And finally i like to acknowledge and send gratitude to all central workers and First Responders across the globe. Tonight we celebrate this is all i got which is the spirit of the life of a young homeless single mother undid her quest to find stability and shelter here in new york city. The awardwinning journalist and this is her third book and she has written about inequality in its many forms from the new york times, new york, the new republic, the nation, slate and salon. And the producer at npr. And to be in conversation with nonfiction critic. Previously an editor of the book review and Senior Editor at harpers magazine. And those followed by q a from all viewers. Please remember to pose your question on the twitter feed at nyu. Now i pass the microphone to jen to get us started. Thank you again. Hello. Congratulations on your book. And then to start off and how we god into the subject and this is a narrative work of fiction in that bed that it was true to follow the journey of a
For you. So a warm hello to all of you. I am so happy to see that there are so many of you. I am one of the owners of labyrinth books. I do want to start by thanking David Marwell to be able to switch for this event. And to go to live stream. We are presenting that tonight. And that partnership with the public library. We are all gripped by the frightening reality of the moment but theres many book second and deserve attention. And certainly this one of those antidotes. And i think we are sharing the next 45 minutes or one hour or so tonight. And briefly, before i introduce our speakers, then i will step aside and whatever it is that we do these days. I just want to say, that David Marwell, his book mengele. An masking angel. Its available here. Or you can get it at your bookstore. We are trying to find the weight through to the other side of this crisis. If you do want to buy out this book, it will be 10 percent off rated and will ship for free. If you order over the phone. We will co