Our guest author this evening is lisa selin davis. She is originally from right here in fairfield new yorkand shes been a great friend for the bookstore. Really since the bookstore openseven years ago and possibly even before that with trips to manchester. She is the author of the young adult novel lost stars and is an essayist and journalist whos written for publicationsincluding the new york times, wall street journal and others and shes with us tonight to celebrate the release just yesterday of her book tom boy. Please join me in welcoming her. Thank you. Hello lisa. This is going to be a unique experience for the both of us. I have never ever interviewed my author so i am so excited about this fun exchange that were going to have. I dont get to talk to my authors about their books in this way. Usually we are hammering it out editorially through the beginning pages of the process but never in this way can we go back in and talk about it together so this is a great experience for me
About how great i am, it just happens to me because i have that experience of imagining myself in the other persons position so much more im going to move on to audience questions. Peggy asks the opposite of what my question was. I do you feel like your writing was affected your drinking when you were drinking . What was it that you were held back from or . Guest this is something i talk about in another chapter about writing a column and thinking its the greatest thing in the world, sitting and knocking back a few or whatever and waking up in the morning and looking at it and thinkingthis makes no sense. Or this isnt accurate. So theres just that very baselevel of its just not as good writing and its not Good Journalism to be drunk. You cant write as well. And i think i really limited my ambition. I think the idea of writing a book would have been impossible. I told myself a story about myself which is that i cant write more than 500 words because i dont have that kind of Attention Sp
This time we have them here virtually from his home. Were going to talk about his new book, about the 1948 election. Were going back 72 years, another Election Year. Your going to be amazed exactly how similar it sounds in other ways its very different. The difference is the politicians were all younger than they are today. [laughter] thats one big difference. But a. J. , take it away. Tell us about the overview of the book. Just a very good read by the way. Very good read. Guest will thank you. I dont see a couple things first rate thank you so much for having me. The Commonwealth Club is a wonderful place to be. And here we are redoing this virtual, a lot of people going to painandsuffering, i know for myself, im just reminded of why film of the reading minus six years old. Books can transport you to another time and place. For me during all this that is been a blessing. Now, regarding my last time i was with you, i already started this book. It was 2017 i was with you and think we t
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