For this really important conversation, not just about this book about but about the challenge year that have of bringing people and our country together. Elizabeth, youre this book is it was a thrill for me to read it in part because theres a little confirmation bias on with me. I think a lot of what youre talking about are things that ive experienced personally coming Rural America, but also things ive been talking a lot about and to have someone write, book and provide all of this incredible research and Data Analysis that you do in this book, that confirms what weve been saying for a long time, which is that we arent all that different in this country. And so a first question that i have for because i looked at your bio and youve written about art in new york, youve written about celebrity, youve written about a lot of different topics but you havent written before about america. And so as the daughter of danville, what drove you to write this book . Oh, thats a question, senator h
Tonight, it is my pleasure to welcome Ambassador Nikki Haley back to the Nixon Library and to orange county. The ambassador the author of if you want something done, a brand new bestseller, iconic women from whom the ambassador has derived particular inspiration. And its already becoming required. Reading in just a few minutes, Ambassador Haley will appear in conversation with blake kernen, a friend of the nixon foundations, and a published author, Senate Staffer and nonprofit director. Blake has been passionate about the intersection of politics and journalism from a very young age since she published her book, your teacher said what our kids from the assault on capitalism with her father, cnbcs joe kernan, when she was 11 years old. She has been featured across network news, cable and network news and has been a keynote speaker at Harvard Business school, Adam Smith Society and the u. S. Chamber of commerce. And she recently graduated from the university, pennsylvania, with her b. A.
Tonight, it is my pleasure to welcome Ambassador Nikki Haley back to the Nixon Library and to orange county. The ambassador the author of if you want something done, a brand new bestseller, iconic women from whom the ambassador has derived particular inspiration. And its already becoming required. Reading in just a few minutes, Ambassador Haley will appear in conversation with blake kernen, a friend of the nixon foundations, and a published author, Senate Staffer and nonprofit director. Blake has been passionate about the intersection of politics and journalism from a very young age since she published her book, your teacher said what our kids from the assault on capitalism with her father, cnbcs joe kernan, when she was 11 years old. She has been featured across network news, cable and network news and has been a keynote speaker at Harvard Business school, Adam Smith Society and the u. S. Chamber of commerce. And she recently graduated from the university, pennsylvania, with her b. A.
Vanderbilts divinity library. And im so excited to be today with hala allen, who is author insurrection. Hawa is attorney and author whose work has appeared in the Chicago Tribune los angeles review of books lathams quarterly and the baffler, amongst other publications, she lives and works in new york city. Now, as a side note, the southern festival of books remains completely free. And we want to keep it that way. So please visit us on the web at ww dot humanity tennessee dawg to donate or you can also donate via the festival of books app. So how is going to read for us and then well a conversation and well open it for an audience. Q a and when the q a starts, please the mic in the corner just get better audio. However, take it away. Thank you very much because so im going to read from third chapter of the book called a house divided, which largely talks about the insurrection act invocation during the civil war and leading up to the civil war, which is interspersed with my personal n
City. Now, as a side note, the southern festival of books remains completely free. And we want to keep it that way. So please visit us on the web at ww dot humanity tennessee dawg to donate or you can also donate via the festival of books app. So how is going to read for us and then well a conversation and well open it for an audience. Q a and when the q a starts, please the mic in the corner just get better audio. However, take it away. Thank you very much because so im going to read from third chapter of the book called a house divided, which largely talks about the insurrection act invocation during the civil war and leading up to the civil war, which is interspersed with my personal narrative from which im going to share this excerpt and the subtitle for. This portion is irrepressible conflict. I had much interest in history. The subject in and of itself was not the source of my disinclination. I was educated in a Public School district in Suffolk County island that was well resour