Still want to make sure to highlight a number of planes from her biography. Shes a professor of religion at princeton university. She holds a phd from harvard and is a recipient of the Macarthur Fellowship which is commonly known as a genius fellowship and she was awarded the National Humanities medal in 2015 and this is the highest award the federal government gives in to does our agency that nominates those individuals to the president. Broadly supported by the humanities for the endowment especially that discovered in 1945 and out of that group of scholarship and the author of the commercially successful books including of course which won the National Book award and book critics circle award. Beyond that leave the gospel of thomas. It continues to pursue research and interest and antiquity. Here though we are talking about a different become a more personal book, why religion. I might begin with the question that many of us, people of fai faith, what was your experience . First i w
Shows but honestly a former independent bookseller. [applause] but i could not hack in the tough independent world so i joined the confines of forprofit corporations where things seem easier now i can oversee shows like this and talk to all of you. But i will not delay the amazing lineup of authors we have coming up. I just wanted to take a moment to tell a story and acknowledge a friend that many if not all of us have in common. Talking my way to get a job into running and independent bookstore in my hometown st. Paul i didnt know anything about independent bookselling unlike the other luminaries i knew woebegone but shortly after i took this job i got a call in the famous person in the book world into call me to meet the nondescript meeting at a hotel in january in minnesota. [laughter] so this chilly introduction was how i first got engaged with the American Booksellers Association and in that room were people that soon became my luminaries ken white before he was famous himself i a
I feel like a School Headmaster please take your seats. We oversee book expo and other shows but honestly a former independent bookseller. [applause] but i could not hack in the tough independent world so i joined the confines of forprofit corporations where things seem easier now i can oversee shows like this and talk to all of you. But i will not delay the amazing lineup of authors we have coming up. I just wanted to take a moment to tell a story and acknowledge a friend that many if not all of us have in common. Talking my way to get a job into running and independent bookstore in my hometown st. Paul i didnt know anything about independent bookselling unlike the other luminaries i knew woebegone but shortly after i took this job i got a call in the famous person in the book world into call me to meet the nondescript meeting at a hotel in january in minnesota. [laughter] so this chilly introduction was how i first got engaged with the American Booksellers Association and in that roo
Lebaneseamerican and nature writer of 30 books, a franciscan brother and a contemplative garden designer. Hes received Macarthur Fellowship and the land literary award for nonfiction, and he was included in book me readers list of visionaries changing the world. His latest book, the current book here that its a pleasure to read and itll help you to understand more about it gave him a scout killer all year. Its called the garbage spirits. The past present and future of moscone. And before we go into it a little further, gary, i want to i want to ive learned so much reading the book and reading about you and meeting with you. And you have, you know, tons of knowledge, but how did you get from in your at becoming an ethnobotanist botanist and studying native plants and then moving towards a god . What was that trip for you . Well, thats a great question and i think the easiest way to sum it up is that i was very interested in local food when was younger. And as i got older, had more arthr
So, gary, paul is a lebaneseamerican and nature writer of 30 books, a franciscan brother and a contemplative garden designer. Hes received Macarthur Fellowship and the land literary award for nonfiction, and he was included in book me readers list of visionaries changing the world. His latest book, the current book here that its a pleasure to read and itll help you to understand more about it gave him a scout killer all year. Its called the garbage spirits. The past present and future of moscone. And before we go into it a little further, gary, i want to i want to ive learned so much reading the book and reading about you and meeting with you. And you have, you know, tons of knowledge, but how did you get from in your at becoming an ethnobotanist botanist and studying native plants and then moving towards a god . What was that trip for you . Well, thats a great question and i think the easiest way to sum it up is that i was very interested in local food when was younger. And as i got o