A signature feature of booktv is our allday coverage of book fairs and festival is from across the country with top nonfiction authors. Heres ore schedule from the first ever mississippi book festival that took place in august, a Panel Discussion on harper lee and the publication of go set a watchman. It starts now [applause] thank you. I like being called an expert on something. Thats very nice. So, like crow shed, im ammann amanda wilson. Welcome to the mississippi bob festival. Im going to quickly intro does my panelists and then well jump flight and the last ten minutes is for audience questions is it my panel. First is sterling plumpp, a poet and essayist, the author of 14 books. The editor of two anthologies. Professor emary tis at the university of illinois chicago where the served in the english department. Most lieutenant he served as a visiting prefer in the master of fine arts the rye sendent recipient awards. The 2014 american book award for literature. He is writer in resi