That you are abandoning anyone, or that you are doing a disservice to other groups. You can do both, you know . And its important to focus on yourself sometimes. And im not sure that there is one answer. A lot of the things that were talking about sort of go toward this point. There may not be a solution that allows you to strike the balance that you want, but that you can invest and engage in all kinds of different struggles and work toward making things more equal. And you are, if youre asking these questions, youre already doing the work of balancing, right . If youre already considering how does a voice are not get how does my voice not get drowned out, how do i work for other people but not let my work for other people in some way silence or diminish my own role here, these are questions that i nate t these are questions that resinate social movements that are in process right now. Youre already doing a lot of re alr i regret that theres no time to address but i love the fact that
[inaudible] [inaudible] good evening everyone and welcome to book people. Thank you for coming out here tonight. We love putting on events such as this one and we cannot do it without your support. Thank you very much for being here. This evening where pleased to have with us author juan s thompson. He is here to discuss his new book, stories i tell myself. In which he shares a story of his father, largerthanlife literary figure and their relationship as they got to know one another at over the course of 41 years. Thompson is a conversation tonight with Douglas Brinkley whose latest book, rightful heritage, Franklin D Roosevelt and the land of americas on our shelves now. Please now. Please dryness in welcoming our guests. [applause]. We want to welcome one to austin. He is a long time friend. Where is robin . Robin and his family is here in town, he is kinfolk live here, but to begin one is going to do some reading of stories that i tell myself that i editor hunter thompsons letter ca
Were pleased to have with us, author, juan s. Thompson. His new book, stories of myself. Growing up with hunter s. Thompson. His father and the relationship. He is with bestselling authors doug loose brinkley. His latest book is on ourselves right now. Join us welcoming Juan Thompson and douglas brinkley. [applause] we want to welcome juan to austin. He is a longtime friend and robin thompson, and where is robin . Is here right now . Robin is here. Juan has family in town. Hunters kinfolk live here. But wanted to begin, juan will do so reading of stories i tell myself. Im here because i edited hunter thompsons letters, the book, proud highway, fear and loathing in america. Wrote Rolling Stone cover story about him when he died and you know, i constantly try to promote hunter as one of the Great American humorists and Great American novelists. Well talk about some of hunter s books i want so begin, juan, maybe read a letter you suggested. Would you like to get us going with reading some
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