The former nfl running back is a descendent of the host former slaves. This program is about an hour. Sucrose, Tomlinson Hill, what make you want to write that go . Well, i grew up knowing about Tomlinson Hill. Ive never been to tomlin sandhill, the grand father would always make, you know, we had a slave called Tomlinson Hill and when the slaves were freed, they loved it so much they took tomlinson as their last name. And as a seven and 8yearold kid in dallas going through desegregation because in 1973, dallas schools were still segregated and there is a court order and so race was very much an important topic at that time in dallas. So i was aware of that as a child and the idea that there were black tomlin and that my family once held as slaves boggles my imagination. And i became an important part of my identity growing up in white, southern culture, having a family that fought in the civil war and handhelds please were part of the antebellum plantation life is a big deal. So, i un
Have all sorts of secrets and afterwards i would ask the students had the feel about doing this with their own family . So i admire the fact that has written such fabulous books about their families so i would like you do is to start off by letting each author read from their book can describe the book for you will ask you questions and yesterday and was noticing a lot of the moderators were not having as many questions or any. So think about the books and think about your questions and begin lining up with questions i will introduce reimbursed. Maria venegas born in mexico emigrated to United States for years old bulletproof vest was in the guardian her short stories appeared many places she taught creative writing in works as a mentor at stillwaters a reading and writing sanctuary in lives in new york city and has written an incredible book. Thank you. I am really sorry i was late by got lost and i have been wandering around the streets all morning. But the good thing is that i am he
He was being lied to. And that is when he dedicated himself to not be a racist. Miles davis did that for him. Host good man. [laughter] how did that change the way you book did your family . Guest my grandfather died when i was very young. , did have the opportunity to confront him not that i would have the was a very angry man. And he did not have a lot of patience. And because of my fathers views he was very supportive. One of the things he had done is he would emphasize his mothers family that was swiss german and more progressive trying to instill their values rather than tomlinson values. I kind of went on the circle thinking with this noble aristocratic institution then i went dive into the research and then would realize they were pretty awful and had done a lot of bad things and most importantly in my research i discover that they knew better. When i first met your mom they all said it is okay. Your ancestors are your ancestors they did not know better but then i realized they
Equality but their chance of survival and more often than not we get a wrong at that very last stage. Is a very wakeup call for us in medicine and for patients if youre clinicians are not willing to recognize your priorities then make them understand what your priorities are besides living longer than what you dont want as part of your care. Host does longevity run in families . Use your patient say there is no infection and my mother and her mother had that. So what if we explore more . When i tell people might grandfather died at 100 they say you are lucky but my grandmother died at 30 from malaria. There is an interesting study of contribution of genetics and longevity is very weak how tall you are 90 is genetic. But we know that from identical twins but the difference of time or links of survival for identical twins is 15 years on average with how long they live. Host people have a lot of wisdom later in life that they disclose things to their doctor they would not tell their spous
Saturday, 12 and 9 p. M. On sunday, and 12 a. M. On monday. You can also watch after words online youre kind of booktv. Org and click on after words in the booktv series and topics list on the upper right side of the page. Welcome today to a booktvs live coverage of the 2014 texas book festival held in austin, the state capital. Over the next six hours will hear from nine authors on such topics as social change an instant, the Death Penalty, the global history of train travel. Author and professor ilan stavans starts off with a discussion about his latest book, a most imperfect union a contrarian history of the United States. Hello and welcome. Happy sunday morning, everybody. I name is nathan. Im here with ilan stavans, professor of latin american latino studies at amherst college, author of last time i counted about 10,000 books. The latest of which is a most imperfect union a contrarian history of the United States. It is do you call it a graphic novel if its nonfiction . We have in