater. She has taught nonfiction classes at Arizona State universities piper studio, and she has directed creative writing programs for incarcerated youth and at a federal prison for women outside of phoenix. She has also raised her family here. As a matter of fact, her daughter was once a junior staffer in our kids section. Let me tell you, she was the darling of the kids book department, not only for her love of books but also for her , personal winning smile much like her mothers. So you can see susan and her family have been one of our regular patrons and readers for many years now and one of our dearest friends. So for many years we ha
If the answer is know, thats dumb thing to say because it makes you look weak and foolish. Or. We welcome you here on behalf of the Virginia Foundation for the humanities, and they are the producers of the virginia festival of the book. And we really greatly appreciate the hard work they go into to present these gatherings. This is my cell phone. And i am checking it right now [laughter] to make sure that it is silenced. And if you will do the same, we will avoid any interruptions. We want to thank our sponsors in addition to the festival of the book, amnesty international, the local group here is one of the sponsors and the Charlottesville Center for peace and justice is another. Amnesty international is a nobel peace prizewinning organization. The local chapter has been in existence for 30 years, and the peace center has been in existence for 33 years, 34 years. The festival is free of charge, all these events, but theyre not free of cost. So we urge you to remember to go online and
Access to the Artificial Island its built, what is the level of coercion that is necessary to bring that about and are you willing to sign on tot that sniff the answer is, yes, okay, as long as you understand what the consequences are. If the answer is know, thats dumb thing to say because it makes you look weak and foolish. Or. We welcome you here on behalf of the Virginia Foundation for the humanities, and they are the producers of the virginia festival of the book. And we really greatly appreciate the hard work they go into to present these gatherings. This is my cell phone. And i am checking it right now [laughter] to make sure that it is silenced. And if you will do the same, we will avoid any interruptions. We want to thank our sponsors in addition to the festival of the book, amnesty international, the local group here is one of the sponsors and the Charlottesville Center for peace and justice is another. Amnesty international is a nobel peace prizewinning organization. The loca
The Newman Foundation at Harvard University established the annual j. Anthony lukas worrieds in 1998 and recently announces this years finalists for works in progressnonfiction writing and history. The first award is for unfinished books. The finalist include sasha eisenberg, whose writing history of samesex marriage in america, and author steve luxenburg who is looking at the end of segregation in the united states. Another works in progress finalist is steve one who is researching the creation of National Public raid youre, and Meredith Wadman is examining cells used to develop vaccines. The lukas prize give awards for knock fiction writings. Finalizes including adam brigles, guide to fracking, which reports on thefts of a texas town to stop an oil companys use of hydraulic fracturing. Two dollars a day look at extreme poverty in america and the book reports on how newark, new Jersey School system used the donation of 100 million from facebook founder mark sucker beryl. Other finalis