please join me in welcoming to the stage anne lamott. [applause] [applause] >> thank you. can i talk to the lighting guy from here. just got so bright. i'm actually blinded. [laughter] how are you over there? >> i'm used to this. [laughter] edward and i have been friends over time. we are very excited about each other's work in the world. we work together in l.a. a week ago and got to spend some time reconnecting. i just love, love being with him on stage. it's not just an honor. it's having a friend up here in the brother with me. i'm going to read a few pages from the book so you can get a sense of what it's like and then we will sit down. we hope you have questions you can ask me pretty much anything. you might want to be a bit more sensitive with him. [laughter] these are the first few pages of the prelude. i'm stuck piling antibiotics for the apocalypse even as i await the blossoming of the windowsill in the kitchen. the news of the dream of modern life everything exploding earning being shot or crashing to the ground all around us while growing older has provided me

the events in the marketing director at green light bookstore and we are honored to be hosting anne lamott to present her new book "almost everything: notes on hope". he's going to be speaking with father edward back so you're in for an excellent evening. we're grateful for this partnership with st. joseph's college which allows us to bring you these events in the brooklyn voices series in this space not far from our bookstore. we look at great authors this fall including gary schein guard and barbara kingsolver. if you miss any of those events, listen to past events and other conversations with great authors on our podcast at green light bookstore podcast. we hope to have spring events up soon and you can look for those at green store bookstore.com. i'd like to thank c-span for working with us to share this discussion with a wider audience. before i move you to tonight's speakers, a few housekeeping things. silence any cell phones or electronic devices. if you purchase a ticket you should already have received your copy of almost everything as you walk in, additional copies of the book an