School, i thought with us security and he is a fordham law great. Carol rosenberg will be talking to him about his book, she is an awardwinning Senior Reporter for the New York Times working in collaboration with the pulitzer center. She has been reporting in the u. S. , in the u. S. And at Guantanamo Bay since the day it opened on january 11, 2002. She started with the miami herald were before that she was reporting from at least and moved recently to the New York Times. She has won many awards including the robert f. Kennedy journalism award, the aba silver gavel award and she was part of the miami herald team that won the Pulitzer Prize for breaking news and 2001. Let me tell you the format. Michel and carol will talk and then i will come back on and i will post some questions that have come from the audience. Give any questions please feel free to put them in the chat or if you prefer the q a, and i will get as many as i can. Without further ado, michel, carol, take it away. Thank
Lets see if i can figure this out for us. A bigger we go. This will just roll. Theres Nothing Specific so it will just roll. Enjoy the photos as we discuss. This is a wonderful new book thats come out, april 21, something good for us to all read in this. So, for a quick introduction, doctor katherine sharp landdeck is an associate professor at history at Texas Womens University which is home of the archives. This is a book thats fresh for her and im sure she will talk about her journey to getting the book to publication. Something im always fascinated by his how did you get started on this topic . When did you learn about it and what hooked you in . Guest thats a great question and thank you so much for having me and talking with me today i would like to show this picture, that moment in time where i met carol bailey bought, and i met her with curtis pitts and all the people who may be on notice curtis designed one of the coolest airplanes ever and in june, 1993, i went by myself and c
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Thanks to all of you for coming out on this balmy evening for a conversation on the history of a very cold place. We are proud to present the new book the ice at the end of the world which tells the story of how people encounter, studied, settled and have been unsettled by the grad grade sheet that cos greenland the largest island and what changes with this puppy impact of Global Warming of the sea levels please take this moment to silence your cell phones. Before we begin tonights program, we must take a moment to reflect on some recent issues as many of you know our founding benefactor and friend died. He was 100yearsold. It was his and his wife dorothys generosity that made the center possible. It was dorothys idea it should include creative writers along with scholars and other nonfiction writers. She died in 2009. Since the beginning of the Coleman Center to hit the 15 fellows and their dates up to his apartment for dinner and conversation. His pride in the work of the 300 fellows