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it's truly a pleasure to welcome you to our 35th edition of miami book fair here at miami dade college and for those of you who know miami-dade college very well you know that miami-dade college has an open door we are democracy's college surveilling 106 of 5000 students and truly proud of every single one of our students. each of whom have a story that we are here to validate each and every day that they are with us. all we not our students, faculty and staff are among the hundreds of volunteers at miami book fair every single year along with members of the community, along with many youngsters from our system that i'm sure you have seen in all of the corners, next and crannies of the miami book fair helping, supporting, directing and truly making this event miami book fair professional as it is. many thanks to all our volunteers. [applause] i also want to recognize all day but truly if there's not enough thanks to give to our sponsor. the bachelor foundation, the knight foundation, so many other sponsors that again come together and understand the value of miami book fair and the f v
it's truly a pleasure to welcome you to our 35th edition of miami book fair here at miami dade college and for those of you who know miami-dade college very well you know that miami-dade college has an open door we are democracy's college surveilling 106 of 5000 students and truly proud of every single one of our students. each of whom have a story that we are here to validate each and every day that they are with us. all we not our students, faculty and staff are among the hundreds of...
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the miami book fair continues now. now. >> [inaudible conversations] good morning again and please take your seats. we are about to begin. thank you so much. good morning again. i'd like to welcome you to miami book fair. the 35th edition. i'm so proud to have served as a volunteer for 29 years and loving every minute of it. so thank you so much. [applause] >> miami-dade college is so proud to host miami book fair here at our college that serves over 165,000 students. and talking about, you know, students, faculty and staff. those are among the hundreds of volunteers that make miami book fair happen each and every year. in addition to that, i'd like to recognize the many youngsters from our school system, from our area institutions, as well as others in the community who also volunteer their time to make sure that this book fair is as special as it is every single year. and as you know, miami book fair is actually year round. so many facts, particularly miami book fair's circle of friends. i know many of you are again
the miami book fair continues now. now. >> [inaudible conversations] good morning again and please take your seats. we are about to begin. thank you so much. good morning again. i'd like to welcome you to miami book fair. the 35th edition. i'm so proud to have served as a volunteer for 29 years and loving every minute of it. so thank you so much. [applause] >> miami-dade college is so proud to host miami book fair here at our college that serves over 165,000 students. and talking...
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fair at miami dade college. what a beautiful day it is in miami. i don't know how many of you have come into town from elsewhere, but can't i see a show of hands of our out-of-towners? that's wonderful. let's give them a warm miami welcome. [applause] this is a season of gratitude, and so it gives me rate pleasure to thank our sponsors, the knight foundation, the group foundation, the boettcher foundation and so many other sponsors without home this miami book fair just would not happen. in addition to that, the many volunteers from miami-dade college, our students, faculty, staff, along with hundreds of other volunteers, those young at heart for my middle and high schools, and those more seasoned adult who give very generously of their time each and every year, and this year is no exception. we have a wonderful program for you this weekend during the street fair, and miami book fair international is year-round. did you know that? yes. and we had so many presentations of authors throughout the year, and i hope t
fair at miami dade college. what a beautiful day it is in miami. i don't know how many of you have come into town from elsewhere, but can't i see a show of hands of our out-of-towners? that's wonderful. let's give them a warm miami welcome. [applause] this is a season of gratitude, and so it gives me rate pleasure to thank our sponsors, the knight foundation, the group foundation, the boettcher foundation and so many other sponsors without home this miami book fair just would not happen. in...
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where in miami and what happens in miami's days in miami. >> i think you're kind of attempting it. you can also ask that if you like. so sheryl sandberg became a household name in 2013 with her empowerment feminism manifesto lean in. this week i'm not sure if you read the exposÉ on how this book is built with russian interference in u.s. elections, other political challenges and came out looking like something of a villainous mastermind profoundly unethical operation. she used a conservative research firm as george soros funded protesters and turned around is that those protesters were anti-semitic. she tried to minimize the extent to which russian operatives have used facebook to get this information in front of users and she worried that republicans would be angry at facebook if they revealed the many pages that russia had put out. so i want to know what you guys think about these revelations. but i would especially like to think about how we think of them in relation to lean in and positioned herself as a curse hater and the idea that businesses will be better if women occupy h
where in miami and what happens in miami's days in miami. >> i think you're kind of attempting it. you can also ask that if you like. so sheryl sandberg became a household name in 2013 with her empowerment feminism manifesto lean in. this week i'm not sure if you read the exposÉ on how this book is built with russian interference in u.s. elections, other political challenges and came out looking like something of a villainous mastermind profoundly unethical operation. she used a...
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. >>> good morning miami. good morning! welcome to the 35th annual miami book fair. we are so delighted to host a game at miami dade college. we ask that you please acknowledge all of our friends please raise your hand for making this possible. [applause] we are also very grateful toer e college and the support of the knight foundation and the bachelor foundation. i'm the dean of the honors college at miami dade college and one of the hundreds of volunteers helping to make this possible so please let's give a teund of applause for all of the volunteers. [applause] this morning's session promises to be a very exciting one. we ask that you please turn off your cell phones at this moment and also the session will go on for about 45 minutes. we will have q-and-a and at the right moment i will appear to and the session. i ask that you transition at the appropriate time the book signing will take place to the right of the elevator. at this time, i have the distinct honor to introduce our extraordinary panelists. first, we have alan dershowitz, one of then most famous and c
. >>> good morning miami. good morning! welcome to the 35th annual miami book fair. we are so delighted to host a game at miami dade college. we ask that you please acknowledge all of our friends please raise your hand for making this possible. [applause] we are also very grateful toer e college and the support of the knight foundation and the bachelor foundation. i'm the dean of the honors college at miami dade college and one of the hundreds of volunteers helping to make this...
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it's made the miami book fair what it is. it has no equivalent. it is unique and it is miami. ralph waldo emerson said if we encountered a man of her intellect we should ask him what books he reads. it's in these words south motors recognizes that there true purpose, promoting and urging a love for reading and helping others discover and expand the opportunity books provide. it's in these words that south motors is the sponsor for the retailer book fair free program. the program provides over 3500 books weekly, weekly to children, local children to read, to have come to own so they can read them over and over again. south motors look a currently accepting your donations for books though if you have some gently used books we would like you to stop by one of our dealerships and just drop them off. you can take a look at a car or two while you were there. we wouldn't mind. [laughing] farmer apropos for today, woodrow wilson said i would never read a book if it were possible for me to talk with the man who wrote it. today we have the privilege to spend time with three authors, thr
it's made the miami book fair what it is. it has no equivalent. it is unique and it is miami. ralph waldo emerson said if we encountered a man of her intellect we should ask him what books he reads. it's in these words south motors recognizes that there true purpose, promoting and urging a love for reading and helping others discover and expand the opportunity books provide. it's in these words that south motors is the sponsor for the retailer book fair free program. the program provides over...
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the miami book fair continues
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. >> good morning miami. good morning. and welcome to the 35th annual miami book fair. we are so delighted to be able to hold this they are again at miami-dade college. we ask that you please acknowledge all of our friends, please raise your hand for helping to make this possible.. >> we are also very grateful for the college y and also the support of the knife foundation, oh l northamerica and the bachelor foundation . my name is pascale charlot, dean of the honors college and one of the hundreds of volunteers that are helping us make thispossible so please let's give a round of eeapplause for all the volunteers . >> this morning's session promises to be a very exciting one. we ask that you please turn off your cell phones at this moment. also, the session will go eson for about 45 minutes. we will have to and a and at the right moment i will appear in order to end the session . i ask that you please transition at the appropriate time and the book signing will take place. to the right of the elevator. at this time, i have the distinct honor to introduce our extraordina
. >> good morning miami. good morning. and welcome to the 35th annual miami book fair. we are so delighted to be able to hold this they are again at miami-dade college. we ask that you please acknowledge all of our friends, please raise your hand for helping to make this possible.. >> we are also very grateful for the college y and also the support of the knife foundation, oh l northamerica and the bachelor foundation . my name is pascale charlot, dean of the honors college and one...
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find the dean of the honors college here at miami dade college and i'm delighted to welcome you to the session. first i would like to thank the sponsors the knight foundation, royal caribbean, the bachelor foundation.
find the dean of the honors college here at miami dade college and i'm delighted to welcome you to the session. first i would like to thank the sponsors the knight foundation, royal caribbean, the bachelor foundation.
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[applause] [cheers and applause] thank you miami book festival. if you wait in line i will sign your book. i will not leave until everybody gets their book signed. [applause] . >> talking about the beloved world of sonia sotomayor the young adult book autobiography the best-selling autobiography from a couple years ago and this is a question from zoe who goes to school in hampton virginia at bethel high school how did books open the world to you? . >> i had written extensively about that but it may be called to young it's called turning pages you see me walking up the supreme court steps and in my hand is a little key and i tell people remember that is the key to my success in the book explains that key is the books opening the world to me. we live in our neighborhood we know our family and friends and teachers and classmates and their families. but the world is a very big place one person among billions of people and the only way i can access that big world that books let me see possibilities or how many opportunities there were. so they were and
[applause] [cheers and applause] thank you miami book festival. if you wait in line i will sign your book. i will not leave until everybody gets their book signed. [applause] . >> talking about the beloved world of sonia sotomayor the young adult book autobiography the best-selling autobiography from a couple years ago and this is a question from zoe who goes to school in hampton virginia at bethel high school how did books open the world to you? . >> i had written extensively about...
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good morning, miami. it is a pleasure to be here for the 35th annual miami book fair. i'm the dean of the honors college and employee of miami-dade college and i join hundreds of volunteers in welcoming you to the book fair. let's give a round of applause to our volunteers. we are very grateful for our sponsors, the night foundation, the bachelor foundation and many others and we would like to give a special shout out to the friends of the fair. please raise your hands so you can be acknowledged. at this time we are going to get ready for our next presenter, michael beschloss. i ask that you please turn off your cell phones. this session will be 45 minutes long. if you're interested in getting signature from the writer the signatures will be to the right. i would like to introduce the presenter who will introduce our speaker, man harrison is an award-winning commercial writer and author of three books on language, smart words, words at work, in addition, the founding editor of leverage or press, a specialty publisher of the most famous words of winston churchill, linco
good morning, miami. it is a pleasure to be here for the 35th annual miami book fair. i'm the dean of the honors college and employee of miami-dade college and i join hundreds of volunteers in welcoming you to the book fair. let's give a round of applause to our volunteers. we are very grateful for our sponsors, the night foundation, the bachelor foundation and many others and we would like to give a special shout out to the friends of the fair. please raise your hands so you can be...
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. >> well, i know that your mother is down here in miami. >> she is, she's the smart one, she's inside staying cool, it's a little hot out here. [laughter] >> another question from a student and this is lila baker from soda creek elementary school, colorado, who supported and inspired your interest in the law? >> who supported and inspired my interest in the law? interestingly enough there were no lawyers or judges in my family so i didn't really have someone close to me who knew enough about law to be able to guide my interest. i didn't find my mentors in law until i actually got into law school and there i found people who obviously knew much more about the law and how to be successful in it than anyone else in my life and so there was one professor administrator at yale law school, his name was josÉ cabranes and jose was the leader in the puerto rican legal community and generally he was general counsel to yale and he taught at a high school and he befriended me and he's been my mentor ever since. the most telling moment for us was when i joined the second circuit court of appeals.
. >> well, i know that your mother is down here in miami. >> she is, she's the smart one, she's inside staying cool, it's a little hot out here. [laughter] >> another question from a student and this is lila baker from soda creek elementary school, colorado, who supported and inspired your interest in the law? >> who supported and inspired my interest in the law? interestingly enough there were no lawyers or judges in my family so i didn't really have someone close to me...
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reminds plea offer being in miami so i feel like i'm at home nut in miami where is the book start. i was november of 2009, and i was snuck the office, looking for ideas for the holiday season because on new year's business is slow and i need node are? and i got this press release about group of young people who are going to walk from miami to washington, dc' in the middle of winter and sounded kind of crazy but i decided to go to this little church where they were holding a meeting in little haiti and check it out. and didn't expect much but when i got there, and i sat there, and i heard these four young people start talking, about feeling like they had grownup this country and now that they were adults, they felt like they were literally being turned into ghosts, erased, from their community, from their neighborhood, and there was something filipe, one of my main characters, he had this determination, little teenage bravado, swagger, and also this vulnerability, and so i captured them walking and -- they didn't even have coates, had to stop a day or two in to buy winter coats and
reminds plea offer being in miami so i feel like i'm at home nut in miami where is the book start. i was november of 2009, and i was snuck the office, looking for ideas for the holiday season because on new year's business is slow and i need node are? and i got this press release about group of young people who are going to walk from miami to washington, dc' in the middle of winter and sounded kind of crazy but i decided to go to this little church where they were holding a meeting in little...
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also want to recognize miami-dade college and this is where it's at for miami book fair. we are so proud to be democracy's college, open to any and everyone that seeks to better themselves through training and education at our eight campuses. we certainly are making a difference in that regard. thank you so much for being here. we are going to continue with the afternoon program and i hope you have been having a good time so far at the book fair. have you? yes. wonderful. so as always, please turn your devices off. you will have an opportunity for questions and answers at the end. i ask that you approach the mic in the middle, ask your question and then please be seated so we can get as many answered as possible. so please help me to welcome adam gopnik, our featured author here this afternoon. mr. gopnik. as adam comes onstage, let me say that daniel mendlessohn unfortunately cannot be with us today. a little bit about adam. he has been writing for "the new yorker" since 1986. he's a three-time winner of the national magazine award for essays and for criticism, and of th
also want to recognize miami-dade college and this is where it's at for miami book fair. we are so proud to be democracy's college, open to any and everyone that seeks to better themselves through training and education at our eight campuses. we certainly are making a difference in that regard. thank you so much for being here. we are going to continue with the afternoon program and i hope you have been having a good time so far at the book fair. have you? yes. wonderful. so as always, please...
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book fair hosted by miami-dade college. [applause] it is my honor this afternoon to introduce juan herrera who is a poet, artist and activist son of migrant farmworkers from 2015 through 2017. educated at ucla and has earned his masters of fine arts university of iowa writers workshop. 's numerous poetry include on - - collections include 187 reasons across the border undocumented 1971 through 2007. new and selected poems 2008 and border crosser, 1999. into have written short stories and young adult novels and then imagine and jabberwocky. mister herrera was the first mexican-american poet laureate in the united states of america sharing secrets to turn your wonder at the world around you. mister herrera. [applause] [cheers and applause] . >> we camped waiting for a long time. sorry about that. >> it is a great feeling you are one of my heroes. and with the supreme court justice so let's give another hand. [applause] so just a little while ago. and talking about writing with the amazing programs and it's a beautiful thing t
book fair hosted by miami-dade college. [applause] it is my honor this afternoon to introduce juan herrera who is a poet, artist and activist son of migrant farmworkers from 2015 through 2017. educated at ucla and has earned his masters of fine arts university of iowa writers workshop. 's numerous poetry include on - - collections include 187 reasons across the border undocumented 1971 through 2007. new and selected poems 2008 and border crosser, 1999. into have written short stories and young...
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. >> good morning miami. good morning. and welcome to the 35th annual miami book fair. we are so delighted to be able to hold this they are again at miami-dade college. we ask that you please acknowledge all of our friends, please raise your hand for helping to make this possible.. >> we are also very grateful for the college y
. >> good morning miami. good morning. and welcome to the 35th annual miami book fair. we are so delighted to be able to hold this they are again at miami-dade college. we ask that you please acknowledge all of our friends, please raise your hand for helping to make this possible.. >> we are also very grateful for the college y
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. >> squeezed is the name of the book the author alyssa court thank you for being with us in miami on the tv. >> what a pleasure. think you [inaudible conversations] . >> please take a seat. good afternoon. good afternoon. welcome to the 35th book fair i am the dean of the honors college here at miami-dade it is an absolute pleasure to be here with you. first i would like to acknowledge our sponsors including the knight foundation and many other sponsors we also have our friends of the fair. please raise your hand and be acknowledged. [applause] we ask that you please silence your cell phones for the duration of the panel we would also like for you to know the book signing will take place to the right of the elevator. we will do q&a for the last 15 minutes of the session at this time i have the distinct honor to introduce our guest a seasoned republican strategist and infamous negative ad maker is regular column the daily beast is a must-read published in "the washington post" and the hill, the federalist independent journal review also a frequent guest with cnn and msnbc and with fri
. >> squeezed is the name of the book the author alyssa court thank you for being with us in miami on the tv. >> what a pleasure. think you [inaudible conversations] . >> please take a seat. good afternoon. good afternoon. welcome to the 35th book fair i am the dean of the honors college here at miami-dade it is an absolute pleasure to be here with you. first i would like to acknowledge our sponsors including the knight foundation and many other sponsors we also have our...
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. >>> the miami book fair on booktv continues now. good afternoon. please take your seats. are you enjoying the fair today? i don't know if you are feeling like me but i want to go out and do something. politically it's been an extraordinary morning so thank you for being here. i am the dean of the honors college here at miami dade college and it is an absolute pleasure for us to be here with you today. first we would like to acknowledge the sponsor the knight foundation, caribbean, the bachelor foundation and we'd also like to recognize friends of the fair will you raise your hands and be acknowledged and thank you for all that you do. miami dade college is grateful for the hundreds of volunteers but also participate please join me in thanking them for all of their efforts. [applause] as you know we would be grateful if you could please silence your phones. the panel is just about to start if you could please get settled. i now have the distinct honor and privilege to introduce our very special guest. first we have the national political correspondent. this almost feels li
. >>> the miami book fair on booktv continues now. good afternoon. please take your seats. are you enjoying the fair today? i don't know if you are feeling like me but i want to go out and do something. politically it's been an extraordinary morning so thank you for being here. i am the dean of the honors college here at miami dade college and it is an absolute pleasure for us to be here with you today. first we would like to acknowledge the sponsor the knight foundation, caribbean,...
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[inaudible] the miami book fair continues now. >> alissa quart, how do you define the middle class? >> there's a few different ways of thinking about it, one is economics. the $2000 or $115,000 a year. for a family. and then there's another way to think about it which is as a category. it's people who have achieved the american dream that are still living within reason. they have some kind of security and then the third way of thinking about it is as kind of educational category. as a masters, aphd, your part of the professional class so there are many different metrics but to me the thing that most interested me is how the idea of the middle class has changed . >> from when? >> in 1979, it's a long process and it involves everythingfrom ronald reagan to changes in social security . and to changes in professions like journalism and law but then i think what was once almost like a craft, the middle class was humdrum, it was something you wanted to escape in the 1960s and now it's something people can't always get into. it's often out of reach for so many of the people in my book that
[inaudible] the miami book fair continues now. >> alissa quart, how do you define the middle class? >> there's a few different ways of thinking about it, one is economics. the $2000 or $115,000 a year. for a family. and then there's another way to think about it which is as a category. it's people who have achieved the american dream that are still living within reason. they have some kind of security and then the third way of thinking about it is as kind of educational category. as...
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her life of service first as a school teach for the miami, then rising to be the first latina elected to the united states congress has inspired thousands of the next generation of hispanic leaders. a first generation american whose family fled the castro regime she has a unique perspective on the values that truly make america great. a woman of many firsts, she was the first woman to chair the house foreign affairs committee, paving the way for women in foreign policy leadership role, and being a consequential voice on the challenges facing our nation. for those of us who have worked with ileana over the years, we know her as someone who never heashes tates to cross the aisle, to get things done. i'm honored to have collaborated with her on many issues throughout our careers. in speaking out against the regimes in venezuela, cuba and nicaragua, to working together on legislation such as the libertad act in 1996 and more recently, ileana has been a champion on freedom and democracy. she has a keen understanding of the challenges faging the united states, the reregion, and the world an
her life of service first as a school teach for the miami, then rising to be the first latina elected to the united states congress has inspired thousands of the next generation of hispanic leaders. a first generation american whose family fled the castro regime she has a unique perspective on the values that truly make america great. a woman of many firsts, she was the first woman to chair the house foreign affairs committee, paving the way for women in foreign policy leadership role, and...
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loudon, author of "mad politics: keeping your sanity in a world gone crazy," is our guest here at the miami book fair. thank you so much for joining us. >> guest: pleasure to be thank you so much for joining us. >> a pleasure to be here. >> who is mad at you? >> there is a lot of vitriol out there. i think we sawaw it in the midtm elections and it's something real communications that honest and forthright can'tan cure. i don't know that's the direction we're going yet. i don't know if, i think the average rank-and-file person out there really does want to commit with people that disagree with them and learn from them and listen to them. the problem i believe and a book about this in mad politics is we become suchh clickbait media-based media that a lot of times we are not given the opportunity to really haveur cil discourse or to read the headline that is completely forthright. everybody is competing for those eyeballs, especially print media and cable news. >> host: has donald trump contributed to our current political situation? >> guest: i know the y answer on the face would be to be yes
loudon, author of "mad politics: keeping your sanity in a world gone crazy," is our guest here at the miami book fair. thank you so much for joining us. >> guest: pleasure to be thank you so much for joining us. >> a pleasure to be here. >> who is mad at you? >> there is a lot of vitriol out there. i think we sawaw it in the midtm elections and it's something real communications that honest and forthright can'tan cure. i don't know that's the direction we're...
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on christmas eve and christmas, we'll show you our coverage of the recent miami book fair. that's all on booktv this holiday weekend, television for serious readers. for more scheduling information, check your cable guides, our web site, booktv.org, and our social media pages @booktv.
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i am here at miami-dade college with the 35th annual miami book fair. [applause] first thank you to our premier sponsors please waive to acknowledge or support. at this time please silence your cell phone the authors would be available to the right of the elevator it is my distinct pleasure as national security advisor president barack obama from the national security communications public diplomacy and engagement programming. 2007 through 2008 with a senior speechwriter for import policy advisor ben rhodes. [applause] . >> also dan pfeiffer one of barack obama's longest-serving advisors white house director of communications under president obama and senior advisor to the president he is the author of politics in the age of obama. [applause] and finally to be simulcast and then with the cnn crossfire including the obama hate machine. the top 100 reasons to dump trump. [applause] . >> just a few opening comments you can see the titles of our books where the temperature is up a little bit. [laughter] but my book i started and try to make sense of what ha
i am here at miami-dade college with the 35th annual miami book fair. [applause] first thank you to our premier sponsors please waive to acknowledge or support. at this time please silence your cell phone the authors would be available to the right of the elevator it is my distinct pleasure as national security advisor president barack obama from the national security communications public diplomacy and engagement programming. 2007 through 2008 with a senior speechwriter for import policy...
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thank you for a few minutes here in miami. >> great to be here. thank you very much. . . . .
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and on christmas eve, and christmas we'll show you the coverage of the recent miami book fair. four days of non-fiction authors and books on book tv on c-span 2. television for serious readers. for more scheduling information check your cable guides, our website book tv other, and our social media pages at book tv. book booktv recently visited the national press club annual book fair in washington, d.c. and spoke with author will haygood about columbus ohio during the civil rights area. >> host: what is "tigerland"? >> wil: everyone inside the shyst hurt, and full of pain because martin luther king, jr. has been assassinated, and robert frvetion kennedy has been assassinated. the school has the first black principal, the segregated school, and they wanted to do something special and the school principal tells them everybody is watching us, so we can't show anger, we can't walk out like some other high schools are doing. so first, they went won the state basketball championship, and then 55 days later the all-black school went to state baseball championship, first time in the hi
and on christmas eve, and christmas we'll show you the coverage of the recent miami book fair. four days of non-fiction authors and books on book tv on c-span 2. television for serious readers. for more scheduling information check your cable guides, our website book tv other, and our social media pages at book tv. book booktv recently visited the national press club annual book fair in washington, d.c. and spoke with author will haygood about columbus ohio during the civil rights area....
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it's hosted by the miami-dade college. you can go ahead and clap. [cheering and applause] it is my honor this afternoon to introduce juan herrera, poet, performance artist and activist. the son of migrant farmworkers he was the us poet laureate from 2015 until 2017. mr. herrera was educated at ucla and stanford university and earned his masters in fine arts at the university of iowa writers workshop. the numerous portrait collections include 187 reasons that mexicanos can't cross the border undocumented. 1971 through 2007 at half the world new and selected poems in 28 and border cross are without lamborghini dream 1999. in addition to publishing more than one dozen collections of poetry mr. herrera has written short stories, young adult novels in children's literature. his most recent work for young people includes imagine and jabberwocky. in jabberwocky and mr. herrera the first mexican-american poet laureate in the united states of america sharing secrets how to turn your wonder of the world around you into the weird. mr. herrera. [applause] >> th
it's hosted by the miami-dade college. you can go ahead and clap. [cheering and applause] it is my honor this afternoon to introduce juan herrera, poet, performance artist and activist. the son of migrant farmworkers he was the us poet laureate from 2015 until 2017. mr. herrera was educated at ucla and stanford university and earned his masters in fine arts at the university of iowa writers workshop. the numerous portrait collections include 187 reasons that mexicanos can't cross the border...
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on christmas eve and christmas we restrict coverage of the recent miami book fair. all on booktv this holiday weekend. television for serious readers. for more scheduling information check your cable guide, our website, booktv.org and our social media pages @booktv. >> i am pleased to introduce deborah blum to politics and prose. deborah blum is the director of the knight science journalism program at mit and books include monkey wars come the poisoners handbook, ghost hunters, love at goon park and sex on
on christmas eve and christmas we restrict coverage of the recent miami book fair. all on booktv this holiday weekend. television for serious readers. for more scheduling information check your cable guide, our website, booktv.org and our social media pages @booktv. >> i am pleased to introduce deborah blum to politics and prose. deborah blum is the director of the knight science journalism program at mit and books include monkey wars come the poisoners handbook, ghost hunters, love at...
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miami book fair. joining us now is jonah goldberg. his most recent book is called "suicide of the west" we'll get to the subtitle in a minute. mr. goldberg, is there a line that you can draw between your three books, liberal fascism, the tyranny of cliches and now "suicide of the west". yes, they all took an enormous amount of work by jonah goldberg. i often tell people that this book is a bit of a prequel to "liberal fascism". if i had to do it over again there are parts of liberal fascism i would have written differently. it's amazing how it's kind of a totem for people to hate on on the left and like me on the right, but i've changed some views how intellectual history works. in "liberal fascism", there's a comm common tendency of a lot of people on left and right to say philosopher a said x. and then philosopher b said it so therefore philosopher b must have been influenced by philosopher a. and connecting the dots, sort of blaming everything in rousseau. i don't believe in it as much anymore. it's interesting and illuminating, bu
miami book fair. joining us now is jonah goldberg. his most recent book is called "suicide of the west" we'll get to the subtitle in a minute. mr. goldberg, is there a line that you can draw between your three books, liberal fascism, the tyranny of cliches and now "suicide of the west". yes, they all took an enormous amount of work by jonah goldberg. i often tell people that this book is a bit of a prequel to "liberal fascism". if i had to do it over again there...
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. >> it is a culmination with the night club in miami the texas shooting than the apartment and we also found out the shooter in parkland we sold him the shotgun two months before that was not the gun used but we sold him a gun and we did everything by the book so at that point we said the system isn't working. we have to say something so we stood up and said we will not sell these in any stores going forward. we have never sold bob's stocks we've it's not not sell a gun to anyone under 21 years of age with the intent to finding a solution to this problem. and then said we need to stand up to say something. >>host: talk to us about what it was like making that decision and the communication with the board? . >> i came back that sunday after the shooting i had written up a statement about what i felt we should do. i got the senior team together everybody was on board but what is the financial implication and i basically said i don't really care. you are right we should look at it. so we did then we decided this is what we should do. we convene the board via teleconference. they were very
. >> it is a culmination with the night club in miami the texas shooting than the apartment and we also found out the shooter in parkland we sold him the shotgun two months before that was not the gun used but we sold him a gun and we did everything by the book so at that point we said the system isn't working. we have to say something so we stood up and said we will not sell these in any stores going forward. we have never sold bob's stocks we've it's not not sell a gun to anyone under...
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is our guest here at miami book fair, thank you for joining us. >> my pleasure. thank you. >> who is mad at who? >> there a lot of i hav out thee saw it in midterm election. i think nothing that real kmmunication can't cure. but i don't know that is the direction we're going yet. i think average rank and file person out there really doesn't to communicate with people that disagree with them, and learn from listen. but the problem i believe, i wrote about this, is that we have become such media based media, a lot of times, we're not given the opportunity to have civil discourse or to lead a headline that is forthright, everyone is competing for those eyeballs. print media and cable news. >> in your view has donald trump contributed to our current political situation? >> i know answer on the face would seem it be yes, but i don't think that was of are his intention, i think he is a counter puncher, i'm not smoothing over that. i am frommed mid -- from the midwest in the midwest people find it amusing. not think it is anything he meant, that maybe some people on the
is our guest here at miami book fair, thank you for joining us. >> my pleasure. thank you. >> who is mad at who? >> there a lot of i hav out thee saw it in midterm election. i think nothing that real kmmunication can't cure. but i don't know that is the direction we're going yet. i think average rank and file person out there really doesn't to communicate with people that disagree with them, and learn from listen. but the problem i believe, i wrote about this, is that we have...
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the name was peter sheridan and he was like i'm going to hitchhike down to miami. come with me and take my trespass so he sends the elevator down and thompson is like they will lead me on, i write. the next day they drank 15 martinis, go up and down the whole trip and then at the end they grabbed his leg and ask if he's giving a speech from underneath the. thompson describes the sheraton is a true aristocrat. where it really comes from is the debate in 68 he basically says it is the epigraph to this book and i'm not insulted by the word to deviate from the unjust government is what we are asked to do and i find it an honor and a testing should switch is where the power came from. [inaudible conversations] august 9, 1974. your mother said in her memoir that this was the saddest day of her life. why do you think that is? >> for two reasons, she was very sad as many of us were to see a sitting president, richard nixon, have to redesign. it would be a more intimate life and she felt like this was just ramping it up to another level. the good news is that she came to re
the name was peter sheridan and he was like i'm going to hitchhike down to miami. come with me and take my trespass so he sends the elevator down and thompson is like they will lead me on, i write. the next day they drank 15 martinis, go up and down the whole trip and then at the end they grabbed his leg and ask if he's giving a speech from underneath the. thompson describes the sheraton is a true aristocrat. where it really comes from is the debate in 68 he basically says it is the epigraph to...
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. >>> the miami book fair on booktv continues now. good afternoon. please take your
. >>> the miami book fair on booktv continues now. good afternoon. please take your
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. >>> good morning miami. good morning! welcome to the 35th annual miami book fair.
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gina loudon author of "mad politics: keeping your sanity in a world gone crazy" is our guest or at the miami book fair. thank you so much for joining us try to pleasure to be here. >> host: who is mad at you when it comes to politics traffic there's a lot of vitriol. i think we saw it certainly in the midterm election and i think it's something that communication is honest and forthright character. but i do know that's the direction we're going yet here i don't know how i think the average rank-and-file person out there really does want to comedic it with people that disagree with them and learn from them and listen to them. the problem i believe and i would about this in "mad politics" is we become such clickbait media-based media that a lot of times we are not given the opportunity to really have the civil discourse or to read a headline is completely forthright because everybody is competing for those eyeballs, especially print media and especially cable news. >> host: in your view has donald trump contributed to our current political situation? >> guest: i know the answer on its face wou
gina loudon author of "mad politics: keeping your sanity in a world gone crazy" is our guest or at the miami book fair. thank you so much for joining us try to pleasure to be here. >> host: who is mad at you when it comes to politics traffic there's a lot of vitriol. i think we saw it certainly in the midterm election and i think it's something that communication is honest and forthright character. but i do know that's the direction we're going yet here i don't know how i think...
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loudon, author of "mad politics: keeping your sanity in a world gone crazy," is our guest here at the miami book fair. thank you so much for joining us. >> guest: pleasure to be here, for having me. >> host: who's mad at who when it comes to politics? >> guest: there's a lot of vitriol out there. i think wehe saw it certainly in the midterm elections, and i think it's nothing that some real communication that's honest and forthright can't cure, but i don't know that's the direction we're going yet. i don't know if the -- i think the average rank and file person out there really does want to communicate withh people that disagree with them and learn from them and listen to them. but the problem, i believe, and i wrote about this in "mad politics" is that we've become such click bait media-based media that a lot of times we're not given the opportunity to really have the civil discourse or to read a headline that's completelyha forthright. because everybody's competing for those eyeballs. especially printia media and especially cable news. >> host: now, in your view, has donald trump contribu
loudon, author of "mad politics: keeping your sanity in a world gone crazy," is our guest here at the miami book fair. thank you so much for joining us. >> guest: pleasure to be here, for having me. >> host: who's mad at who when it comes to politics? >> guest: there's a lot of vitriol out there. i think wehe saw it certainly in the midterm elections, and i think it's nothing that some real communication that's honest and forthright can't cure, but i don't know...
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long recognize the migration and in coordination with mexico and those who have come together from miami and washington with a new government in placeie in mexico and isy a priority. and to focus more clearly on reform with job creation a workforce development.. >> and with those complex issues with the commissioner of us customs border protection. and in greater depth will take your questions and then we will c collect them. leading the largest law enforcement agency in the country also the second revenue collecting source with 50000 employees managing a budget of $13 billion. his department and agency facilitates to - - $4 trillion of trade of 355 million people through the ports of entry. this is a real mandate and a real portfolio. it's important to recognize the cbp. also gated by one - - by personal knowledge it is a pleasure it would you please join me too welcome to the council of america is the commissioner us customs border protection commissioner. [applause] >> mister commissioner on migration issues and to help frame these issues. and then help us frame thehe conversation. an
long recognize the migration and in coordination with mexico and those who have come together from miami and washington with a new government in placeie in mexico and isy a priority. and to focus more clearly on reform with job creation a workforce development.. >> and with those complex issues with the commissioner of us customs border protection. and in greater depth will take your questions and then we will c collect them. leading the largest law enforcement agency in the country also...
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. >> and next on booktv the recent miami book fair. >> good morning. good morning. >> good morning. >> and welcome to the 35t
. >> and next on booktv the recent miami book fair. >> good morning. good morning. >> good morning. >> and welcome to the 35t
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meadows, when he says the american miami are for it, must think the only -- the american people are only conservative republicans. if he would widen his horizons a bit, he would come to the understanding that shutting down the government over president trump's wall u.s. futile, self defeating and has minimal support among the american people. even a quarter of president trump's shrinking base does not support shutting down the government over the wall. and the vast majority of other americans not part of president trump's base, and those are the majority of northwesterns, the strong majority -- are totally against it. so we need to get something done here to keep the government open over christmas. we need to tell the hundreds of thousands, millions of workers, that they will get paid over christmastime. the house needs to come to the same sensible conclusion that the senate came to. that we should not hold millions of innocent americans hostage to demand something will never get. the senate has produced a clean bill. no partisan demands. no voice riders, we could have demanded a lot of
meadows, when he says the american miami are for it, must think the only -- the american people are only conservative republicans. if he would widen his horizons a bit, he would come to the understanding that shutting down the government over president trump's wall u.s. futile, self defeating and has minimal support among the american people. even a quarter of president trump's shrinking base does not support shutting down the government over the wall. and the vast majority of other americans...
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., mexico and the attorney triangles countries came together in miami and washington to build on these iters and now with a new confident government place in mexico, which views joint efforts in central america as a priority, it's timely to re-evaluate the approach and incorporate best practices from recent experience and focusing more clearly on reform that promote job creation and work force development security and anticorruption. to explore these complex issues we are pleased to be joined we kevin mcaleenan. the commissioner of u.s. customs and border protection, and a group of panelists withexplore the question in greater depth. we'll have note cards and we ask you to put your questions on those and we'll collect them. commissioner is responsible for lead thing country's largest law enforcement agency. i didn't know that actually. before we set this up, and he is also the second largest revenue collecting source for the federal government. i suppose the first is the irs. >> that would be true. >> very good. he oversees 60,000 employees, manages a budget of over $13 billion. and hi
., mexico and the attorney triangles countries came together in miami and washington to build on these iters and now with a new confident government place in mexico, which views joint efforts in central america as a priority, it's timely to re-evaluate the approach and incorporate best practices from recent experience and focusing more clearly on reform that promote job creation and work force development security and anticorruption. to explore these complex issues we are pleased to be joined...
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. >> and now more from the miami book fair.
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if you hear anyone complaining about the miami book fair -- >> it is not that big. >> in your talk in texas, we have invested a lot of power in the president of the united states, that can affect war judgments. >> that is what our founders were terrified of because they were worried our president might become like kings of england which is what they were trying to get away from. what they specifically wanted was to make sure no president could get us into a war single-handedly or almost overnight. in over 200 years, that is the story of my book, of eight or tween 9 guys who took us into major wars and in the process grabbed more power for themselves and made it possible in our own time for president to take us into war with little input from congress. >> host: you write in your book bases for themselves the power to launch large conflicts. it is telling that the last time the president asked congress to declare war was 1942. >> 1942. have we had any major wars in the united states and 1942? congress is supposed to be part of this. what i found is presidents have been tempted to get in
if you hear anyone complaining about the miami book fair -- >> it is not that big. >> in your talk in texas, we have invested a lot of power in the president of the united states, that can affect war judgments. >> that is what our founders were terrified of because they were worried our president might become like kings of england which is what they were trying to get away from. what they specifically wanted was to make sure no president could get us into a war single-handedly...
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. >> let's hear from joan in north miami beach. hi, joan. >> hi. i don't know if you remember me, but i remember you. i took you on a book -- i was your escort. >> yes. where were you when we went on the trip together? >> state of the union. >> what city? >> miami. >> if i remember correctly, joan , you are quite well-known and beloved among authors for being such a wonderful author escort. >> if you thought that, that's all that counts. [laughter] i wanted to read you what you wrote on my book. i thought you'd get a kick out of it and everybody else would, too. i wanted to know if you had any plans. i am not escorting any more, but i wanted to read this to you. it said to joan, my very fewest godmother. a bang update. our lives will be forever in twice. thanks for keeping us on the green ride of the grass. love brad. >> thank you, joan. that is very nice. >> are you still in author escort? >> no. there are very few bookstores left. >> did you go to books and books down in miami? >> it is the only one, yes. there were four bookstores where i live i
. >> let's hear from joan in north miami beach. hi, joan. >> hi. i don't know if you remember me, but i remember you. i took you on a book -- i was your escort. >> yes. where were you when we went on the trip together? >> state of the union. >> what city? >> miami. >> if i remember correctly, joan , you are quite well-known and beloved among authors for being such a wonderful author escort. >> if you thought that, that's all that counts....
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booktv's live coverage of the miami book fair continues. we want to introduce you to sociology and africom studies. her name is crystal fleming. she is also the author of a couple of books. her most recent as this one, how to be less stupid about race. who is stupid about race? >> this whole country and in fact -- . >> host: umf though? >> guest: anyone in the united states was socialized into racial stupidity. really i talk about my own learning experience. in fact gas as a young person i absorb the ideas just like anyone the society for the difference is between you and i hear a lot of these ideas don't benefit me. we make the argument that it doesn't affect anyone in the final analysis but because of the way racism works as a minority i believe that disadvantages me. >> host: let's break that down. what racial believed to to absorb and first of all tell us about yourself. >> guest: we moved to new jersey when i was pretty young. a lot of it, thanksgiving is coming up. a lot of it has had to do with who is left out of the historical narra
booktv's live coverage of the miami book fair continues. we want to introduce you to sociology and africom studies. her name is crystal fleming. she is also the author of a couple of books. her most recent as this one, how to be less stupid about race. who is stupid about race? >> this whole country and in fact -- . >> host: umf though? >> guest: anyone in the united states was socialized into racial stupidity. really i talk about my own learning experience. in fact gas as a...
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on christmas eve and christmas, we'll show you our coverage of the recent miami book fair. that's all on booktv this holiday weekend, television for serious readers. for more scheduling information, check your cable guides, our web site, booktv.org, and our social media pages @booktv. [inaudible conversations] >> thank you for coming today. my name is ken buddk an author and writer and a member of the board of directors for fall for the book, so we're very happy to see you all here. the festival is, information's available on fall for the book.org, and it's entirely supported through donations, so if you would like to become a friend for the fall for the book, go to fall for the book.org/friends. and i am required by state and federal law to ask you to the, please, silence your cell phones. and also if you can fill out the surveyings that would be great, because we use that to determine programming for the festival. and also deborah will be signing books in the lobby outside once her talk is finished. let me introduce you to deborah baker,. >> she is the author of making a
on christmas eve and christmas, we'll show you our coverage of the recent miami book fair. that's all on booktv this holiday weekend, television for serious readers. for more scheduling information, check your cable guides, our web site, booktv.org, and our social media pages @booktv. [inaudible conversations] >> thank you for coming today. my name is ken buddk an author and writer and a member of the board of directors for fall for the book, so we're very happy to see you all here. the...
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nd when i came to miami, [indiscernible] my father took me to -- [indiscernible] >> and everyone who is more than my everyone who is born in cuba is cuban. when you see these, the soviet union, socialism of the 21st century, countries like venezuela, nicaragua, cuba, brazil, socialism of the 21st century, the communism of the 20th century, countries like brazil and ecuador or argentina were able to change. the systems going on in venezuela as nicaragua, cuba, more than 60 years. what i want to say is fidel castro always wants to expand. it happened when he had this thing, his links with armed groups in colombia. he invaded venezuela, and our first democratic president, by the moment. and regarding venezuela, we did not value democracy. it is what i used for a country that supports oil and women to compete in miss universe. the most important thing in that moment, a lot of hyperinflation in the region, dictatorship, conflict, venezuela wasn't supporting democracy or freedom in the 1950s so that was well exported in my opinion. and the population was immigrant. now 10% is refugees, the
nd when i came to miami, [indiscernible] my father took me to -- [indiscernible] >> and everyone who is more than my everyone who is born in cuba is cuban. when you see these, the soviet union, socialism of the 21st century, countries like venezuela, nicaragua, cuba, brazil, socialism of the 21st century, the communism of the 20th century, countries like brazil and ecuador or argentina were able to change. the systems going on in venezuela as nicaragua, cuba, more than 60 years. what i...