Sponsors National Art Commission and content group, and about university and in this book. This special session is entitled remake america. Have a panel authors and three books in first, we are going to read some but i will introduce the authors first and ill begin with she grewp in bosnia. After surviving cousin cleansing and the 111 days underilitary siege, she immigrated to the u. S. In 1996. Friday 71999, she earned aa in economics from Brown University and later obtained two masters degrees of doctrine from Columbia University. Currently, a profeor at Columbia University working on understanding how and why societies fall apart and wha role education plays in this countr shes published extensively on education related issues and lectured around the world adolescent audience. Hertudents feedback, nsistently praised as one of the most aspirin professors th have encountered throughout theicareers. Our second guest, stephanie, and often from staff sectors. Her books include the awardw
And the brooks still worth reading. Thank you for your time and good nights been a good afternoon. I want to welcome you on the half of humanity tennessee to the southern festival of books. I want to particularly thank our key sponsors, Metro National art commission, and chrome content, tennessee art commission, vanderbilt university. This session is entitled dreaming america. We have a panel of three authors and three books and our first we will read some, but im going to reduce the authors first. I will begin with amra sabicelrayess. She grew up in bosnia. After surviving ethnic cleansing and more than 1100 days under the serbs military siege she immigrated to the United States in 1986. By december, 1999, she earned a ba from Brown University and later obtained to master degrees in a doctorate from Columbia University currently, shes a compass a professor eric on the egg working on understanding how and why societies fall apart and what role education plays a rebuilding decimated cou
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