gish jen did all these things that lillian jen never did. lillian jen was a nice girl jerk gish jen was propping up windows open at night and up all hours and generally carrying on with the kind of freedom i was a kind of an american freedom that lillian jen did not have. i will say over the d years like gish even has a different handwriting than lillian jen. lillian jen is still using the method from my catholic school upbringing. gish jen is different and so to me the question in the middle of the night now like an emergency and i had to write one note before dashing out the door which handwriting would be and the answer is gish jen. i can really only write one thing in my old handwriting now, and that is my name on my checks with that name, but except for signing my checks i don't use it at all. it's completely gone like if i look at things from grade school i can see it, but i literallyan can't do it anymore. it's interesting, so i've really become this other person and i will say very first story that i was talking about that i wrote in

gish jen was speaking at all hours. just general kind of carried on with a kind of freedom i was a kind of an american freedom that lillian jen did not have. i was over the years, gish jen has a different handwriting than lillian jen. lillian jen is to using the palmer method from my catholic school upbringing. gish jen is a completely different thing. what's interesting is the equations like in the middle of the night, if this incoming emergency and underwrite one note for dashing out the door which handwriting would it be? the answer is gish jen. i really can only write one thing in my old handwriting now, and that is my name on my checks with that name but instead of signing the checks i do not use that script at all. it is critical. if i look i look at things whes in grade school i can see it but i can't, i literally can't do it anymore. so interesting. i would have become kind of this other pson. i will say my very first story that about and i was published under lillian jen. all my friends said who is she? i said t

contemporary novelist gish jen will be our guest. >> i would have to say -- i know many writers and so only -- on, but people quhoff a lot to say are completely undaunted by eing told about perspective or storytelling. the whole idea that there's a triangle -- triangle, that you just go on to do this and if you're going to go on writing. doing thinks things is not going to make agreat writer. but then you sit down and -- and tall, the they could all do it. >> her books ininclude "typical america," "mona in the promised land," and "whose's i laich] sunday noon from 3:00 p.m. eastern on book 26 on c-span 2. >> this weekend, on "real america," highlights of president ronald reagan's moscow summit with soviet leader gorbachev three decades ago in 1988. ere's a preview. [cheers] >> how do you do? > how do you do? evilu still think we're an empire, mr. president? >> no, indeed he does not. if there is a continuation of -- speaking in russian] >> first evaporates so we should have dialogue. good, honest dialogue. >> yes, we want to do that and every time politicians seem to get out of line, y

watch our special series with an "in depth: fiction edition" on sundayr gish jen onn-three clock p.m. eastern c-span two. >> former secretary of state madeleine albright sat down with the post to talk about foreign policy in her new book, fascism -- her new book "fascism: a warning." this one hour. [applause] thank you. it's a pleasure, i want to say such a pleasure to be here with secretary albright. as you know, she served as our secretary of state from 1997 to 2001. before that she was our u.n. ambassador. she served on the nfc staff and foreign relations committee, she's teaching and running her

our in-depth fiction editoin fiction edition with author gish jen on c-span2. >> 30 years ago, president ronald reagan and soviet general secretary mikael gorbachev met for the fourth time. during president reagan's first trip to moscow, the leaders finalized the nuclear forces treaty they signed in 1987, which was ratified by the u.s. senate days earlier. ofel america, a compilation videos from the summit. we see the arrival of president reagan and nancy reagan, a walking tour of red square, and the leader's remarks after a formal ceremony for the inf treaty. this is just under 30 minutes. >> [applause] ♪ >> [speaking russian] >> esteemed mr. ronald reagan, president of the united states of america, esteemed mrs. nancy reagan. >> on behalf of the people and government of the soviet union, i extend to you my sincere greetings on the occasion of your visit. welcome. >> [speaking foreign language] >> it is now almost six months since our meeting in washington, which went down in history as a major milestone in soviet-american, and in inrnational relations. mr. gorbachev: [speaking foreign

with our special series tv on gish jen on book c-span2. what -- >> north korean officials were at the white house today delivering a letter to president trump from north korean leader kim jong-il and. after they left the white house, president trump spoke to reporters, where he announced the summit was back on for june 12 after initially canceling the meeting last month. >> mr. president, can you talk to us? meetingp: we will be june 12 in singapore. days doingent two this. you people will have to travel because he will be in singapore and i think it will be a process. the relationships are building and that is positive. >> what is your stance on what the north koreans are willing to do? things alongother the lines accurately want to develop as a country. that is going to happen, i have no doubt. ofare involved in terms getting everything and we are going to help in the process very much. of veryyou see a lot positive things happening in china and presidency -- president xi. -- we will beel in singapore. you're talking about years of hosti

jamie, you're on with author gish jen. >> caller: yes.ng the same standards and the feelings that you have toward the authors in the books that you love personally, you know, thinking of their words and the flow of them that you mentioned earlier in certain athletes, which musicians, singers, songwriters and certain albums do you love? >> guest: oh. so which musicians do i love? oh, wow. that is a much harder question to answer, you know? i actually love all kinds of music. i love jazz, i love classical, i love pop. but one thing that's really kind of noticeable what i always love, i love vocal music, you know? i will take choral music over around keysal -- orchestral music any day. to me, or and i'm not sure how this relates to my writing, i don't know, maybe because i'm interested in voice, but, you know, i love to hear the human voice, you know? like i say, whatever the human voice is doing, i want to the hear it. >> host: we didn't get to this yet, and i want to make sure that our viewers see it and we get it on record. some of your f

featuring best-selling fiction writers, contemporary novelist gish jen will be our guest. >> i wouldhave to say it we're talking about creativity, i know many writers and so on, that people who have a lot to say are completely undaunted by the perspective or storytelling. the whole idea that there is a storytelling, that there is a triangle, you must learn to do this if you're going to going to be a a fiction writer, it's necessary but not sufficient. it's not going to make you a great writer. you sit down with everybody and you discover actually they could all do it. there's nothing about learning to do those things that impede creativity. watch our special series "in depth" fiction edition with author gish jen today live from noon to 3 p.m. eastern on booktv on c-span2. >> this practice called change hearts and policy, and it's all about the ways that movements, not just filing lawsuits, pushing for policy reform and all of those kind of hard edge advocacy techniques, how they do the softer stuff come how to change minds, attitudes? the thing is it takes just as much strategy and t

featuring best selling fix writers, gish jen will be our guest. >> i three over say if -- i know many- people who have a lot to say are not -- are completely undaunted by being told -- nor rules of story telling. the whole idea there is a story-telling -- there's a triangle that you must three-do this if you go on to be a fix writer. it's necessary but know sufficient. if you learn to do this, it's not going to make you a great writer and -- but then you sit down with early faulkner and discover that actually that could all do it. and i think there's nothing about learning to do those things that impedes creativity. >> her books include typical american, and who is irish. watch the special series "in depth" fix edition with awe their gish jen on sunday, on book of on c-span2. >> here's our primetime lineup for tonight: venture capitalist, offers his thoughts on hoe innovations can he incop paraded in american classroom. then war account talks bout the war in afghanistan and her attack by the taliban that almost killed him. columnist and republican strategist report on the voters from

watch "in depth: fiction edition" with author gish jen sunday from noon to 3:00 p.m.astern on book tv, on c-span2. >>> next, coverage of a day-long conference analyzing the u.s. versus microsoft antitrust law case and antitrust enforcement of today's big technology companies. the 2001 case in which microsoft was accused of holding a monopoly and engaging in anticompetitive practices was ultimately settled by the justice department. first, we'll see part of the conference that includes remarks by senate finance committee chair orrin hatch. >> okay, i think we're going to go ahead and get going. if folks back in the kitchen with kind of move up and sort of fill in, that be great. is my audio okay, joe? great.

gish jen, thank you for being on in depth. >> it's been such a pleasure. . >> c-span, where history unfolds daily. in 1979, c-span was created as a public service by america's cable television companies. and today we continue to bring you unfiltered coverage of congress, the white house, the supreme court and public policy events in washington dc and around the country. c-span is brought to you by your cable or satellite provider. hello. i'm going to introduce my introducer. jeremy rapkin, george university. a friend of mine. and a brewing scholar who will be joining me to discuss the books. jeremy, back to you. . . . we have someone from the philia law school. the author is fun. i will titus a little bit about the author in the book and that he has some selections i guess from the book. he's probably known to many of you here. from the claremont institute. he is a law degree and he was deputy solicitor general of nevada he now lives in san francisco and was born in the soviet union. one of those people who has strong reasons to appreciate what's the constitution has done for us in america

gish jen, thank you for being on "in depth." >> guest: it's been such a pleasure. .. [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] >> i knew it would be a dudefest. look at this. >> they did it topless. we're doing it bottomless. you getting all this, c-span, that you're never going to show this? of course. why not. we're going to do this quick and dirtiment i canal imagine i'm going lecture a bunch over people i've known a long time-out my book. this is ridiculous but let's do it anyway. you can heckle -- mercilessly heckle me. deserve it because my head is getting too big, obviously, from a recent spike in sales. so, yes, i need to have knock down a few peg s. i had my first reading yesterday so i'm still figuring out how to do a book reading and the around don't know how is because i never attend book readings. thought they were really boring, like some guy sitting up here giving you the thousand yard stare and trying to make their words sound really important, and i never thought that was that compelling. ill'll just read a few page is read yesterday at the

our in-depth fiction editoin fiction edition with author gish jen on c-span2. >> 30 years ago, president ronald reagan and soviet general secretary mikael gorbachev met for the fourth time. during president reagan's first trip to moscow, the leaders finalized the nuclear forces treaty they signed in 1987, which was ratified by the u.s. senate days earlier. ofel america, a compilation videos from the summit. we see the arrival

watch in depth fiction edition with gish jen sunday live from noon to 3 p.m. on c-span 2. >>> next on the presidency, historian peter lil bac k talks about george washington's sacred fire. says while -- he was in fact a devoutly religious person. colorado christian university hosted this 90-minute program. >>> for the

gish jen will be our guest. >> people who have a lot to say are undaunted. for that matter the world of storytelling, you know? that you must learn to do this if you're going to go on to be a fiction writer. it is not going to make you a great writer. but if you sit down with early fog early anybody, you discover they can all do it. watch our special series, in-depth fiction edition, sunday live from noon to 3:00 eastern on book tv on c-span2. 2018span's coverage of commencement addresses continues now with former president jimmy carter at liberty university. he is followed by betsy devos in florida. mark meadows at patrick henry college. just a reminder, you can find all of the commencement speeches we have covered this year at our website c-span.org. [applause] mr. carter: thank you very much.

contemporary novelist gish jen will be our guest. >> i would have to say if we are talking about creativity and of course i know many writers and so on, that people who have a lot to say are not -- are completely undaunted by being told the rules perspective or for that matter the rules of story telling. the whole idea that there is, you know, a story telling -- you know, that there is a fry tag triangle, you must learn to do this if you are going to go on to be a writer, it's necessary but not sufficient. your learning to do this is not going to make you a great writer, but then you sit down with faulkner and everybody and you discover that actually they could all do it. i think that there's nothing about learning to do those things that impedes creativity. >> her books include typical american. mona in the promised land

watch our special series with author gish jen sunday live from noon to 3:00 p.m. eastern on book tv on c-span 2. c-span, where history unfolds daily. in 1979, c-span was created as a public service by america's cable television companies. and today, we continue to bring you unfiltered coverage of congress, the white house, the supreme court and public policy events in washington dc and around the country. c-span is brought to you by your cable or satellite provider. . .

gish jen will be our guest. >> i would have to say if we're talking about creativity, of of course, i know many writers and so on, that people who have a lot to say are not, are completely undaunted by being told -- [inaudible] or if for that matter the rules of storytelling. i mean, the whole idea that there is a storytelling, you know, that there's a fly tag triangle, and that you must learn to do this, it's necessary but not sufficient, right? you learning to do this is not going to make you a great writer. but then you sit down with faulkner or anybody, and you discover that, actually, they could all do it, you know? and i think there's nothing about learning to do those things that impedes creativity. >> herr books include -- her books include typical american, mona in the promise land and who's irish. watch our special series "in depth" fiction edition sunday live from noon to 3 p.m. eastern on booktv on c-span2. .. i suggest that you take a moment to create or revisit your safety plan. should something happen that brings up a traumatic experience for you, what will you do? take

with our special series tv on gish jen on book c-span2. what -- >> north korean officials were at the white house today delivering a letter to president trump from north korean leader

watch in depth fiction edition with gish jen sunday live from noon to 3 p.m. on c-span 2. >>> next on the presidency, historian peter lil bac k talks about george washington's sacred fire. says while -- he was in fact a devoutly religious person. colorado christian university hosted this 90-minute program. >>> for the last 80 years, george washington, was he a believer or unbeliever? a christian or a deist? why does it matter? for over a century after his death people thought he was a practicing christian. a revised view of washington began to take hold in the 1930s. it suggested that washington was an non-believe or at most a deist. in 2006, the secular thesis was significantly challenged by several books that year. one by michael novak called washington's god. the other was a thousand-page tome by peter lil bac k called george washington's sang rit fire. >> some have called him one of the greatest men that any nation has brought for the. it matters a great deal what he stood for and what he believed. what sets dr. lilback's book apart from many littery works

for a year-long special in-depth featuring best-selling fiction writers, contemporary novelists gish jenll be our guest. >> the people who have a lot to say are completely undaunted or for that matter the whole idea that there is, you know, a storytelling, and the triangle that you must learn to do this if you're going to go on to be a fiction writer. it's necessary, but not sufficient. it's not going to make you a great writer. but then you sit down with everybody and discover actually they could all do it. there is nothing about learning to do those things that impede creativity.

author gish jen sunday live from noon to 3:00 p.m. eastern on book tv on c-span 2. c-span, where history unfolds daily. in 1979, c-span was created as a public service by america's cable television companies. and today, we continue to bring you unfiltered coverage of congress, the white house, the supreme court and public policy events in washington dc and around the country. c-span is brought to you by your cable or satellite provider. . . such as history professor gene smith. i have a student asked me one time and i had been lecturing on the war of 1812 and as i was about to talk about the battle of new orleans and is just this wonderful episode because andrew jackson he assembles the heterogeneous cosmopolitan army. it has regular u.s. forces than he has militia from louisiana and they are either of french or spanish descent and they don't really like one another and then there is kentucky and tennessee frontiersmen. and then he also had three men of color and they were about 600 of these. then he also have some slaves that helped. you told us in the last class.

novelist contemporary gish jen. >> if we're talking about creativity, and i know many writers, the peoplehat have a lot to say are completely oraunted by being told -- storytelling think the whole is a triangle, that you must learn to do this if you're going to go on, it is necessary but not sufficient. it is not going to make you a great writer. ou sit down with relief -- early faulkner or early everything, and there is nothing about learning to do those things that impedes creativity. announcer: her books include who's irish? ,atch our special series in-depth fiction edition with on booktv onen c-span2. on q&a, patricia o'toole discusses her book, the moralist: woodrow wilson in the world he made. >> there is a huge psychological literature about wilson. i read it. i have the sense that it just reduced him to edible tangle that i did not feel i could deal with on the strength of my own knowledge of the theory. some people have said that is stubbornness in later life was a reaction to his father's s, andess, -- strictnes they can point to one story where his father made him revised a lit

live at 3:00y, jen onn book tv with gish s c-span2. >> "washington journal" continues.the mike lee aiken emily atkin has been reporting on hurricane season, beginning today, what can you tell us about the upcoming season? guest: you will have normal to above-average season this year. projections have looked about the same. the prediction from know what say we may have five named to nine named storms. we already had one, alberto, which came over memorial day weekend and affected the east coast around north carolina significantly. it is looking like an average to above average season. can predict how many will make landfall, but we are looking at average to above-average. host: the headline in your piece looks deeper into not just the prediction of what we see, but where officials are locally and on the federal level. america is not ready for this season begins,e but little has been dead since last year's devastating storms, the title. what did you find? andt: individuals governments are more prepared to respond to a storm. i think the shock of last year having six major

gish jen will be our guest. >> if we are talking about creativity, and i know many writers.eople who have something to say undauntedted -- are by the question of, what does that mean to the world of storytelling? the idea that there is a triangle, thatou have to go one to do this. it is necessary, but not sufficient. it is not going to make you a great writer. but you sit down with early faulkner and early everybody, and say actually, they could all do it. it is nothing about learning to do those things that impedes creativity. >> for books include "typical american," "mona in the promised land," "and who is irish." watch in-depth live today, noon to 3:00 p.m.. >> next, on history bookshelf. history professor lauren sklaroff discussed black culture in the new deal. her book that examines new deal federal arts projects that promoted black artists, including lena horne, duke ellington. this was recorded at the franklin d. roosevelt library and museum in hyde park new york in 2010. it is about 40 minutes. [applause] >> thank you so much for coming to this talk. for supporting t