[applause] [applause] [cheering] i dont want you to be intimidated, but i practiced these jazz hands for ten minutes backstage. Thats not actually a joke and that is the scary thing about it. Good evening and welcome to the 2018 pen america literary awards. Thank you for being here. [applause] honestly im thrilled to be here, very honored to celebrate the mission to protect Free Expression everywhere. Yes you should clap for Free Expression. It is honestly a weird time to be protecting Free Expression. I know that you are thinking but sally it is so obviously not under threat right now. [laughter] certainly not here in the United States of america. I mean, obviously free speech is so free, we have fake speech now. Seriously, i am honored to be here. It is such a big deal. There are so many incredible and important authors that grace us with their words and ideas this year, brilliant visionary inspired writers and of course im talking about ivanka. [laughter] the jokes dont get any bett
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For a complete television schedule, visit booktv. Org. Booktv, 48 hours of nonfiction books and authors. Television for serious readers. Now, we kick off the weekend with steve olsen he recalls the eruption of mount st. Helens in 1980. [inaudible] everybody [inaudible] on a real Beautiful Day that we can manage it. Thank you so much for coming. Before we get started a few housekeeping rules you can take the time right now to silence your cell phones. While you have it out enis it[inaudible] you can sign up for the great events going on with steve olsen. Hes going to talk about his book and im excited for him to do that. In his book, steve has history and Science Behind eruption of mount st. Helens with account of what happened to those people who lived it and those who died. As i said steve has particular connections. One of the big stories as events director im sarah by the way. I dont know if i introduced myself. As events director is bringing to our local connections you can see tha