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molly crabapple contributing editor for "vice" also in the paris review and guardian. from the museum of modern art living in new york city. for our moderator teeeighteen has authored several books so please welcome the two speakers. [applause] >> this is mali's first-ever book tour so she might to be nervous so this is your opportunity if you want to peyser i am happy to be a moderator for this event i was blown away we have obviously worked together before but i had no idea she ever wanted to be director and i was doubly surprised to find out she was a terrific writer in addition and in this book when i first read that it reminded me like those that had the of rollicking adventures. is that your motivation? >> the first question is you can't to this later in the book but the decisions to become a writer and literally never do anything else how did this come about? >> i have always wanted to be a writer and narrowed to a terrible novel about time travel when i was in high school kid is in a bottom drawer and will be burned upon the death hopefully but when you take th

world's effect on the work force, fatal rivalry between alexander hamilton and aaron burr and molly crabapple, contributing editor of vice talked-about the journalism and political hard. for complete television scheduled visit booktv.org. booktv, 48 hours of nonfiction books and authors, television for serious readers. >> next up, atossa abrahamian talks about the economics of global citizenship. her book is "the cosmopolites: the coming of the global citizen". >> thanks and hello. not every author event has standing-room-only crowd. thank you all and thanks for making this a wonderful event. a couple words, we started a new publishing venture at columbia university. all of the books we published six books the year, they look like this, quarterly six times a year and only one story in every issue, the same size, uniform design and each book is about one aspect of globalization so the aggregate will publish more things about globalization. look at the web site which will be a global report and see what we are up to. each book even if they are about globalization, many different things to many

this week on "the laura flanders show" journalist molly crabapple joins me and i have a few words to on the very dark magic arts of the art market. takes all coming up, stay tuned. ura: my next gut create beautiful

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. >> molly crabapple talks about her journalism and her latest book "drawing blood". >> i started out writing personal essays. i think i had five published pieces ever when i got the book deal. people really liked them. i had this delusional fantasy since i had written a 2,000 word essay that writing a 150,000 word book wouldn't be that hard. >> watch book tv all weekend every weekend on cspan2. television for serious readers. >>> now a discussion about civil rights and criminal justice. panelists at a federalist society event talked about community policing and the relationship between police and the citizens they protect. this is an hour. >> ladies and gentlemen, if you could all take your seats. my name's leonard leo, serve as executive vice president of the federalist society. it's a privilege to have all of you here in washington, d.c., for our annual convention. we hope you're enjoying all the different sessions. we're going to have a conversation this morning about state attorneys general and this is an issue of great importance to the federalist society and it should be of gre

illustrator molly crabapple s.lking about her drawing and diana west.can watch these any time search our entire library at c-span.org. >> monday night on the communicators, community technology president on what he expects in 2015 and why it changed its name to consumer technology as a station. he was joined by politico's technology reporter. square feet of exhibit space. that is up from 2.4 million in 2015. more innovation, more excitement, more categories than ever before. we are show where solving at real-life problems for the world. it is about health care, transportation, clean food, clean water. we are solving it did problems. >> monday nights on the communicators on c-span2. >> c-span has robust best access to congress in 2015. the house and senate will reconvene on january 24. on tuesday, generate fifth, the ryan as back with speaker of the house. on monday, january 11, the senate returns at 2:00 p.m. eastern. 14sure to follow craig cap daily congressional oblates. -- craig caplan on twitter. ne,

author and illustrator molly crabapple talking about her drawings of the israeli-palestinian conflictnd the guantanamo detention center. from the 24-hour news site. and, diane out west. -- diana west. you can watch these any time or search our entire library at c-span.org. next, live, your calls and comments on washington journal. a.m., afghanistan humanitarian challenges in 2016. in live later, bill clinton new hampshire. >> tonight on the communicators, why the cta changed its name this past fall to consumer technology association. >> over 3600 exhibiting countries and over two point 4 million square feet of exhibit space. that is up from 2015. more excitement, more different categories the in ever before. it is the future. it is a show of solving real-life problems. not just entertainment, education, information. food, cleanclean water, we are solving big problems with technology. c-spaner: tonight on two. >> this morning, a preview of obama16 agendas of the administration with reuters reporter jeff mason and errico warner. and looking at some key 2016 races in the house and senate

. >> molly crabapple talks about her journalism and her latest book, drawing blood. >> i have only had five published pieces ever when i got the book deal. people really like them. i had this delusional fantasies aat since i had arisen 200,000 word essay -- it would be like writing a 50,000 word essay, it wouldn't be that hard. >> watch book tv all weekend every weekend. back atournalists look the terror attack on the "charlie hebdo" magazine in paris last january. they will talk about the effect the shootings have had on freedom of expression. the newseum hosted this event. gene: good afternoon. i'd like to welcome you to the night studio at the museum. those of you watching the live stream, and those of you joining us on c-span, glad to have you with us. the newseum and its programs, comprise the only organization in the world dedicated to free expression and the five freedoms of the first amendment. our exhibits online and in person, we hope, in form remind all of us of the importance and the fragility of those basic human rights. we hope that we help you explore the freedom and the

we're really excited to be celebrating the launch of drawing blood by molly crab crabapple. let's get a round of applause for that. [applause] so this program is going to feature a discussion followed by a signing right to your left. so as you see now, we've got lots of copies of drawing blood up at the register, and we'd really appreciate if you grab a few from us, because it helps us do more of these events for you guys. .. mollie's first ever book tour event, so i want to ask -- she might -- >> is this my hazing? >> exactly, yes. if you want to haze holly tonight, this is your unit, i'm honored to be the moderator, but she was a writer in edition. and this book, when i first read it reminded me of books -- adventurous lives and in addition were great artists and that's the way this book reads. >> did you make -- >> i come to this later in the book, but become a writer and

announcer: molly crabapple talks about her journalism, political art, and her latest book, "drawing blood." molly: i started with essays. i had five published pieces before i got the book deal. people really liked them. fantasyis delusional since i had written a 2000 word essay, a book would not be that hard. ha, ha ha. announcer: watch book tv all weekend on c-span2. television for serious readers. students around the country are working on c-span's student cam document or a contest, telling us the issues they wanted presidential candidates to discuss. through social media we are following students as they produce their videos. here is a tweet from indiana, "canterbury, fort wayne eighth-grade students were excited to hear real ben carson address gun control. , ather from maryland principal at eastern middle school tweeted, "this week two ems students interviewed eric holder. also, illinois representative tweeted, i was interviewed by students for their c-span project. is $100,000 in prizes with a grand prize of $5,000. the deadline is january 20, 2016. the winners will be announced marc

eastern, vice magazine contributing editor, molly crabapple talks about her journalism, her latest bookdeal. people really like them and i have this delusional fantasy that sense i have written a 2000 word essay, that writing up 100,000 word 100,000 word book would be like writing 52,002,000 word essays, and i would be that hard. [laughter] >> now a discussion on trying to prevent youth sports concussions. we'll hear about the latest research, new sports technology and whether there should be a federal mandate for sport injury reporting standards. the event event is hosted by the national press club. >> good morning everybody. welcome to the national press club nor morning newsmaker program in washington, dc. today's topic is preventing you the sport concussion and what washington, d.c. is doing about it. one of the first major metro areas in the region to provide a grant for research education and monitoring of concussions in youth sports. we are also here to talk about other youth sports injuries. this newsmaker panel will offer an examination of data, trends, concussion research, sta

. >> molly crabapple talks about journalism, political art and her latest book. >> i started out writingessays and only had five published pieces when i got the book deal. i had a delusion that writing a book wouldn't be that hard but just like writing five essays. ha-ha. >> watch booktv every weekend on c-span2. >> john kelly held a briefing with viewers at the pentagon. he spoke about combating islamic extremism and the transfer of guantanamo bay detainees. this is 45 minutes. >> very, very happy to be here. made friends over the years and as you probably know, you surely know, i am about to go over to the other side and retire at the end of the month. it is a remarkable organization. very different mission. it is all about broadening and deepening partnerships down there to say the least. i would say the partners we have in latin america and the caribbean like the united states want to be associated with the united states. there is a few down there who didn't get the memo about democracy and human rights and that kind of thing but some of that is even turning around. they really do li

mollycer: on sunday, crabapple talks about her journalism, political art, and her latest book "drawing blood." >> i started off writing personal essays. i think i only had five published pieces ever. them. really liked i had this delusional fantasy that since i have written a 2000 word essay that writing 100,000 words would be like running 50 2000 word essays, and that wouldn't be that hard. watch "book tv" all weekend, every weekend on c-span2, television for serious readers. students around the country are working on c-span's student cam documentary contest, telling us the issues they want presidential candidates to discuss. we are following students as they produce their videos. here is a tweet from indiana. eighth-grade students were excited to hear real ben carson address gun control. and another one from maryland. week, two ems students interviewed former attorney general eric holder for their c-span video project. also, illinois representative john shimkus tweeted, at effingham high school earlier today, i was interviewed by students for their c-span project. there is a grand pr

on sunday, molly crabapple talks about her journalism, political art and her latest book, "drawing blood i started out writing personal essays. i only actually i think had five published pieces when i got the book deal. people really liked them. i had this delusional fantasy that since i had written a 2,000 word essay that writing 1,000 book would be like writing 52 essays. >> watch book tv every weekend on c-span2. television for serious readers. >>> earlier today, a house rules subcommittee met to examine a proposal to change the budget process that would fund the government every two years. several members who are both for and against the proposal testified. including republican reed rib e ribble. this is a little more than two hours. >>> good morning. the subcommittee will come to order. i appreciate folks joining us today. this is our first subcommittee meeting. i would like to thank my good friend mr. hastings for his support of this hearing. i would like to thank on his staff our subcommittee staff ranking member staff director, molly larson and mr. cody for his help on the rulele

. >> vice magazine contributed editor molly crabapple talks about her journalism and her latest book,rawing blood. >> i started out writing personal essays. piecesgot five published . people really like them. i had this delusional fantasy that since i had written a 2000 word essay that writing a 100,000 word book would be like 2000 word essays. >> "washington journal" continues. host: accomplishments bradley byrne joins us for his first appearance at our desk. -- congressman bradley byrne. debate, it's about more than the second amendment. it's about executive overreach and the limits the constitution places on the president. know from taking high school civics, the way you make laws in america is that the congress passes a law and the president signs it. what he is trying to do is criminalize something that has not been criminalized before, private gun sales. the statute in place does not cover those in sales. if you wants to cover those, you go through the congress, we pass a law and it comes to his desk and he signs it. he cannot act unilaterally. he has tried to do this and other

. >> molly crabapple talks about her journalism and her latest book "drawing blood". >> i started out writing personal essays. i think i had five published pieces ever when i got the book deal. people really liked them. i had this delusional fantasy since i had written a 2,000 word essay that writing a word book wouldn't be that hard. >> watch book tv all weekend every weekend on cspan2. television for serious readers. >>> now a discussion about civil rights and criminal justice. panelists at a federalist society event talked about community policing and the relationship between police and the citizens they protect. this is an hour. >> ladies and gentlemen, if you could all take your seats. my name's leonard leo, serve as executive vice president of the federalist society. it's a privilege to have all of you here in washington, d.c., for our annual convention. we hope you're enjoying all the different sessions. we're going to have a conversation this morning about state attorneys general and this is an issue of great importance to the federalist society and it should be of great impor

. >> molly crabapple talks about her journalism and her latest book "drawing blood". >> i started out writing personal essays. i think i had five published pieces ever when i got the book deal. people really liked them. i had this delusional fantasy since i had written a 2,000 word essay that writing a 150,000 word book wouldn't be that hard. >> watch book tv all weekend every weekend on cspan2. television for serious readers. >>> now a discussion about civil rights and criminal justice. panelists at a federalist society event talked about community policing and the relationship between police and the citizens they protect. this is

. >> vice magazine treating exit or mali crabapple talks about or -- talks about her art and her book>> i started out writing personal essays. i only had five published pieces but when i got the book deal and people really liked them and i have this delusional fantasy that since i had written a 2000 word essay that writing a 100,000 word book would be like writing 50 2000 word essays. >> 20 booktv all weekend every weekend on c-span2, television or serious readers -- television for serious readers. >> washington journal continues. program,ning us on the a republican representative from south carolina. good morning. how did you vote? voted to repeal, the 40th time i've done it in the house. because of the senate, it will actually get to the president's desk. host: 62 is the number i hear. what is the significance? make the case that this vote is different. guest: this is the one that counts because we told people -- i have elected in 2010. we told people the first thing we would do is get a vote to repeal obama care and we did that. the very first vote we had was to repeal obamacare, b

. >> molly crabapple talks about journalism and her latest book "drawing blood." >> i started out writing personal essays. i think i only had five published pieces ever when i got the book deal. people really liked them, and i had this delusional fantasy that since i had written a 2,000-word essay, writing a 1,000-page book would be like writing five essays and that wouldn't be that hard. ha, ha, ha. >>> up next on c-span3, the head of the small business administration testifies about mismanagement in the sba. >>> then rick vaney. >>> then a look at the israeli palestinian conflict. >>> then a look at the syrian refugee crisis. >>> here's a look at american history tv on c-span3. next week president obama will give his last state of the union address. it will feature four state of the union speeches by former presidents during their last year in office. on saturday it's president jimmy carter followed by president ronald reagan. and on sunday, president george h.w. bush's state of the union followed by bill clinton. also sunday morning at 10:30, playwright lin manuel miranda accepts the b