Good morning. For those of you that are new to the occasion, welcome to the 22nd writers symposium. Its one continuous century of hostility. We call this years installment when the war lost the war the centennial legacy of world war i. To establish the theme and suggest a direction. This morning it is my particular pleasure to introduce colonel robert. Having written extensively in the four centigrade for. Currently, he is the acting secretary of the Battle Monuments Commission and former director of the army center of military history. His special interest is suggested by the military insignia especially as worn by the officers and men of the American Expeditionary force and the africanamerican soldier. Received the Army Historical foundation for excellence in writing. A particular note to officers on active duty is his Army Officers guide which was continued to edit. Among the favorite hobbies is leaving the battlefield historical sites in the United States and europe. This morning h
Is about capturing duty and i think writing in might opinion to capture our beauty of our emotions and feelings and the American Writers Museum provides the opportunity for people all across the nation. It is amazing we have not had this before but we do now. [applause] chicago has a rich literary tradition and we plan to see that continue to grow not only do you want to honor the past authors putting gauge current offers and insights and encourage future offers to bring their scale skills to this event. It is my pleasure to introduce president of cook county a but more important as a schoolteacher somebody important to west to get started. [applause] good morning i am glad to be here today at American Writers Museum of First National museum of its kind the biography of truman is one of my favorite books ive brought my wallboard copy for him to autograph. Sometimes it is a call to action sometimes a muchneeded escape they can have do unexpected side its expose as to sidestep never prev
Neighborhood just south. Our live coverage this weekend comes from Jones College prep ice school, you will hear from many others including National Book award winner, professor and pastor mike dyson, lisa neville he, heather thompson, former congressman trey rachel and many more. We will hear from arthur Mary Dearborn lose her book is a biography of Ernest Hemingway. This is live coverage of the 33rd annual Chicago Tribune it fest on booktv on cspan2. Good morning and welcome to the 33rd annual Chicago Tribune printers rowlett fest. I would like to start by giving a special thank you to all of our sponsors. Todays program is broadcast live on cspan2s booktv. We have a few minutes for questions at the end of the presentation. The audience will have to line up at the microphone to the right and let you know when the time comes. Before we begin todays program silence your cell phones and turn off your camera flashes. With that i would like to introduce our moderator, Television Documentar
But i like that kind of thing. I have been announced may be my favorite five books. Thank you for coming out here and go read this book. Its fun. Its wise. Do i make myself clear . We have copies for sale here and harry will stick around and sign copies. [inaudible conversations] book tv is live today from chicago for at the printes row lit fest, an annual event featuring author discussions an signings. Our live coverage this weekend comes from Jones College prep high school. Youll hear from many authors, including National Book award winner kennedyy. Michael eric dyson, lisa napoli, and many more. Well kick off the coverage with author mary deash dearborn. Biography of Ernest Hemingway. Good morning and welcome to the 33rd annual Chicago Tribune printers row lit fest. Todays program is being brawled live on cspan2s booktv. Well have a few minutes for questions at the end of the presentation. The audience has to line tip microphone to your right. Well let you know when. Li please make
Well, good morning, and welcome to the 33rd annual Chicago Tribune printers row lit fest. Id like to start by giving a special thank you to all of our sponsors. Todays program is being broadcast live on cspan2s booktv. Were going to have a few minutes for questions at the end of the presentation. The audience will have to line up at the microphone to your right, and well let you know when the time comes. Before we begin todays program, please make sure to silence your cell phones and turn off your camera flashes. And with that, id like to introduce our moderator, a Acclaimed Television documentary host, producer and news anchor, bill kurtis. [applause] mary, well get right into it. Yes. [laughter] i should have a moment of explanation. You may be expecting three people up here. Stacy keach will not be with us today. On opening night, a oneman show about Ernest Hemingway, last week, i believe, he had a heart attack on the stage. It was one of those strange things that just, in his words