Welcome to the 31st annual chicago lit road book fest. My name is tom and before we get started i would like to thank our sponsors and thank all of you for coming. Todays program is being broadcast live on cspan2 spoke tv. We will leave sometime at the end for audience questions and you can just come on up to the microphone up to the side of the stage so the home viewing audience can hear the question. You can keep the spirit of lit fest going year round with a subscription to the printers row journal. Thats the tribunes premium book section fiction series and membership program. Also please download the trip took ask for more info on that fast. We encourage everyone to post messages and photos to facebook, instagram and twitter using the hashtag pr al f15. Before we begin we ask that you turn off your cell phone ringers and any flashes on your cameras. With that please welcome our interviewer from todays program jane daly. [applause] hi. Thank you. Im jane daly from the university of
Her life and career. And we spoke with mike huckabee. He talked about politics and culture. Wes moore was here for his book the work sharing the quest to find meaning in his life. And booktv talked about his book, gateway to freedom, detailing the history of the underground rail road. And cornel west talked about his book the radical king a collection of speeches by Martin Luther king junior. And tax reform was the discussion from the book end the irs before it ends us. And appearing recently was the author of be safe love mom talking about being a mother to four military officers serving in a war zone. And we looked at the life of the first lady through childhood up to the whitehouse. Afterwards airs every saturday at 10 p. M. And sunday at 9 p. M. You can watch all episodes on our website. You are watching booktv on cspan2. Live coverage of the Chicago Tribune printers row lit fest held every year in Downtown Chicago. Scott simon is the next author. He will be talking about his book.
Her life and career. And we spoke with mike huckabee. He talked about politics and culture. Wes moore was here for his book the work sharing the quest to find meaning in his life. And booktv talked about his book, gateway to freedom, detailing the history of the underground rail road. And cornel west talked about his book the radical king a collection of speeches by Martin Luther king junior. And tax reform was the discussion from the book end the irs before it ends us. And appearing recently was the author of be safe love mom talking about being a mother to four military officers serving in a war zone. And we looked at the life of the first lady through childhood up to the whitehouse. Afterwards airs every saturday at 10 p. M. And sunday at 9 p. M. You can watch all episodes on our website. You are watching booktv on cspan2. Live coverage of the Chicago Tribune printers row lit fest held every year in Downtown Chicago. Scott simon is the next author. He will be talking about his book.