[applause] andrew delbanco, it is impossible to read andrew delbanco written and its isil new book one forces the rip apart the country in the 19th century without thinking of our current political climate and anxiety we all feel daily. as nuke times states, he excavates the past in ways that illuminate the present. addressing these inevitable historical comparisons in an interview on fresh air, the author war against comparisons between the vicious conflicts of the antebellum era with contemporary political strife but conceded the current lack of, quote, civility and a modicum of respect for the other side, unquote is reminiscent of the anger, he continues, they just started to feed upon itself following the passage of the fugitive slave act. present concerns aside, the focus of this book, "the war before the war" is andrew delbanco's engaging and lucid unfolding of the role that runaway slaves played come from the right of the constitution through the civil war. as a "washington examiner" notes, the author quotes narrates this history with a moral clarity that is best described as t

[applause] [applause] andy delbanco.[applause] sonya sanchez if you read one of her 14 books of poetry is a revelation. but the power of her work is best experienced as she performs her own verse. at least it's aspiring of delivery that is in version of speaking in tongues and possession by the holy ghost. with the energy and engagement of the audience's response and as noted there is no poet who sounds like so like sonya sanchez only perhaps the wind that makes music and endanger trees. and then 500 universities and colleges in the united states as well as around the world. and then to describe themselves as black women writers as work a very sad child and introspective child but overcoming all obstacles she became one of the primary originators of the black arts movement and a model for younger poets. as maia angeli once said, sonya sanchez is a lien of literature's forest and then she writes, she roars. for over six decades the fiercely powerful and empowering voice for all of us and people in particular for their con