presence and persistence and devotion to this very worthy and necessary and urgent, and i would say even medicinal, organization. at the beginning of this year, in january, united states lost one of its most innovative and exciting writers, baracka. twice winner of the american book award, who is a strong supporter of the before columbus foundation. in fact, his last appearance here in san francisco was at a fundraiser at yossi s, not far from here to raise money for the before columbus foundation. so, in our embrace, of the arc and an panorama of american art and history i want to dedicate my portion of the program to the memory of a poet and writer, ameri baraka. we have quite a harvest this afternoon. and we re honored by the presence of many of the most fertile writers. who offer illumination and insight, and as i mentioned, a few moments ago, some very strong medicine, and some very ill times. so, before we get into that, i d like to start with a gentleman, good friend
go to booktv.org. the before columbus foundation presents the winners of the american book awards in san francisco, calif.. i am the chairman of the board of directors and i want to thank our friends for their sponsorship for this afternoon s awards and my colleagues on the board of directors for their presence and persistence and devotion to this very worthy and necessary and urgent and i would say even medicinal organization. at the beginning of this year january, the united states lost one of its most innovative and exciting writers, mary barracca twice winner of the american book award a strong supporter of the before columbus foundation. his last appearance in san francisco was a fund-raiser not far from here to raise money for the before columbus foundation. still in our embrace of the panorama of american literature and history of this afternoon unlike to dedicate my portion of the program to the memory of appellates and writer, amory bar barracca barracca. we have
Mass graves, the criminalization of dissent, systematic slaughter glorified as self-defense, resisting students making history. Yes, the current nightmare does seem reminiscent of 1968, the year kaleidoscopic change burst forth seemingly everywhere at once. On January 31, the beginning of Tet, eighty-thousand Vietnamese troops issued Washington a formal eviction notice, attacking all the major cities
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