anthony prize project. and as i think many of you know, the lucas and lynton prizes the lynton history prize, mark lynton history prize and the j. anthony prize, the work in progress prizes are administered jointly by columbia journalism school and the nieman foundation for journalism at harvard md. and i want to introduce our host for this evening. that's ann marie lipinski, pulitzer prize winning former editor of the chicago tribune, and the curator here of the nieman foundation. we've got a good and very stimulating evening ahead. so ann marie. we're killing the music. i've done it. that's it. it's my folks that jazz. it's called the jazz lounge bar. in case anyone's interested interested. thank you, jonathan, and welcome everyone to the presentation of the j. anthony lucas prize project honoring the very best of american nonfiction book writing in celebrating gifted writer winners this evening, we remember pulitzer prize winning journalist j. anthony lucas, a 1969 nieman fellow, and the late mark linton, a history enthusiast and expert and senior executive at the firm hunter douglas and the netherlands. lint

anthony lucas work in progress awards. these awards in the amount of $25,000 each, are given annually to aid in the complete run of significant works of nonfiction. on a topic of american political or social concern. this year's judges were paul gottlieb, alya malik and paige williams, jesselyn cook wins one of the work in progress awards for the quiet q and on and the destroy auction of the american family. she is an atlanta area journalist reporting focuses on online including weaponize conspiracy theories and other dissident information. prior to working as an investigative reporter at abc, nbc news, she was a senior reporter on, the national enterprise desk at huffpost and an adjunct journalism professor, the university of laverne, the citation reads the quiet damage a harrowing exploration of the harm, but the harm, the far right conspiracy theory movement. q and on has wrought on u.s. society, specifically at its most basic and intimate level, the family q and on situated within the dangerous crosscurrents of disinfo

anthony lucas book prize for narrative nonfiction, a national endowment for the humanities fellowship and a guggenheim fellowship. he received his j.d. from the yale law school and his a.b. from harvard college. once dr. sharpstein concludes his comments. there will be time for your questions and his answers. if you would like to ask a question at that time, please step up to the mic and speak into. but please don't touch it. i've been advised by many people and also, please put your cell phones on silence. so now please join with me in giving dr. sharpstein a warm welcome on this cold night. thank you so much. thank you, howard. and thank you all. you know, we hardy few coming out on this cold night. i'm delighted to be here at at the hermitage. it's a place that contains multitudes and really in my teaching of federal indian law. and when i teach classes on slavery in nashville, it's really this this haunting monument for for me and for my students. i am very grateful to jesse lieb for for everything that she did to make this evening possible. and also to howard cattell. i teach at

anthony lucas book prize sponsored by the columbia school of journalism and university's nieman foundation for. journalism. nagasaki was also named a best book of the year. the washington post's the economist, kirkus reviews and the american association. nagasaki has also been published in england, spain, denmark, china, taiwan and japan. and excerpts of the book have appeared in journals around the world. susan's work has also appeared in the new york times. the washington post and the los angeles times and politico, among others. she holds an mfa in creative writing from antioch university, los angeles and was a nonfiction fellow at the norman mailer center in provincetown, massachusetts susan has spoken before united nations and continues to at international disarmament conferences universities and public forums around the united states and abroad. she teaches graduate level nonfiction seminars and directed a three year creative writing program at a federal prison for women outside phenix. susan was founder and artistic director of the phenix essential theater, serving communities acros