>> yes. >> malcom, do you have writers who inspire you? >> like i said -- >> other than -- i mean, that's pretty large but -- >> many new yorker writers. like i said, i think of david's stuff. i've been reading it ever since he started at the new yorker. i have been very influenced about thinking maybe i should leave my apartment from time to time. [laughter] >> and also at the other end someone like adam gopnick has had a huge impact on my writing. because the thing about adam -- i regard adam as the -- as the absolute quintessential reporter of the new yorker because the stories he does -- maybe you have to be a writer to understand this. the degree of difficulty is so high -- he's often taken something -- there's nothing there. [laughter] >> right? i mean, it's just kind of proprietary -- it's some sort of proprietary thing and then he has turned it into gold. and to do that, i'm just in awe of that and i read some of the stories, sometimes i'll read one paragraph four times in a row to figure out how did he do that? and there's an incr

so thank you, david and malcom. [applause] >> malcom gladwell worked at the "washington post" from 1987 to 1996 as a science writer and later as new york city bureau chief. he's currently a staff writer for the new yorker. david grann is the author of "the lost city of z" a tale of deadly obsession in the amazon. he's also a staff writer for the new yorker. for more information visit newyorker.com. >> next, megan mccain, daughter of senator and former presidential nominee, john mccain, discusses her experiences on the campaign trail in "dirty sexy politics" this discussion took place at the 2010 miami book fair international. and it's about 45 minutes. >> hi, everybody. thank you so much for coming out this afternoon. [applause] >> so watch me and geo talk about my book. >> kyeah, we're just going to have a lot of fun here with this but, megan, let's talk about your florida memories, your favorite florida memories and now you're back in miami. tell me, what do you remember? >> i love florida. i love being in miami.

it turns out that the son of the speechwriter, malcom moose, was moving the lawn mower to a different part of the garage and discovered five boxes left from his father's life. his wife said it's time to clean it up and get it out and discovered in these five boxes were malcom moose's notes about the crafting of the farewell address. this collection was given to the eisenhower library. many of those documents were just recently released. we know eisenhower had been planning to give this speech for a long time. it was not the afterthought many historians had suspected. it was a very deliberate speech that eisenhower was planning to give. he played a writ call role in the crafting of this. as a matter of fact, malcolm moose later told my father the president was the architect, we were simply the carpenters. and you know, for anybody who knows the way eisenhower wrote, you can hear his phraseology throughout this speech. in any case, it is a reflection of an eight-year career. to me, i think the fascinating thing is the farewell address is really a bookend to the first major speech he gav

it turns out that the son of the speechwriter, malcom moose, was moving the lawn mower to a different part of the garage and discovered five boxes left from his father's life. his wife said it's time to clean it up and get it out and discovered in these five boxes were malcom moose's notes about the crafting of the farewell address. this collection was given to the eisenhower library. many of those documents were just recently released. we know eisenhower had been planning to give this speech for a long time. it was not the afterthought many historians had suspected. it was a very deliberate speech that eisenhower was planning to give. he played a writ call role in the crafting of this. as a matter of fact, malcolm moose later told my father the president was the architect, we were simply the carpenters. and you know, for anybody who knows the way eisenhower wrote, you can hear his phraseology throughout this speech. in any case, it is a reflection of an eight-year career. to me, i think the fascinating thing is the farewell address is really a bookend to the first major speech he gav

it turns out that the son of the speechwriter, malcom moose, was moving the lawn mower to a different part of the garage and discovered five boxes left from his father's life. his wife said it's time to clean it up and get it out and discovered in these five boxes were malcom moose's notes about the crafting of the farewell address. this collection was given to the eisenhower library. many of those documents were just recently released. we know eisenhower had been planning to give this speech for a long time. it was not the afterthought many historians had suspected. it was a very deliberate speech that eisenhower was planning to give. he played a writ call role in the crafting of this. as a matter of fact, malcolm moose later told my father the president was the architect, we were simply the carpenters. and you know, for anybody who knows the way eisenhower wrote, you can hear his phraseology throughout this speech. in any case, it is a reflection of an eight-year career. to me, i think the fascinating thing is the farewell address is really a bookend to the first major speech he gav

it turns out that the son of the speechwriter, malcom moose, was moving the lawn mower to a different part of the garage and discovered five boxes left from his father's life. his wife said it's time to clean it up and get it out and discovered in these five boxes were malcom moose's notes about the crafting of the farewell address. this collection was given to the eisenhower library. many of those documents were just recently released. we know eisenhower had been planning to give this speech for a long time. it was not the afterthought many historians had suspected. it was a very deliberate speech that eisenhower was planning to give. he played a writ call role in the crafting of this. as a matter of fact, malcolm moose later told my father the president was the architect, we were simply the carpenters. and you know, for anybody who knows the way eisenhower wrote, you can hear his phraseology throughout this speech. in any case, it is a reflection of an eight-year career. to me, i think the fascinating thing is the farewell address is really a bookend to the first major speech he gav