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and as a former staff writer for the wall street journal and special project editor at the new york daily news. she is an award-winning author, of five previous nonfiction books including beyond a river, she is taught writing at colombia university at northwestern, xavier university and miami university. and today, for those who frequently come we have an exciting international dimension which is andrew has decided to go home to scotland for a brief break and brush up on his a wonderful brogue. so andrew, thank you for joining us from vacation. you are welcome. [laughter] technology seems to be supporting us. and will be doing a brief presentation on george koval. that andrew is going to ask her some expert questions and then we are going to turn to your questions from the audience. so without further ado i m going to disappear and turn it over too audrey. thank you amanda, thank you andrew. thank you everyone for coming again to say it is my job as a narrative no ....
we can adapt in the future. i want to go back to when you were 39 years old when you joined your first board and your writing emerging markets and internationalissues , really setting apart from others that have come up through corporate america read how did you learn how to be a good board member area. thank you so much for the opportunity to be here and talk to you about my book how boards work: and how they can work better in a chaotic world but also to give you insight into the challenges as well as the opportunities are not just boards of the corporations that they lead. your question is interesting i do worry sometimes that writing this kind of a book gives the impression that it was always meant to be and it was easy and straightforward the reality is i tried more than a decade to get one unsuccessful. as you write that in terms of global complex positions, my first board was indeed sat miller and the real opportunity arose in many ways rising because i not a ....
find on sundays, buttv brings you the latest booktv brings you the latest books and authors. look, learn, on c-span2. next on book tv s after words, economist dambisa moyo offers an insider s view on how corporate boards operate. she is interviewed by emily glazer. after words is an interview program with relevant guest hosts interviewing nonfiction authors about their latest work. emily: thank you so much for joining us, dr. dambisa moyo, and congratulations on your book, how boards work. you wear a number of hats, a global economist, corporate board director, and of course now, and this is not your first book, author. you have learned a lot in your more than a decade on different corporate boards across industries. in many ways, this is a playbook for how boards work, how they are evolving, and how they can adapt in the future. i actually want to go back to when you were 39 years old. that was when you joined your first board, sab miller, and you your writ ....
you learn a lot in your more than a decade on corporate boards across the street and in many ways this book is a playbook for how boards work, how they are evolving and how we can adapt in the future. i want to go back to when you were 39 years old when you joined your first board and your writing emerging markets and internationalissues , really setting apart from others that have come up through corporate america read how did you learn how to be a good board member area. thank you so much for the opportunity to be here and talk to you about my book how boards work: and how they can work better in a chaotic world but also to give you insight into the challenges as well as the opportunities are not just boards of the corporations that they lead. your question is interesting i do worry sometimes that writing this kind of a book gives the impression that it was always meant to be and it was easy and straightforward the reality is i tried more than a decade to get one ....
colonial america, famine suffered by the donner party en route to california, irish immigrants fleeing the potato famine to create new lives in this country, disaster tourism, the johnstown flood of 1889, the impact of the fire in new york city, and disaster art that emerged from the 1930s dust bowl. so, today, we are discussing david s pulitzer prize winner book, polio: an american story. you all received questions that i posted and i m really interested in the topic because i also teach a seminar on the 1950s and of course that s when this takes place and i think just looking at polio, really, so many different issues that affected that decade. before starting, though, i just want to mention one thing in light of what we were talking about in terms of dust bowl art. i was reading the new york review of poobooks and there is review of a novel that woody guthrie wrote, a novel called house of earth. doesn t get a very good review. but obviously, he gets some attenti ....