seventh annual san antonio book festival. i m katy flato and i m the founding executive director and the cofounder of this festival, and i m not sure of our governing board which makes me very proud. it is an honor and a delight to welcome all of you here today and to welcome marie brenner, our guest. a few notes, first, marie will be signing her book immediately following this session in the barnes and noble sales and signing tent which is just across augusta street here. the book festival receives a portion of the sales from barnes & noble, so we thank you for your purchase of the books and the proceeds that we receive and we also thank barnes & noble, our partner since the very beginning of this festival. i hope you re all turned your phones off. also at about 15 minutes, ten minutes at the end of the session we will do q&a. if you have a question please raise your hand and someone will come over to you with a microphone, and wait for the microphone so everyone can hear yo
support of an independent bookstore were able to bring some of the best authors to the village. as usual before we get started please make sure you silence electronic devices. phones, pagers, ankle braces, make sure everything is turned off. we have great events coming up very soon on march 18 we welcome back susan meisner on her nenovel the last year of the war. on the 25th we have just a few more seats left. will host actor comedian pat oswald to discuss his late wife s moving book about the golden state killer called i ll be gone in the dark. like i said, tickets are going fast. on the 26th, we will discuss the book, deep medicine.it s a fascinating book about technology and medicine. and you can subscribe to our emails and get all of the events that are coming up. as a side note tonight as units we do have cameras here. c-span is ing filming tonight of the event. be on your best behavior, no cussing or anything like that. [laughter] when we have question-and-answer tonigh
reports, books, telegraphs and photographs show the reach of the 1918 influenza epidemic to all parts of the nation. these records open a window onto the world of hundred one years ago and show this human and societal cost of the pandemic. they allow us not only to look back at that time but perhaps also to look ahead. as information they contain may help guide present-day inquiries and increase our understanding of the disease. doctor jeremy brown is an emergency physician and research director the department of emergency medicine at the george washington university here in dc. he is now director of the office of emergency care research at national institutes of health. doctor brown is the author of more than 30 peer-reviewed articles and three books including the american handbook of emergency medicine. in the handbook of cardiology emergencies. he s recently received nih directors award for his efforts supporting research and non-addicting methods of pain relief. jacob app
at booktv.org on your cable guide. first up it is anna merlan on the impact of conspiracy theory. hello everyone and welcome to this session of the seventh annual san antonio book festival which is a signature program of the san antonio public library foundation. we want to thank the central library for hosting us on this amazing day. we encourage all of you watching to share experiences on social media. the # essay book fast #sa book fast. you can also get a copy signed peewee will be taking questions toward the end of this exchange, if you get questions be sure to suck them away and pop them off toward the end of the program. now, we are excited to have everyone here and also c-span, booktv is presenting this as well. i want to talk about our author, anna merlan, her book is republic of lies american conspiracy theorists and their surprising rise to power. this is a book that seems to come out at the right time and i wonder what is behind that. but as we talk about co
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