Each artwork a different chapter print hope you can visit soon. Summa hello look at the southern festival of books. I am your host jared porter apply to join us today. Before we begin, on the behalf of humanities tennessee at think a direct of the southern festival of books. Metro National Arts commission, ingram content group, tennessee arts convention, and about university and Parnassus Book spray think of your support that makes this event possible. And speaking of support the festival is free part is a event and donations of individuals like you help make it possible every year. If you believe this event in sessions like this one, you can help it happen. Please give at hum tn. Org. Again that is hum tn. Org. A couple of vermonters before we begin. Parnassus books his official bookseller for the festival in purchasing through them keeps the festival freak and buy books today to the links of the top of the chats. You have an opportunity to ask questions later in the session is your t
Opportunities that we think of around. You know i take i mean 128 around boston or Silicon Valley or for that matter, in northern virginia. Now, im afraid that time is. And chariot has flown it being 50 minutes after the hour of. Please respond to. The applause for our authors. My name is bradley sides im going to be the host of the session this morning. Im the author of the short story collection those fantastic loves and the upcoming collection, crocodile tears they can cause the flood. Its my pleasure to host the session this morning. Were here for welcome capitol hill. As you can see, were with authors joel ebert, Erik Schelzig and were going to talk much more about this book for the next 45 minutes or so. So a couple of housekeeping notes before we get started and im going to read these so i make sure i get everything. Please consider checking out humanity. Tennessee literary website. Its w ww dot chapter six dawg. You can find reviews interviews, all kinds of things with tennesse
Headquarters during weekends. Our authors will be signing their books at the signing tent on the war memorial plans after this session was you can purchase their books at the Parnassus Book area and a portion of the proceeds will benefit the festival. Our first speaker is daniel sharfstein, a professor of law and history at vanderbilt. He has twice won the loss collapse outstanding professor award. He is a graduate of Harvard Law School and before law school he was a journalist. The director of the social justice problem, professor daniel sharfstein. You can hear me in the back . It is wonderful to be here again at the southern festival of books, my hometown book festival. A real honor to be introduced by andy bennett. In a decade plus i have lived in nashville i have presented as an author, been a host and most of all, a member of the audience, sharing this panel with roger hodge gives me the best of all worlds. Love the range of conversations we have at the festival. I look forward t
Thank you very much. [inaudible conversation] thanks for being here. Thanks for your support. [inaudible conversation] next up from nashville southern festival of books, he talks about my southern journey. Good afternoon. Good afternoon. Okay, good. I sound like the commercial, dont i. Can can you hear me now . Good afternoon. My name is faye rivers and it is my pleasure to welcome you to the southern festival of books and especially to this session. I will ask you at this time, if you have a cell phone, would you please silence your cell phone. Thank you very much. I also want to extend a very special thanks to cspan for taping this session and it will be broadcast later this month. I remind you also that immediately following this session, the author is going to be signing books. If you havent purchased the book, you may do so at the Parnassus Book tent. The proceeds will go to the festival if you purchase your book there. We appreciate that. While you are in there, if you have an op
Anne sarah rubin appeared at the zoo so visible but is a natural tendency to discuss her book through the heart of dixie. She stood and took questions from the book festival audience. Its just under 15 minutes. Who would you offer. This afternoon we have Anne Sarah Rubin with us and she is an associate professor of history and director for the center of digital history and education at the university of ireland baltimore company. County, sorry baltimore country to receive 80 from Princeton University and hay and ph. D. From the university of virginia. Her study of the place of shermans march in American Culture and history entitled stuff for five was published in september 2014 by the university of North Carolina press. The project also has the multimedia component which can be found at shermans march. Org. Dr. Rubins first book a shattered nation they rise and fall of the confederacy, received the 2006 dave reno gave an from the organization of american historians were the most origin