Can tell we probably have, i know leonard has readers from all over the world. In fact he has readers from the United States and canada and mexico, hades, jamaica guatemala bolivia and brazil. And probably even pasadena. [laughter] thank you rob. My pleasure. Select thank you everyone for joining us for this evenings event. My name is kim sutton. Im the host at tonights event. Before we begin i want to encourage you all to encourage you to check out our lineup of upcoming virtual events. One of our many Upcoming Events very looking forward to is tiffani d croft in conversation about cross us to book, say it louder. Black voters, white narratives and saving our democracy. Thats next friday the 18th. As well, please determine to follow us on twitter, facebook an instagram. Tonight, we are honored to welcome leonard saari, and rob paulson. Leonard received his phd and theoretical civics of the university of california at berkeley. Was an alexander fellow at the max planck institute. It wa
Acceptance speech in new york city. Good evening. Thank you stephen in the book critics circle for inviting me for Toni Morrison for the Lifetime Achievement award although she certainly doesnt need an introduction with celebratory tributes to the great novelist of their time. You have to rattle off her accomplishments to you tonight by and large you are deeply familiar and then to recognize the rising star in 1977 and that is from her book song of solomon. You dont need me to remind you hear the honorees and those other works. And i assume you dont want me to whittle away moments at the podium with the recitation of previous awards although it is tempting the 1988 Pulitzer Prize National Humanities metal and 2000 and the honorary doctorate from oxford among many others with the president ial medal of freedom. So literarily evil halle is heavily weighted in the favor and then has the crime see front and center with that poetic sensibility and the influence on discourse and the vernacul
[inaudible] the role that [inaudible] have had in strengthening the Iraqi Kurdistan . You repeat that . Yes. If you could please comment on the role that exxon, the oil company exxonmobil. Yeah, sorry. Okay. Thank you. Exxon is one of a number of Large International Oil Companies that have signed exploration and production agreements with the regional government. They did that under threat from baghdad, that they might lose their positions and privilege to develop oil fields in parts of iraq. P. M. They need a Banking Sector they need to be involved in regional trade, but oil is king, and exxon has played a leading role. Seems like a good place to leave these things. David, once again, you have given us a comprehensive sweep of the kurdish issue as well as the politics of the entire region. Again, the book is othe kurdish spring a new map of the middle east. And here with author david phillips. Please join me in thanking him for his insights today. [applause] booktv is on twitter and f
Achievement award to Toni Morrison and announcement of winners in several categories including general nonfiction awarded to David Ryan Davis author of the Nonfiction Book the problem of slavery in the age of emancipation. [applause] thanks louise and good evening to all of you. Its my pleasure to welcome you here tonight to the book Critics Award ceremony for the publishing year 2014. Where id have you join us this evening is now the most outstanding work of the past year in six categories, fiction and nonfiction biography poetry autobiography and criticism. Like i said in a gratitude to the others whove joined us here tonight as well as the editors editors publishers agents and publicists to help bring their work her attention to the National Book critics circle awards were founded in 1974 out of a conversation that took place at the out walk when hotel by grupo critters who want to establish a set of awards granted given by critics and sell them like other Literary Works are books t
In 1999 he tried to buy my case. We didnt get there until 2003. My case was heard in my home county in alabama in january of 2003. After a week of testimony the jury came back with a verdict in my favor. I had two women who came forward, one of them still working at the plant and at the time she took a tremendous risk, and she paid a horrific price for doing this. But she had suffered a lot of discrimination as well. And she has never gotten anything for it. The other had sold her service and have been working 22 years. She went to work for honda as a supervisor. She took a personal day and came to court and testify on my behalf. The lawyer asked her why she never complained and she said i was a divorced mother supporting a blind and handicapped son and i live paycheck to paycheck and i couldnt afford to bring up my pay. Because you see, we were all told in management but if you discuss your pay, you will not work here. Evidently, no one ever did discuss their pay. And she said that i