he's offered a few previous books of his own including a memoir and a study of sir arthur conan doyle as well as the collections of essays. he grew out of the year composing weekly columns for the american scholar. the columns collected in the book range widely across not only the genre of topics reflecting the area. it's a someone who's spent a life in literature. as a number of you may know he's at book collector and in fact he considers book collecting the greatest pastime in the world. and some of my favorite passages and browsing far about. one of the best statement i've heard about acquiring the books and stalking a personal library with them, he writes, quote, digital text are well and good but books on shelves are a presence in your life. please welcome in our prisons now michael durbin. [applause] if you can hear me can't hear me say google wildly. [laughter] as some of you have come into politics and prose in the passing heard me speak. it's not going to be any different tonight. if there's any aspects of books, book reviewing, collecting the "washington post" all publishing