jesÚs jesse esparza tsai. we want to thank c-span tv. we want to thank all of you. and the author will be available for for some conversation for just few minutes because we do have the next event that's coming in in 15 minutes. let's give dr. katz, a round of applause. thank you. thank. kerry is a journalist and journalist and editorial board member with the san antonio express-news, where he is the first black metro desk journalist. he has covered local and national news events and social for more than three decades. he's the author of clowns and rats scare me and most recently just published more finish lines. two cross notes on race, redemption, hope. he lives here in san antonio. please join me in welcoming cary clack. i know the best part of this is that kerry is going to share some stories with us so we'll get to that. i think pretty quickly on and talk a little bit about whatever wherever you want to take it. but i thought i would just open with that kind of broad question that starts with today and reaches back. the new collection, which represents a period