The last archives shes also won numerous awards for her books including International Bestseller eaves truths, the history of the united states. Her next book is how the cybernetics preparation and better the future will be published in september 2020. Speaking to her today about the volatile times and how the coronavirus pandemic will go down in history as my colleague john haskell director of the john w flutie center of the library of congress. Its a great pleasure to welcome you to National Book festival presents. Hello jill, its good to have you with us despite the circumstances. Thanks, its nice to be here, or better to be there but its nice to be with you. Some pieces he written recently help us sort through this new and confusing time including the fascinating piece in the new yorker on what you call contagion tables. What are the earlier works in this genre a i would like to say what a pleasure it is to speak at the National Book festival and on behalf of the library of congres
[inaudible]. [background sounds]. [inaudible]. Host is my great pleasure to have tom wolfe here for breakfast. [applause]. I decided to do one thing that had not been touched. In college i, or i began to hear about something the norm. It was a total attraction. I couldnt to get a picture of it. We are not corruption and Big Time Police force. I was curious how this affected the athletes themselves. Were they like. We have heard a Political Correctness. We know a lot about Political Correctness because we journalists are more apt to be talking to professors of one sort over or another. It is the right way the students today are here to talk to some older person honestly about their duty. In this case, is normal with no danger of being identified by name on the books. As a matter of fact, and they wouldnt tell me enough, there was a group of boys who ended up in the same place, a bar with a small dance floor. In music my cds. The guy went into a group of girls and he goes over any, he sa
The economist of course, two weeks ago there was a wonderful article in the economist on literary realism. And i will approach you with this and paragraphs of that. For years, had been americas establishment. Their own country the mystery around. American positively fantastic stories and has writers in the manhattan residence cant be bothered to look further than the end of their noses. In this quote, and impale to this moment in history of american literature, mr. Tom wolfe wrote, we need a battalion to head out into the smile look bizarre and predictable august stomping country of ours. And reclaim it is literary property. Yet the trouble of turning yourself into an american is that you immediately expose yourself to being trumped by reality. And better sort of critics are from going over the top pretty using cartoon characters to exaggerate the eagles modern society. But the truth is the opposite predict pales into insignificance compared with the hog stomping reality that he tries
On behalf of all of us at the book fair, we want to welcome you to the 29th of book fair. [applause] this is a remarkable undertaki undertaking. It takes the work of utterly hundreds of volunteers. We have a remarkable board of directors. None of this could have been without the good support of everyone here at miamidade college. Lets give them a huge round of applause. [applause] we are appreciative of the sponsors. Without the sponsors and fundi funding, we wouldnt be able to bring you this wonderful literary extravaganza. Thats a way you can support this book fare and make sure that it goes on for another 29 years as well. [applause] if you look downstairs, you are more than welcome to sign up if they would like. Id also like to tell you make sure you pick up the fairgoers guy on thguide on the way out. We have a remarkable program. Tomorrow night we start at about 4 00 with lebanese make it delete delete the lebanese make he will be there at 4 00 followed by general diaz, wonderful
My career when i was a fourstar admirals initiating up the us Southern Command, peterma in charge of all activities south of the United States as the commander of us Pacific Command a very traditionalos position for senior admiral my boss wonderful by secretary gates called me up to say forget about the pacific we will send you to nato. Was the first and as far the only admirable to be a lien supreme allied commander in nato. Is just an accident of timing and fate and secretary gates decision. From a nato perspective i was the accidental admiral who became the supreme allied commander. Host the naming was an accident as well . Someone. So lets go way back i grew up in the marine corps family my father fought in korea and vietnam. I grew up in the environment going to Quantico High School and went on to the Naval Academy thinking it would be a marine Corps Officer after my first year the navy sends everybody out on a cruise so you go out on a ship i went out on a beautiful cruise around