Africa, california, london, portland oregon, germany, minneapolis and florida among other places around the world. I just want to thank you so much for being here. My name is nisha bolsey im a writer and editor for haymarket books. Im coming to you from occupied land of the confederacy, pottawatomie nations, and we want to acknowledge the original keepers of the lands that were on and Indigenous People today and for their struggle for sovereignty and selfdetermination. And i want to thank the organizer of this, haymarket books. Now more than ever its critical that we support independent publishers and book stores. You can do that in three ways, first buy books from haymarkets and others directly and joining the book club and third if youre in a position to make a donation, no matter how small, via venmo there will be information to do this and we appreciate any donations. The video, this video will be recorded and afterwards it will be shared on haymarket books Youtube Channel. Please
Bronx, cape town, south africa, california, london, portland, oregon, germany, minneapolis and florida among other places around the world. Just want to thank you again so much for being here. My name is nisha bosley, im a writer and editor at haymarket books and honored to be hosting todays conversation. Im coming to you from the occupied lands of the state confederacy and pottawattamie nation. On behalf of everyone involved in the event, we want to acknowledge the keepers of the land and the Indigenous People living here today as we assumede theyll be ready with their sovereignty and their situation. Before i introduce doctor benjamin and doctor roberts, now more than ever it is critical that we support independent publishers and independent bookstores. We can do this in three ways. First buying books from haymarket and others directly, second by joining the club, and third if you were in a position to make a donation, no matter how small, there will be a card on the screen about how
Im coming to you from the occupied lands of the free fire confederacy. On behalf of everyone involved in this event we want to acknowledge the original keepers of the lands that we are on an Indigenous People living here today as we stand in solidarity with their ongoing strugglefor sovereignty and selfdetermination. Before i introduce doctor benjamin and doctor robert i want to thank the organizer of this teach in, haymarket books area now more than ever is critical we support independent publishers and independent bookstores you can do this in three ways. By buying books from haymarket and other publishers directly. Second by joining the haymarket books club and third if you are in a position to make a donation no matter how small the then low, there will be a card on the screen about how to do this and there will be folks posting information in the youtube chat. We really appreciate any donations. The video, this video will be recorded and afterwards it will be shared on the haymark
Hello, everyone thanks for joining us this morning. Are we rolling . Hopefully. I havent seen them. Good morning everyone. On behalf of the virginia humanities which produces the festival of books, id like to welcome you all to the contemporary portrayals. We have a couple of quick notes to get through pertaining to this event, so first we want to thank the city of charles bell as a sponsor for this conversation and for hosting us. This program is being broadcast on the citys government Access Channel on tv ten and streamed live on the Facebook Page so if anyone is listening or watching at home and wants to see it on facebook is Charlottesville City Hall is the handle. Because this is a recorded event, during the q a portion of the event, please raise your hand and a volunteer will come to you and give you a microphone before you ask your question. So, a couple more logistical issues. Please silence your cell phone at this point in time. However, we encourage you to tweet about the eve
To get through pertaining to this event, so first we want to thank the city of charles bell as a sponsor for this conversation and for hosting us. This program is being broadcast on the citys government Access Channel on tv ten and streamed live on the Facebook Page so if anyone is listening or watching at home and wants to see it on facebook is Charlottesville City Hall is the handle. Because this is a recorded event, during the q a portion of the event, please raise your hand and a volunteer will come to you and give you a microphone before you ask your question. So, a couple more logistical issues. Please silence your cell phone at this point in time. However, we encourage you to tweet about the event using the hash tag vabook2018. So by all means, take the lessons youve received from the authors here and share them with people. You should have received program evaluations. Fill these out before you leave, please. They will be useful to help keep the festival free and open to the pu