subcode of the word reading is reading things that have meaning, that at beginning and end, have a narrative fiction. so when we see breeding, there's actually -- it's a very subject to word what you mean a kind of reading. and when the attention span goes down our kids are not really news the newspaper, i don't think it is because of its being. the digital world has changed or life in many with function of word and consumption of music is higher than ever before. there's lots of things changed because we are digital. >> always feel free to chime in. >> nicholas and i worked together, so don't take the following comment to be antagonistic. the consumption of words is one thing. the comprehension of words and the use of syntax that all of us who studied chomsky in various ways realized that complexity is i believe changing. so consumption doesn't, for me, equally the deepest form of reading that i believe the species absolutely needs to handle the bits of information. t.s. eliot said, some of you will know this better, but where is with someone they have so much knowledge? for his knowledge when we i

narrative. that is a work of fiction. and a-team, robert zimmerman, and hank shine coff. and taranto. and one of largest organization providing dits 8 offer relief to victims of hurricane sandy and superstorm that followed, is american red cross, sending thousands of volunteers, to the storm ravaged northeast, the red cross providing 23,000 overnight stays for victims of the storm since saturday, tuesday night more than 9,000 people in 100 someone to red cross shelters across 13 states, joining us now, senior vice president of disaster trading for red voss -- red cross, charlie, give us an estimate to how many people remain homeless and evacuated. how many are in setters? your best estimate. >> we know that 9,000 people spent last night in american red cross shelters, 13,000 in shelters all over states red cross and independent shelters, but how many people are out displaced, that number is in tens of probably hundreds of thousands, many stay with families or are staying in hotels, probably a quarter million, really big numbers in terms of displaced. you already mentioned in terms off

book pretty much invents a new genre of non-fiction writing because the author rivals the great novelists in developing characters and plotting various narrativesurprises and creating tension. the winner of the 2012 non-fiction national book award is katherine. "behind the beautiful forever, life, death, and hope in mum boy "" [applause] ♪ ♪ >> i find myself like, like, mitt romney the other night without a speech. [laughter] so i just -- i want to say, first, this that it's such an honor to have been able to be in the same room last night with the finalist who -- don't need me to tell them what great companies they are. the book was done as a labor of love for my husband who brought me in as a pouf ty writer. brought me in to a world i didn't know and made me believe that the story there could be told. but the work itself was the product of some extraordinary women. who believed in me in the book and gave me the time to do it. that's becky and candidate kate and agree that. and the fee roshes women at random house. i'm grateful to them. [applause] i have to say the book would not be possible without two other extraordinary women which are [ina

colleagues are more fact based that a lot of people are in this town, not to focus on fiction, but to focus on narratives. think about a political campaign as a story. when they take three years from beginning to end, they are more of a novel than a short story. they have heroes and villains, irony, rising action and climax and plot twists. often we hear what is the media narrative this week or the campaign narratives. i thought what i would do is talk about some of the narratives that came out of the campaigns and about the nature of the electorate and what americans in terms of some of the narrative is that were invalidated, -- this one we will against -- the fact that - 8 campaign does work trade we don't like seeing the ads but negative ads, especially when they are placed before october, especially before labor day, can really have an impact. there is an old adage in business and politics that you -- if you don't find yourself, someone will define you for your key audience and that is largely what happened when bill lot would -- and the obama came out early defining mitt romney as a 1%er, a rich exe

fiction. >> it's a lose but they'll be back. >> eliot: you think the republican party will come back around their narrative of the world and tryor shift and a new game plan is necessary. >> leaving chris christie out of this for a second because i really do believe he understands what is going on, but the republican base is made up of a lot of people who are completely vested in what are self investigating orthodoxies. they're saying sensible things about immigration but that's fine except bobby jindal is a pro-life fanatic. your gender gap is still going to be as wide as the english channel. marco rubio has the same problem. until this roiling mass of unreality and irrationality that imagination up what the republican base believes is extrapolateed i don't think how they move forward. >> eliot: the internal inconsistentcies there are legion and it's impossible to bring one person who brings together all the rational views. let's go through them, on immigration the republican party understands with latino voters being an increasingly important piece of the voting block we had congressman goodie gutierrez said it's fundamental.

fiction. she and her studies realized this is a very early and significant slave narrative. >> and was told to a gentleman listed here in the title page as the author, his writing in saint albans, on lake champlain in august of 1810. he evidently befriended the slave who had a romney, the easiest one of which is jeffrey brace. he was also known -- >> bridge. he was a slave in connecticut and people forget new england had slavery as well. one of his fellow -- he was in a slave, but someone he knew there was matthew lyon who became a well-known figure. >> a vermont senator. >> he became a senator again. >> there may be only a couple of the done that. but anyway, getting back to jeffrey. >> he actually thought the french indian war and in the revolutionary war. during the revolutionary war he was promised his freedom if he thought. so he began moving north because vermont at that time in this constitution title eliminated slavery. you have to be careful, but vermont had eliminated that is so he thought of as a safe place to me with his family. he moved into southern vermont, ran into difficulty b

fact-based that i think a lot of people are in this town, i thought not to focus on fiction but to focus on narratives, and think about the fact a political campaign is a story. and in many ways they are stories. when they take three years from beginning to end the are really more of a novel than a short story. but they have heroes and villains, ironing, unicom rising action and climax and plot twists. and is often we hear what is the media narrative this week, or what are the campaign to narratives. so i thought why reduce talk about some of the narratives that came out of the campaigns, about political campaigns in general and about the nature of the electorate, what do americans believe and not really. which was turned out to be true, which was perhaps turned out not to be true. entrance is on the narratives that a thinker validated, this first one we always root against i think it is true. the fact that negative campaigning does work. we don't like seeing the ads, but negative ads especially when they are placed before october come especially before labor day, really can have an impact. there's an

fiction. she and our cities realize this is a very early and significant slave narrative. >> it was told to agenda when is listed here in the title page as the author is was writing insane all been, which is on lake champlain in august of 1810. he evidently befriended the slaves who had several names. the easiest one, which is jeffrey break. he was also known as were ray road bridge. >> is very interesting because he was a slave in connecticut and people do forget that new england had slavery as well. one of his fellow who wasn't afraid, he was an indentured servant to somebody and it was not the lions became a well-known figure nationally. and then he went off to kentucky. they represented two different states in the u.s. senate. in fact, there may be only a couple have done that. but anyway, getting back to jeffrey brace. >> actually top of the french indian war and in the revolutionary war. during the revolutionary war he was promised his freedom, so he actually began moving north because vermont at that point in its constitution had eliminated slavery. you have to be careful about that point.

fiction, make it out. but in the story like this, to get to a point in your narrative and you don't have that fact, that yoursources in the library, and if you can't find the fact you need, then you have to change her story to fit the facts. i suppose that is something that any journalist could have told me from the outset. but for me, it was something of a learning experience. in this case, i have told the story that we call desperate songs. samuel adams, patrick henry and john hancock. in my book, "desparate sons: samuel adams, patrick henry, john hancock, and the secret bands of radicals who led the colonies to war." the shot heard round the world was heard -- by that time, my book was finished. because i discovered that i had run across an article published in "the new york times" by the beginning of the current housing bubble bursting that it wasn't the first time that such a thing had happened. i began to tug on the threat of bad sweep of history. before you knew it, i have this book begun. a different way of bringing you into what it is about, in the wake of the recent presidential campaigns, the ques