I guess when we planned this we were not looking at the calendar of things. Courtney emailed and sent should we do this and have a book launch to talk about the new better off in this unsettling political landscape. Because of what happened this weekend how unsettled we are, its important that we sit together and talk about things that matter to us. I was sitting down this morning thinking about how to introduce her. You can read all of her credentials. She looks at what is so wife giving and eliminatin illuminat. She is in her full message every week. I wrote down how i want to introduce courtney and im so glad shes here because i love her. Ou [laughter] she is a journalist, but she is a new journalist and is one of the people that is modeling and innovating and incubating new forms of journalism for the 21st century. All of the institutions right now in the early 21st century things that made sense and seems to be were even ten years ago doesnt make sense anymore. One of the things w
Quiet contemplative place. With a public event is where doing this evening. You can read about in the program she wrote her own book stranger is drowning grappling witwith impossible idealism, drastic choices and the overpowering urge to help deliver a center for scholars and writers. Strangers traveling which also explores puzzling fascinating questions of Human Behavior was a finalist for the librarian 2016 award for excellence in journalism. I hope that youll all agree there could be no better moderator for tonights program than larissa and no more appropriate place to hold it than right here at the new york public library. Now please join me in welcoming melissa. [applause] good evening ladies and gentlemen and thank you, larissa. Such an honor to be interviewed by one of my favorite authors and i have to tell you one reason the producer of great literature is that there is terrible perception there so we have to keep our noses down. [laughter] the book about the cold war and about