Each year the National Book critics circles awards are presented to the best books published in the United States as voted on by 600 literary critics. Heres this years Award Ceremony from the new school in new york city. Its 90 minutes. Hello, everyone. Good evening and welcome. Im the director of the creative writing and we are happy to welcome back our friends. For over 15 years we have been honored to host this award in the auditorium. For the fifth year from the Creative Writing Program interviewed the finalists in a series of interviews can you hear me . Okay, the interview is posted on the blog and the website. You can check them out on book critics. Org. Organizing and posting over 30 interviews over a threeweek period is a huge job and one that couldnt have been job without kelly stewart, student interviewers and the others. Thank you to the Board Members and sylvan simon for all of their efforts and a huge thank you for the board i wonder if we can get a round of applause to t
Each year the National Book critics circles awards are presented to the best books published in the United States as voted on by 600 literary critics. Heres this years Award Ceremony from the new school in new york city. Its 90 minutes. Hello, everyone. Good evening and welcome. Im the director of the creative writing and we are happy to welcome back our friends. For over 15 years we have been honored to host this award in the auditorium. For the fifth year from the Creative Writing Program interviewed the finalists in a series of interviews can you hear me . Okay, the interview is posted on the blog and the website. You can check them out on book critics. Org. Organizing and posting over 30 interviews over a threeweek period is a huge job and one that couldnt have been job without kelly stewart, student interviewers and the others. Thank you to the Board Members and sylvan simon for all of their efforts and a huge thank you for the board i wonder if we can get a round of applause to t
Party and ignited sharp emotions across the ideological spectrum. The race also raised important questions about the bitter divisions that plague our country and how they might influence our collective future. An esteemed group of panelists on how this election might shape this nations legacy. From boston, president ial historian doris kearns goodwin. With me in new york walter isaacson, founder and c. E. O. Of the aspen institute. Jeff greenfield of politico and pbs newshour. Weekend. Kurt andersen, host of wnycs studio 360 and Cokie Roberts of abc news. I make this point to our audience, we are doing this on monday afternoon before the nation votes on tuesday. We do this not knowing who will be elected president. But we do this in the spirit that the problems and the challenges are the same for whoever is elected. We have significant challenges. It is an important time. And ive asked these people to come here and think about the future regardless of who holds the oval office. I begin
Party and ignited sharp emotions across the ideological spectrum. The race also raised important questions about the bitter divisions that plague our country and how they might influence our collective future. An esteemed group of panelists on how this election might shape this nations legacy. From boston, president ial historian doris kearns goodwin. With me in new york walter isaacson, founder and c. E. O. Of the aspen institute. Jeff greenfield of politico and pbs newshour. Weekend. Kurt andersen, host of wnycs studio 360 and Cokie Roberts of abc news. I make this point to our audience, we are doing this on monday afternoon before the nation votes on tuesday. We do this not knowing who will be elected president. But we do this in the spirit that the problems and the challenges are the same for whoever is elected. We have significant challenges. It is an important time. And ive asked these people to come here and think about the future regardless of who holds the oval office. I begin
Questions about the bitter divisions that plague our country and how they might influence our collective future. An esteemed group of panelists consider howto this election might shape this nations legacy. From boston, president ial historian doris kearns goodwin. With me in new york walter isaacson, founder and c. E. O. Of the aspen institute. Jeff greenfield of politico and pbs newshour. Weekend. Kurt andersen, host of wnycs studio 360 and Cokie Roberts of abc news. I make this point to our audience, we are doing this on monday afternoon before the nation votes on tuesday. We do this not knowing who will be elected president. But we do this in the spirit that the problems and the challenges are the same for whoever is elected. We have significant challenges. It is an important time. And ive asked these people to come here and think about the future regardless of who holds the oval office. I begin with walter isaacson. Tell me where you think we are, walter, and whatever the new presi