hello, everyone and welcome to powerhouse we are an independent bookstore and we thank you for your support and attendance tonight and hope that you purchase the book. we are very excited to be hosting the new book american overdose and die will be reading and talking with the moderator after which they will be taking questions. the former journalist at the bbc the guardian s correspondent in jerusalem and washington, d.c. by tim on the impact of economic recession in modern america he received the james cameron prize he was awarded the prize for journalism for recording the version of events and told an unpalatable truth and he s the longtime staff writer in the paris review and the office of standard operating procedure from 2008 and we wish to inform you including the national book critics circle award. facebook short fiction essays have been translated into a dozen languages. he s at work on a new book. please join me now in welcoming chris. [applause] this one works. [la
by tim on the impact of economic recession in modern america he received the james cameron prize he was awarded the prize for journalism for recording the version of events and told an unpalatable truth and he s the longtime staff writer in the paris review and the office of standard operating procedure from 2008 and we wish to inform you including the national book critics circle award. facebook short fiction essays have been translated into a dozen languages. he s at work on a new book. please join me now in welcoming chris. [applause] this one works. [laughter] a long time ago at the border in 1996 or maybe earlier than that and in those days chris is doing some of the truly outstanding reporting from there as he has them everywhere that he has reported that i ve ever had the pleasure to read. i guess i want to just start tonight, you have written about american overdose. it is just a terrific book, terrific reporting, writing, exceptional read and urgent story. how did yo
joanne: it is about physical violence in the u.s. congress between 1830-ish and the civil war. brian: how many instances of violence do you have in your book? joanne: well, i found about 70, which is not the total that there is, but at some point i had to stop researching and i had to actually sit down and write, but in the book, there are roughly 70 violent incidents, and that actually means something physical. punching, shoving, hitting, caning, a couple of enormous melees with multiple congressman rolling around in the aisles. once or twice, a gun went off in the house. physical violence and duel challenges. i think i threw that in there too. brian: you have got to tell the story about john boehner and don young. [laughter] joanne: yeah. brian: don young, 85 years old. longest-serving member of the house of representatives. joanne: indeed. and that came along i discovered that late in the process. i can t remember what year the interview was, it wasn t that long ago, the
had to actually sit down and write, but in the book, there are roughly 70 violent incidents, and that actually means something physical. punching, shoving, hitting, caning, a couple of enormous melees with multiple congressman rolling around in the aisles. once or twice, a gun went off in the house. physical violence and duel challenges. i think i threw that in there too. brian: you have got to tell the him story about john boehner and don young. him [laughter] joanne: yeah. brian: don young, 85 years old. longest-serving member of the house of representatives. joanne: indeed. and that came along i discovered that late in the process. i can t remember what year the interview was, it wasn t that long ago, there was that intimate john boehner interview where he went on at length and revealed a lot of things. people were talking about it and buzzing about it for a while. and in that interview, he talks about how young pulled a knife on him in the house, before he was speaker,
brian: how many instances of violence do you have in your book? joanne: well, i found about 70, which is not the total that there is, but at some point i had to stop researching and i had to actually sit down and write, but in the book, there are roughly 70 violent incidents, and that actually means something physical. punching, shoving, hitting, caning, a couple of enormous melees with multiple congressman rolling around in the aisles. once or twice, a gun went off in the house. physical violence and duel challenges. i think i threw that in there too. brian: you have got to tell the story about john boehner and don young. [laughter] joanne: yeah. brian: don young, 85 years old. longest-serving member of the house of representatives. joanne: indeed. and that came along i discovered that late in the process. i can t remember what year the interview was, it wasn t that long ago, there was that intimate john boehner interview where he went on at length and revealed a lot of th