Political benefits. He also frequently attended comedies at fords theater and he was known for telling jokes, for his witty stories and selfdeprecation. The ability for a leader or politician to laugh at oneself and at politics more broadly is a hallmark of our democracy. In humor we not only have a to callvalve but a way attention to ideological differences while still maintaining the balance of democratic discourse. Today in these polarized times and as we head toward a president ial election we bring together a panel known for their ability to laugh about the business of leadership and politics. I am pleased to welcome our distinguished guest today. Log before Stephen Colbert and jon stewart mark russell dared to joke and sing about the often absurd political process. Though he actually knew little about politics when he first began performing russells ability to find humor in anything made him an immediate hit. His career spanned from a piano is mark0 years working russell comedy s
And donovan and reached from that was published early last month in june we will have an extended conversation up to 35 minutes and also a few slides here and there as needed with supplemental images and once were done with that wrap up with audience q a we will read some buyers and get the reading under the way. Miles the author of the national and International Bestseller the land of lost maps with the Chicago Tribune best book of the year. In this interlocutor is the true story of a New York Times notable book for nonfiction in the literary science award and the second book published early last month. But these men graduated from the university of michigan a few blocks away from the bookstore. Otherwise i would appreciate it if you wouldnt mind putting your reactions together for our reading. Thank you. Good to see you. So this is why your book is longer than mine and also teaching nonfiction here in chicago so its nice to see you here and i want to be clear to everyone and i will g
Offer Virtual Events at this time and to hear about the king of confidence a tale of utopian dreamers, frontier schemers, true believers, false prophets, and the murder of an american monarch if it wasnt for you showing up, so thank you for doing that. We do ask you keep your video feed disabled. If you do enable it, if you enable the second time we appreciate your cooperation. I want to go over our format. We will have a reading by miles harvey to start us confidence a tale of utopian dreamers, frontier schemers, true believers, false prophets, and the murder of an american monarch which was published last tuesday and donovan hahn reads from another book published in june we will hear an extended conversation from 30 to 35 minutes and have a few here and there with supplemental images and once we are done with that we will wrap things up with audience q and a, feel free to send them my way. I will be fielding and screening those. I will read some bios and get the reading underway. Mil
You are watching booktv on cspan2. Every weekend the latest nonfiction books and authors. Cspan2 created by americas Cable Television company as a Public Service and brought to you today by your television provider. Good evening, thank you so much for joining us. I am a bookseller and Event Coordinator and featuring miles harvey and donovan hahn. I want to thank everyone for your support of virtual programming, we feel lucky to offer Virtual Events that this time. Wouldnt be able to do that and talk about the king of confidence a tale of utopian dreamers, frontier schemers, true believers, false prophets, and the murder of an american monarch if it wasnt for you showing up. Thank you for doing that. I want to go over our policies and ask you keep your video feed stable. If you and abel it, enabling a second time. We appreciate your cooperation during this call. I want to talk about a reading by miles harvey and donovan hahn, tale of utopian dreamers, frontier schemers, true believers,
Good evening everyone and thank you so much for joining us. My name is bennett and im a bookseller and Events Coordinator and im going to be your host tonight for literati featuring myles harvey. Lets get underway and i want to extend a thank you for your support of ourVirtual Events programming. We feel lucky that were able to continue to offer Virtual Events and we wouldnt be able to do that and hear about the king of confidence if it wasnt for you all showing up so thank you for doing that. Id like to quickly go over our policy for tonights event. We ask you keep your a video feed disabled throughout the duration of the that event and if you dont we will disable it for you and if you enable it a second time we will have toreview you from the event we appreciate your cooperation. I just wanted to briefly go over our plan for tonight, a reading by both miles and after myles reads from the king of confidence which was published this last tuesday and donovan reads from his book publishe