on booktv we are live from jackson, mississippi, the home of the first annual mississippi book festival. all day long bringing events from the mississippi state capitol including otter panels, civil rights, the civil war and more. first up today is of panel on harper lee whose book go set a watchman written and 1915s was released this past july. this is live coverage of the inaugural mississippi book festival in jackson, mississippi. [inaudible conversations] good morning, ladies and gentlemen. we welcome you to the mississippi book festival, to our harper lee panel. the rules the we have up in here, there will be no beverages allowed in here. if you have beverages we ask you to go to a garbage can and placed in the garbage can. second thing, please silence yourself phones. we need everyone to please silence yourself funds. again we would like to thank you and i would like to introduce the moderator, amanda nelson, editor of the largest book site in north america. he
those getting elected. thank you. [inaudible conversations] how to explain why it charges number how to get the job and had to speak to an employer and explain my charges before they assume and how-to s talk or hold back certain information that doesn t need to be given they can bring the employer here to the jail he already knew more about me if i am uncomfortable i could explain my goals and one eye of a year for. although he already knew some stuff about me. so right now maya working i am glad to have the job not even one week later i started now like to take experience from this jogging go to the next one and connect with the work force and ask them to help the out and give three suggestions finding areas that could help me with other problems i may have. doors are always opening. booktv in prime time we will show you the panels and authors we have covered a book festivals throughout the past year. this evening we will show you panels from las vegas, mississippi balt
university, recipient of numerous awards in african-american cultural storytelling including the 2014 american book award for literature. currently at the 13 is writer in residence at mississippi university. [applause] next is beth ann fennelly directs the program at ole miss where she was the outstanding liberal arts professor of the year. work is included in the best american poetry series, published three poetry books, her first open house won 2001 can review prize, great lakes college association writers award and the top ten:36. and the third unmentionable in 2004 and 2008. elson published a book of nonfiction in 2006 and essays on travel, culture and science, southern living, african-american and others. thank you so much. next is kerry madden who wrote the trilogy concerning the musical wing family and their home in the smoky mountains. the critically acclaimed coming of age story on the side was followed by a biography of harper lee for young adults which is relea