venues. david particularly in his book race in the union, has examined the postwar culture in america and eric has literally written the book reconstruction. has this wonderful new book that takes a look at lincoln s evolution on this issue, where it took the country. let me start by observing something that you all know, which is we are living in or maybe living through is a better era in which raw emotions are being continually laid bare about the status of americans, race relations, refugee status. we all know recent examples. let me tell you about one that occurred some months ago, but may have slipped through the cracks as we focus on current events. , hillary clinton was appearing in iowa, defending her choice, interestingly, as abraham lincoln as her favorite president. they asked secretary clinton, who is your favorite president? she said, i m sorry, bill. it s a ram lincoln. why, she was asked. it s abraham lincoln. why, she was asked. she said because he was w
political biography in a summer and believe it or not sitting on the beach with truman one year was quite lovely, seems odd but true and i ve started but not yet made as much of a dent as i would like in gwen ifill s new book, break through and that is a goal and david sedaris, the fiction category, though his is combo fiction-nonfiction, quirke, some people don t necessarily appreciate his sense of humor, i personally find him hysterical. when you are engulfed in flames is a book that came out, i think probably a couple years ago, has been on my night stand and will get read, especially, i think a good plane book or pick me up, for those days when i just can t slog through much else. what is also going to get read this summer, because i have a two-and-a-half-year-old, really a lot of books that frankly i don t have any choice, but i will read them every night, and for those of you with young kids, i recommend the neighbors on sunnyside street it is a little bit quirke