At the mississippi book festival in jackson to talk about literacy and american libraries. [inaudible conversations] good morning everyone. Welcome to the third mississippi book festival. In the Mississippi Department of archives and history. Ive been asked to remind everyone that you are more than welcome to take photographs, post to social media, and the hash tag is literarylongparty. This is the conversation with the library of Congress Panel sponsored by the Mississippi Humanities Council and friends of the library. Mississippi is fortunate to have so strong a supporter as its literature, music and art as congressman greg harper. Now in his fifth term in the United States house of representatives, congressman harper chairs the committee on House Administration and serves on the House Committee on energy and commerce, the joint committee on printing and perhaps most pertinently for us here today, as the chair of the joint committee of the library of congress. Here is congressman gre
The time to tune into this event today. Im so sorry we cant be together in person, although a very much hope it will be sometime soon. But in the meantime, its nice to connect this way. And stay tuned. The Manhattan Institute is putting together a ton of virtual content theyll be rolling out over the next few months so look at your in boxes for information about those events coming to you shortly. In the interim im so priced to welcome my guest, Douglas Murray to our event this afternoon. Douglas is a journalist and im sure many of you, if not all, have read his work on the pages of the wall street journal, National Review or the spectator 0 where he is an associate editor and his 2019 book the madness of crowds and is with news person at the manhattan instate, i think in early 2018, and that was just after the publication of this book the straight death of europe. Douglas is in Formidable Political critic and while he is an observer of owl things uk and u. S. , im not sure he knew the
[applause] now our guest rebecca is the author of more than 20 books including a field guide to getting lost, the faraway nearby, paradise built in hell, river shadows and wonder love, a history of walking, she is also the author of men explain things to me on feminism activism and social change, hope and also the crime it crisis. A product is a California Public Education System from can get into graduate school, shes a regular contributor to the guardian. Leslie jamison is the author of the New York Times bestseller recovery and empathy stands inis the novel. Shes a good tubing writer for New York Times magazine and her work has appeared in publications including in the quarterly review. She directs the graduate Nonfiction Program at columbiaa university. Please help me welcome rebecca and leslie jamison. [applause] before i started im not doing the book signings because its a more Perfect Technology for what people to handle objects and for all the people to handle all the objects a
University press talk about the value of University Presses and how to publish with them. Later editor in chief and publishing director robert receive it is editorial Excellence Award from the Biographers International organization. Now author ann coulter speaking at an event a conservative book publisher based in washington, d. C. Distinguishing characters. Have always been famous, the authors take fantastic books and no new york publisher would publish one of which my favorite of that trend is demore senatorial privilege about senator kennedy and having drowned that girl and it is true. And leo got one of the cousins to talk to him. Swimming out in the river, could you say you were driving . [laughter] so years later leo its on the record, in new york publisher would publish it, gregory publishes, 27 weeks on the New York Times best seller list. 27 new york publishers turned it down, published it 44 weeks on New York Times best sellers list. The way things are going now in the trump
Cspan where history unfolds daily. 1979, cspan was created as a Public Service by americas Cable Television companies it is brought to you today by your cable or satellite provider. [inaudible] authors would take it as a books that no new york publisher would publish them and they would come out as best sellers. One of which my favor of that was trend is real divorce editorial privilege about senator kennedy and how he drowned that girl and its the truth about leo devore got one of the cousins to talk to him and he was kicked off that he was coming out at the river and could you say you were driving so years later leo to more guesses on the record and no new york publisher would publish it but they publish it 27 weeks of the new york popular sellers list and more recently there was a patriotic book of our fathers that was not flexible mothers and parties of the new york publishers turned down but [inaudible]. Great things are going now and this hysteria im not sure if youre still readi