thank you to ishmael reed for this incredible legacy. i picked us the anthology at a used book steer during my high school years and i'm a reading -- many different books. and poity and being blown away from the being beaningen on the book and learning lit cannon and feeling supremely lucky to challenge it at the same time. i also want to thank my publishsure, and katy porter the director of book and institute for her tireless work in supporting writers who live and work in the lesm. in the inland emppire. i received an award and was lucky to have her her read before she passed on. i want to thank my parents, both poets and writers themselves for their enduring support and encouragement. instead of asking me how teaching is going, my father frequently asked on the car ride here, how is the writing. my parent operate and own a family besides, where folks many of them migrants specifically from the philippines can get their taxes done to chat and gawsal p over pastries from china town. send money to their families and they both often promo

if this is the case of the secretary who the sofi the case of the secretary who the son ishmael was convictedtly of drug offences there was an awful lot of cove rage of drug offences there was an awful lot of coverage is this in the papers at the time and she was not terribly happy about any event i think it's to say. there were some concerns about when she had known about this upcoming trial because he was working in her office in a publicly funding position has her office manager. the fairly sizeable salary. what happened is he has been convicted and sorted out and had his conservative penalty. the media applied for the release of letters that went to to the judge in support of the young man in question pleading for leniency. those are normally withheld and not meant for public record left is a reason to release them. in this instance numberof media release them. in this instance number of media outlets bother there was a story there and said it should be openjust was a story there and said it should be open just as was a story there and said it should be openjust as because of the son ofa

the ishmael and the american economy and he represented the exploitation and manipulations of the holding company cadre. i think the lobos paid attention to roosevelt denunciations of the utilities industry. this is campaigned redrick and campaign rhetoric is that. in fact, the first major issue in that the 100 days was the creation of the tennessee valley authority, which would operate in the delta, mississippi delta or commonwealth and southern existed and had rather efficiently provided cheaper reasonable electricity to tennessee, to georgia, to north carolina. and they are really the story begins because when wilkie was informed that tennessee valley would not observe any jurisdictional limitations, it became the leader of the opposition to that industry's opposition. what is interesting about the story is from knight team 33 to 1939, there'd be this tumultuous adversarial relationship between wilkie and roosevelt around the issue of the rights of commonwealth to exist, which a combat which is totally, totally unnecessary. when tda was assembled in the three directors, morgan, edward

so i'm going to try to see what i can do to deserve as a foot moËt to ishmael.et me mention one thing. nation has several great libraries. library of congress is the best in our nation and the world. the world's largest library, but also expanding library, libraries are not depositories, putsing things in a hole and not taken care of. i visited indian libraries and i told this to jim and i went to calcutta, met a librarian and said, what are we doing? coming library of congress example. two volumes of each book published in india going no reserve. that do you do? we send to base. little what happens after afterwards in not my obligation. so having book, having collection, carries historical obligation, and duties. how to preserve it. because librarians are custodians but not only the book but our heritage. the memory of mankind. of all that's accomplishments, all his failures, all his aspirations. hence we need libraries in order not to have self-inflicted alzheimer's disease as a nation. good libraries are there to remind us always. second, as president of the

our lord, we believe in you and the revelation sent to us and abraham, ishmael, isaac, jacob and the tribes, that given to moses, jesus and mohammed, all the profits from the lord, we make no difference between one and the other of them and we bow to you in obedience. lord, you are the light of the heavens and the earth, give us the light to walk in, live in and be guided by. lord, there are indeed clear signs from the heavens and night and day, for those that celebrate your praises, standing, sitting, lying down on their sides, wondering over creation and the heavens and earth, and cry out, our lord. you have not created the universe in vain, lord be to you -- glory be to you. make us wife people and open our hearts and minds to your call, we have -- make us one people and open our hearts and minds to your call. make us listen and follow the words. free us from our hatred, biases and hatred, feelings for each other, create sympathy, love and understanding for all and give us the ability to engage in honest, sincere and beautiful dialogue. free from discrimination and negative feelin