and those that we have access to and in the archives of harpercollins that we know now the relationship between those two novels it isn't like harper lee wrote a version as a rhesus reactionary figure and then to make him idealistic that is not what she did. but "go set a watchman" her agent was going to publishing houses and it was not selling. and then they would pass on the novel she starts to write the childhood of the characters that she was writing about in "go set a watchman" in the material flowing out of her typewriter and where she really found her voice. and her agent is loving it and we will sell this childhood this has the juice and they did so. she revises it for two half years and then it becomes a literary phenomenon. so it is important to understand the relationship between those novels and from those archives of the harpercollins files that harper the always imagined them to parts of the same story that the characters in the 1930s would evolve into the characters of the 1950s. so we see atticus finch through the eyes of scouts but she is struggling to reconcile or come

we know to those archives in the harpercollins class that harper lee always imagined them as to parts of the same story the larger narrative arc. the characters in the 1930s would evolve into the characters of the 1950s. so atticus we see through the eyes of a nine-year-old scott in "to kill a mockbird" but she's struggling to come to grips with her father in "go set a watchman". >> so when that came out, my response was whatever you think about it as a work of fiction, there are some people who didn't like it and obviously there were flaws because houses were publishing houseswere passing on . and there's not a lot of story to report dramatic action. it's a series of conversations. it is of course her first novel and it's difficult to write novels, i don't know if you tried it but it's very hard so it's not surprising that her first novel wouldn't be successful. but whatever you think about it, as a work of fiction, it is fascinating as a historical document. it's an insight to giving us insight into what harper lee was concerned about and thinking about and what she was trying to ca

there was every reason to have a flagship imprint at harpercollins that published conservative books. i was happy to do it. i ran that imprint for six or seven years. i think, you know, successfully -- >> host: broadside? >> guest: broadside books, which still exists. and, but in the course of those years as we all remember really beginning with, you know, going back to the clinton era but really sort of kicking into a new level with the 2000 election, the iraq war, the tea party, the obama presidency, occupy wall street american politics became more and more polarized and divided. and this began to work its way into the industry and into the society at large. and i felt it in my personal life and in my professional environment. and it made me uncomfortable because i felt that we were just publishing books, you know? but when donald trump emerged as the front-runner in the republican primaries in 2016, i realized that things were never going to be the same. that neither the republican party nor the conservative intellectual movement would be what it had been. and in this actually -- s

when i went to harpercollins, after publishing sarah palin's memoir which was a huge success, my boss suggested we should have a conservative imprint because a number of the houses had started that. i was a little uneasy about the idea there were the industries that so i said yes. we were a part of news corporation our sister company to wall street journal and fox news so there was every reason to have a flagship imprint i was happy to do that and i ran the imprint years successfully broadside books which still exist. but in the course of those years as we always number, going back to the clinton era but kicking into a new level of the election and the iraq war. the tea party and the obama presidency to occupy wall stree street. american politics became more and more polarized and divided and this began to work its way into the industry and society at large. and i felt that in my personal life and professional environment. it made me uncomfortable because i felt we were just publishing books. >> but when donald trump emerged as the front runner and the republican primary and 2016 i re

after my time at simon & schuster i was at doubleday and editor at large and then they went to harpercollins and worked for my friend bruce nichols and throughout those years conservative books were always published on the general list along with other books from other ideological persuasions but this was the original idea for those conservative voices to put on the table but not a separate table so i kept that up but when i went to harpercollins after publishing sarah palin's memoir which was a huge success my boss adjusted we should have a conservative imprint because a number of other houses had started them. i was a little uneasy but and to say let's do that but there was every reason to have a flagship imprint for six or seven years over broadside books in the course of those years as we all remember and going back to the clinton era new level of the election and the iraq war and the tea party and obama presidency american politics became more and more polarized working its way into the industry and society at large. i felt this in my personal life and professional environment. it made

me deciding to write this book was a conversation that i had with a longtime editor of mine at harpercollins .-full-stop edited american sniper, which i wrote. i don't remember the exact conversation but at the end of my long winded what i wanted to do he said you should write about the pony express. let it be known once in my life i took the editor's advice. .. >> all right. so what -- i think you had a question. >> well, 24/7, i'm assuming, these writers -- >> absolutely. the writers, once it started, once the service started, whatever, you know, whatever day it was, once it starts in st. joe or sacramento, they went and they didn't stop. even in the -- there were a few times in the sierras where the snow was just so ridiculous that, you know, they took a few hours off or a maybe a whole day. and, but otherwise, yeah, they're writing, they're not stopping. and as the service goes on and the financial problems are piling up and up and up, they do end up using more, you know, they have other kind of replacement writers come in. but the record is still -- riders come in. there's only one mail

in 2011 harpercollins published my first memoir and it was from that that i then started getting cowriting work. i think people read my first book really thought that, and i really thought that my life was perfect for a long time and that's what i believed, but when i read donna's book proposal and saw, for those of you who have read or will soon be reading that book, what happens to this child even before age seven but a turning point at age seven when she comes to this country from jamaica, and by age nine is being routinely sexually abused, i had to look really closely because at age seven i also experienced routine sexual abuse and was something that when i was a child i grew up far from here in a small town. i h grew up, i had a lot of guidance. and she did not at a young age and was guided by the wrong hand we definitely need to raise awareness about what's happening but dan and i would have a lot of late-night conversations when me too was first happening and he was like the world is finally ready for this book and for me with an opportunity when i co- right, i am bearing the journe

anthology of felt like felt like the right vehicle to do that so i thought let me pitch this to harpercollins and see what they say. surprisingly they said yes. i don't recommend ever. i was just thinking about this. and incorporating the voices of others. what it means to live for a world. when i was looking through the book i revisited a poem that kept coming up to me. with the no immediate cause. and it's about essentially a new article that they refer to. and she sees the way that they are referencing are talking or talking about rape. a situation with the rape and she starts to go through with her being on the train in new york city. she's sitting around and looking around and wondering what men in the train she basically said did you hurt a woman today. every day. they have to constantly prove the story. it's already seen as questionable. some of the stories that you chose. in almost every single one of the essays. i did not even believe my own experience. and to bare their souls in order to be believed. i didn't realize how bad it was. everywhere you look there are women saying this ha