Tv will continue to bring you new programs and publishing news. You can also watch all the past programs anytime at booktv. Org. Good afternoon everyone and if youve been with us the previous sessions,welcome back but if youre joining us for the first time , please welcome to North University 20 20 military writers symposium on weapon icing agent tactics with new implications. Id like to welcome you to our campus in our beautiful state and the only regret we have is that youre not able to be with us or in person to enjoy vermont university. Im author travis noris and i have the privilege of being a military symposium executive director and also director of the houston war center and also for everyone this issue is part of a program with george Universities Center for global resilience and security which is part of a larger initiative, the Environmental Security initiative. Where thrilled you are joining us today for a special presentation to award Adam Higginbotham that 20 20 military
Symposium director and the director for the peace and war center. At the universities and Global Resilience Center for global insecurities and the peace and war center and in the initiative for the university. The 2020 military writers award. We would like to mention a couple of details before i introduced hiintroducing and wet the award. For those of you that are not familiar with the award we created a special video that provides context and background to the award from the previous recipients and we ask that you go to the website. The link to the website has been put out on chat and take a couple of minutes after the presentation to watch the video we would also like to ask you go to the page in the military writers symposium website. You will see theyve given an introduction to the symposium this is why we are doing some of the things we are doing right now in this particular theme. As you can imagine this is the inaugural event virtually we bring the guests and authors here to the
The author of the New York Times bestseller also a visiting professor at columbia university. Featured in the new yorker, the New York Times, the atlantic, rolling stone, esquire and the guardian among many others. Joining the conversation born and raised in jackson mississippi, professor of english and creative writing at the university and author of the novel Long Division and a collection of essays how to slowly kill your self and others in america. Also the author of the memoir heavy, shortlisted for the Andrew Carnegie medal and named one of the best books by the New York Times, publishers weekly, npr, library journal, the washington post, entertainment weekly, the San Francisco chronicle and the New York Times critics. Without further ado please join me in welcoming morgan and kiese laymon. Hello, everyone. Im so excited to talk to you about this book. I wish that we could i really wish we could have done this down south. Guest i know. Two years ago i was in conversation with you
Be here today and we are so appreciative of it. Tonight i am beyond thrilled to have Morgan Jerkins with us to tolerate the release of her new book wandering in strange lands. Morgan jerkins is the author of the New York Times bestseller this will be my undoing quite thoroughly recommended. And the Senior Editor at sora come shes also a visiting professor at columbia university, her short form work has been featured in the new yorker, New York Times, the atlantic, rolling stone, l, esquire and the guardian among many others, she is based in harlem. Joining morgan and conversation is abborn and raised in jackson mississippi professor of english and creative writing at the university of mississippi the author of the long Long Division and the collection of xrays essays, how to slowly kill yourself and others in america. Also author of the men were heavy, shortlisted for the Andrew Carnegie medal named one of the best books in 2018 by the young defeated, New York Times novel shows weekly,
The speaker pro tempore on this vote the yeas are 242. The nays are 175. The resolution is adopted. Without objection, the motion to reconsider is laid on the table. Pursuant to clause 8 of rule 20 the Unfinished Business is the question on agreeing to the speakers approval of the journal which the chair will put de novo. The question is on agreeing to the speakers approval of the journal. Those in favor say aye. Those opposed, no. In the opinion of the chair, the ayes have it. The journal stands approved. The gentleman from california is recognized. Mr. Speaker, i ask for a recorded vote. The speaker pro tempore a recorded vote is requested. Those favoring a recorded vote will rise. A sufficient number having arisen, a recorded vote is ordered. Members will record their votes by electronic device. This will be a fiveminute vote. [captioning made possible by the national captioning institute, inc. , in cooperation with the United States house of representatives. Any use of the closedca