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i do not read fiction, i read nonfiction. , butof it is a collective normally it is related to the workg here in congress, and i'm very grateful from thehe help library of congress and the folks over there to recommend books to me, and i can take them to read them and return and ask for other resources if i find anything interesting in the book that interests us. >> send us your summer reading list via twitter at book tv or , or posted to our facebook page. book tv on c-span 2 -- television for serious readers. now, a discussion on race and politics.