And so i had to find ladies whod. Theres a lot more interesting women in this period that i couldnt find more information about other than, you know, a line or two, their names and so on. So i wrote a seventh chapter, and ive included those ladies. For more information on booktvs recent visit to sacramento and the many other destinations on our cities tire, go to cspan. Org citiestour. [inaudible conversations] [applause] all right. Good evening, everyone. My name is ted hammond, im the chair of journalism here at st. Josephs college. I want to welcome you to the college. This next year will be our 100th anniversary, so give it up, will you . [applause] this is clearly one of the most anticipated, Exciting Events that weve had in that century [laughter] just want to say very quickly that one of the great things about brooklyn is that one day you can be a delivery man in park slope, and before you know it, you are you can become a world famous author, and thats who we have here tonight.
All right, everyone, my name is ted hammond, im the chair of journalism here at st. Josephs college. I want to welcome you to the college. This next year will be our 100th anniversary, so give it up, please. [applause] and this is clearly one of the most anticipated, Exciting Events that weve had in that century [laughter] just want to say very quickly that one of the great things about brooklyn is that one day you can be a delivery man in park slope, and before you know it you can become a world famous author, and thats who we have here tonight. Its my pleasure to bring up jessica, the coowner of green light bookstore, whos going to introduce tonights event. Jessica. [applause] good evening, everyone. Im jessica, as ted said, and we are so pleased tonight on hosting Tanehisi Coates in brooklyn to present his new book, between the world and me. [cheers and applause] hes going to be speaking tonight with James Bennett of the atlantic, so youre in for an excellent evening. We are so grat