amanda lewis of the university of illinois chicago and john diamond of the university of wisconsin madison are the co-authors. thank you very much. >> thank you. >> next on booktv, dimitrios talks about his book preservation and purpose.

you and amanda lewis, who is whom? >> guest: amanda lewis is a colleague i started working with probably 15 years ago? >> host: here at the university university -- >> guest: she's actually at the university of illinois at chicago. >> host: you say it all started with a phone call. >> guest: i had been working with schools who were trying to address inequality, particularly the achievement of black and latino students compared to their white counterparts. and the principal of the school called up and said i've been look anything this school for a hong time, -- for a long time, can you come and talk to some of the black students to try to understand what's going on with this achievement gap that we see in our school? why it that black kids and that tee know kids are -- >> host: all right. you talk about the principal as maurice weber and metro midwest is what you're saying. how much of that is made up? can you tell us exactly -- is this a real school? >> guest: it's a real school. it's a real location. it's predominantl

you and amanda lewis. >> amanda is a coffee taster did working with at the university of illinois chicago and they are the co-authors of this book. professor diamond, you say that it started with a phone call. >> it all started with a phone call. i have been engaged working with schools trying to address racial achievement that achievement of black and latino counterparts and the principle of the school caught up and said i'm having a struggle i've been working in the school for a long time to understand why these persist and can you come talk to some of the students in the school to try to understand what's going on with this achievement gap that we see in the school. why is it that a the black in the patina kids are achieving at these levels? >> you talk about riverview high school and the principle of grace rather and the natural midwest. how much of that is made up and can you tell us is this a real school plaques to the co? >> it is predominantly middle-class, racially diverse in a place that is known for its progressive, liberal ethos and context. >> so made up much room at west. is

you and amanda lewis, who is whom? >> guest: a colleague i started working with 15 years ago -- >> host: here at the university? >> guest: she's actually at the university of chicago. >> host: they are the co-authors of this book. and professor diamond, you say it all started with a phone call. >> guest: yeah. it all started with a phone call. i had been engaged in working with schools that were trying to address racial achievement inequality, particularly black and latino students compared the their white counterparts. and the principal from the school called up and said, you know, i'm having this truck ising. i'm -- this struggle. i'm trying to understand why these inequalities persist, and can you come talk to some of the black students in the school to try to understand what's going on with this achievement gap that we see in our school? be why is it that, you know, black kids and latino kids are achieving at lower levels than their white counterparts. >> host: all right. you talk about this school as riverview hig

you and amanda lewis who is who? >> a colleague i started working with here at the university. >> at university. >> at the university of illinois in chicago and they are the co-authors of this book. and professor diamond, you say that it all started with a phone call. >> it all started with a phone call. i've been engaged in working schools trying to address the achievement in equality. the principle from the school called up and said they are having this struggle. talking to the students to try to understand what's going on in this achievement gap that we see in the school why is it that black and latino kids are achieving low-level -- >> you talk about the school as riverview high school and the matrox bedrest. how much of that is made up of israel school? it is predominantly middle-class, racially diverse in the place that is known for its progressive liberal ethos in the context. >> riverview made up the matrox midwest? >> they are all pseudonyms for people. >> what is it about the school that attracted you to wr

amanda lewis of the university of illinois chicago and john diamond of the university of wisconsin madison are the co-authors. thank you very much. >> thank you. >> next on booktv, dimitrios talks about his book preservation and purpose. >> [inaudible conversations] that evening, ladies and gentlemen. i guess the microphone is working. okay. i am with accuracy and academia and i'm glad you could all join us tonight for our authors night. the duty is to give you exposure to speakers and authors you might not normally see on your campus or dare i say in front of the congressional committee you're interning with so we have kind of a different fun tonight. i've got to give get just a bit of a warm up here. this young man contacted me to tell me he has this book, young millennial, and i said that i read it, and i've got to admit i had a wee bit of trepidation because the last time i tried to read a manifesto which was 60 pages and i couldn't make it past six. this one is not like that. you will spend the evening with it. it's worth it and you will spend the entire evening because you will want

amanda lewis of the university of illinois chicago and john diamond of the university of wisconsin madison are the co-authors. thank you very much. >> guest: thank you. >> you're watching booktv, television for serious readers. watch any program you see here online at booktv.org. >> and another program from the recent texas book festival in austin. steve inskeep presents a dual biography of president andrew jackson and cherokee chief john ross. [inaudible conversations] >> good morning. good morning and welcome to austin, texas, and for the 20th anniversary of the greatest book festival in the country, the texas book festival. [applause] thank you for being here. my name is brian sweany, and i am always proud and delighted to be part of this festival. i'm the editor of texas monthly magazine, and thank you for being here today and for our wonderful, wonderful author and journalist and friend steve inskeep. [applause] we all listen to him every single morning as a longtime cohost of morning edition on npr, but as you also know -- go ahead, thank you. but as we also know, he is an accomplish

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