On about books we delve into the latest news about the Publishing Industry with interesting insider interviews with Publishing Industry experts. Well also give you updates on current nonfiction authors and books. The latest book reviews. And well talk about the current nonfiction and books featured on cspan spook tv. And now a discussion on the great books of western civilization. According to Michael Knowles, he hosts a program and podcast called the book club for prager, u. Heres a portion a book club. Yeah. Is a fabulous thing. Like books. I was making fun of you that you have a book club with a bookshelf with no books, sort of sparse. Its a new show, you know . But but, you know, im reminded of the opening of the Princess Bride in my time. Television was called books. And in this case, books. Yes. Its called podcast. Thats right. So its all a continuum. So i have to admit, when when when you ask me to do this and you and i do our verdict podcast together every week, thats a good ch
Nonfiction and books featured on cspan spook tv. And now a discussion on the great books of western civilization. According to Michael Knowles, he hosts a program and podcast called the book club for prager, u. Heres a portion a book club. Yeah. Is a fabulous thing. Like books. I was making fun of you that you have a book club with a bookshelf with no books, sort of sparse. Its a new show, you know . But but, you know, im reminded of the opening of the Princess Bride in my time. Television was called books. And in this case, books. Yes. Its called podcast. Thats right. So its all a continuum. So i have to admit, when when when you ask me to do this and you and i do our verdict podcast together every week, thats a good chance to come and do your podcast. But we talked about different topics to do. And the last time i read brave new world, i was 13. So i remember it well because i read it in the year 1984. I was in eighth grade and my eighth grade teacher, mr. Wall, he thought it was ver
Good evening and welcome. My names emily and im the adult programs librarian. Tonights event is the last of the author talks. For anyone who is not been in our library since our renovation, welcome back. Before we begin have a few housekeeping things to mention. I would ask everyone to silence her cell phones. If youre looking for the rest of their three upstairs and down the hall. Across lobby. Although we do not allow food and drink, if you like to continue your conversation after the event the cafe is often a 10 discount on food and nonalcoholic beverages. Without further do ill give the podium. [applause] thank you for being here for this essential, sadly sensual event. Limited be very brief, theres a lot to come tonight. I want to begin personal if thats okay tied it with the subject. Like all of you, we all are poor violence. I know violence fairly intimately. I had a violent youth, a lot of violence. I was a victim of a lot of it and i victimized victimizers and it was all ugly.
Literary celebration, a combination of lectures, readings, panel discussions, versations, and it began the first years looking at the work of Ernest Deming way and it grew Ernest Hemingway and it grew. There was a seminar devoted to Tennessee Williams and a collection of writers. They look to people like james james merrill. Since that time, over the 30 plus years, the seminar has stuck to that same fourday format. It is an investigation of a particular literary theme. Anyway you can divide contemporary american literature, we have had seminars devoted by biography an autobiography, seminars devoted to poetry as well as in a particular sense the poetry of elizabeth bishop. We have looked at the popular crime fiction genre. We did a seminar called the dark side. A lot of really wonderful bigname crime writers. We delve into nonfiction through a variety of topics. One of the things we like to do is explore how nonfiction writing and fiction talk to one another and how a biographer or his
Theyre only going to give me so much time here. [laughter] [applause] oh, come on. Get your for a few more minutes. I want to thank the Vice President. We give him one more great round of applause, thank you for addressing the governors. And understand the challenges that the governors have in dealing with all the issues and i appreciate the discussion of the opiate crisis which every governor sitting around this table understands and deals with on a daily basis. Its now my pleasure to introduce someone very special. Im honored, this is the first time in nga history weve had a head of state addressed the National Governors association and its only fitting that we have the canadian Prime Minister to address us today because in america, think of that relationship we have with canada. Not only the gigantic border that we share as governor. But also the friendship. I do not believe there is a better bilateral relationship than two countries in the entire globe. Has between canada and the U