festival of the book presenting reading under the influence a. woman s place is in the brewhouse with tarot. neuron. i m sarah lawson associate director of the virginia center for the book a program of virginia humanities. thanks for joining us. a couple notes before we begin please share your questions for the author using the q&a tab on zoom. also, this event has optional closed captioning which you can turn on and customize at any time with the tab at the bottom of your window. if you haven t already read today s book, we hope you will for details about how to buy it from a local bookseller. visit vabook.org where you can also explore the schedule of upcoming festival programs and watch past events. while you re there, please consider making a donation to support the festivals ongoing work at va book.org slash give thanks to our sponsor for this annual event w tucker lemon, virginia humanities board member and advocate for reading. under the influence thanks also to our co
statue, the largest marble monument portrait in the united states, then and now. what further has set it apart is the use of this space i am sitting on all the way to the steps as a platform for the discussion of grievances, for the aspirations for a more perfect union, for what reagan called unfinished what lincoln called unfinished work. it has evolved into the setting for demonstrations, gatherings, meetings, concerts that all point to completing that unfinished business of his. host: describe where you are and for those who haven t been there, with the should know. guest: i am sitting about 50, 40 feet from the reflecting pool on the far end of the monument. and of course the memorial is behind me up 87 steps, i think i have that right. finished in 19 and they waited for it to settle on the soft ground before it settled for it to settle before they had the dedication. 100 years ago, the african-american community of washington came out to the spot early to get good se
upcoming festival programs and watch past events. while you re there, please consider making a donation to support the festivals ongoing work at va book.org slash give thanks to our sponsor for this annual event w tucker lemon, virginia humanities board member and advocate for reading. under the influence thanks also to our community partner for this event devil s backbone brewing company and our bookseller fountain bookstore in richmond, virginia. now and please to introduce our speakers tara nouren author of a woman s place is in the brewhouse is passionate about promoting women s challenges and achievements and the history of women and beer kara is also a veteran freelance journalist and beer and spirits contributor for forbes an educator and a marketing consultant. and libby rother is innovation brewmaster at devil s backbone brewing company. she discovered brewing while studying operations at miami university and then the vlb in berlin, germany. going on to work at five
festival of the book presenting reading under the influence a. woman s place is in the brewhouse with tarot. neuron. i m sarah lawson associate director of the virginia center for the book a program of virginia humanities. thanks for joining us. a couple notes before we begin please share your questions for the author using the q&a tab on zoom. also, this event has optional closed captioning which you can turn on and customize at any time with the tab at the bottom of your window. if you haven t already read today s book, we hope you will for details about how to buy it from a local bookseller. visit vabook.org where you can also explore the schedule of upcoming festival programs and watch past events. while you re there, please consider making a donation to support the festivals ongoing work at va book.org slash give thanks to our sponsor for this annual event w tucker lemon, virginia humanities board member and advocate for reading. under the influence thanks also to our co
festival of the book presenting reading under the influence a. woman s place is in the brewhouse with tarot. neuron. i m sarah lawson associate director of the virginia center for the book a program of virginia humanities. thanks for joining us. a couple notes before we begin please share your questions for the author using the q&a tab on zoom. also, this event has optional closed captioning which you can turn on and customize at any time with the tab at the bottom of your window. if you haven t already read today s book, we hope you will for details about how to buy it from a local bookseller. visit vabook.org where you can also explore the schedule of upcoming festival programs and watch past events. while you re there, please consider making a donation to support the festivals ongoing work at va book.org slash give thanks to our sponsor for this annual event w tucker lemon, virginia humanities board member and advocate for reading. under the influence thanks also to our co