The last archives shes also won numerous awards for her books including International Bestseller eaves truths, the history of the united states. Her next book is how the cybernetics preparation and better the future will be published in september 2020. Speaking to her today about the volatile times and how the coronavirus pandemic will go down in history as my colleague john haskell director of the john w flutie center of the library of congress. Its a great pleasure to welcome you to National Book festival presents. Hello jill, its good to have you with us despite the circumstances. Thanks, its nice to be here, or better to be there but its nice to be with you. Some pieces he written recently help us sort through this new and confusing time including the fascinating piece in the new yorker on what you call contagion tables. What are the earlier works in this genre a i would like to say what a pleasure it is to speak at the National Book festival and on behalf of the library of congres
Accomplishments she is also a staff writer at the new yorker and the host of a brandnew podcast. She has won prizes for her work as a professor of history and also numerous awards for her books including the International Bestseller a big truth the next book how the corporation invented the future published september 2020. Talking about the volatile times and how the coronavirus pandemic will go down in history the center from library of congress jill and john its a great pleasure to welcome you to National Book festival presents. Hello jill. Good to have you with us despite the circumstances. It would be better to be there but its nice to be here. Said again a fascinating piece in the new yorker of the contagion of fables that the earlier works poses the masque of the red death and the scarlet plague might be relevant to us. Where the pleasure it is to be at the National Book festival in the library of congress. This just isnt a piece from the new yorker and then to have the chance to
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