and so please join me in welcoming sylvia morris and james atlas for what promises to be a fascinating conversation. thank you. [applause] >> so we must actually use these? i feel like a crooner like frank sinatra. [laughter] i, first of all forgive my, this gauche gesture, but my printer broke just before i came here with all my notes, so i've had to put them on my phone. [laughter] so i'm just going to be glancing at my phone and i'm of the generation that doesn't understand how anything works. [laughter] but it's all in my head anyway. the first sentence, though i was going to begin by saying that i have known clare for decades. now, what is wrong with this sentence? [laughter] it's -- and i couldn't stop doing it either, i don't know if you notice. always the last few weeks clare this and clare that and i finally realized it's because sylvia has done her job so brilliantly, that she managed to convince the reader that she was her summit -- her subject, and that is really the goal of what we biographers do, is really to in the end become your subject to spend as you have done -- now

our moderator is james atlas. he is finding editor of the viking press and the author of life of an american poet which was nominated for a national book award. in addition to his memoir he has written for the "the new york times" and vanity affair. so please welcome the two in what promises to be a fascinating conversation. thank you. [applause] >> first of all, my printer broke just before coming here with all of my notes so i had to put them on my phone. and this is this generation that doesn't under how anything works. it is all in my head. the first sentence i was going to say i have known clare for decades and what is wrong with this sentence. i could not stop doing it. it is always clare this or clar, that and i realized it is because sylvia did her job and managed to convince the reader she was her subject and that is the goal of what we biographers do; become the character. you are close to the record although others have succeeded you and your husband edward. in page numbers, since we are just doing the

atlas. gerald thomas atwood james audiffred frank louis aversano jr. ezra aviles sandy ayala arlene t.en baeszler robert j. baierwalter andrew j. bailey brett t. bailey garnett ace bailey. tatyana bakalinskaya michael s. baksh sharon m. balkcom michael andrew bane katherine bantis and my brother christopher allingham, love you always. miss you still. god bless america. >> and my uncle shaun. i never got the chance to meet you but you'll always be in our hearts. gerard baptiste walter baran gerard a. barbara paul vincent barbaro james william barbella victor daniel barbosa christine barbuto colleen ann barkow david michael barkway matthew barnes melissa rose barnes. sheila patricia barnes evan j. baron renee barrett-arjune arthur thaddeus barry diane g. barry maurice vincent barry scott d. bart carlton w. bartels guy barzvi inna b. basina alysia basmajian kenneth william basnicki steven joseph bates paul james battaglia w. david bauer yvonne luis capito bautista marlyn capito bautista mark lawrence bavis jasper baxter lorraine g. bay. >> michele bealee. >> todd m. beamer. >> paul freder

atlas puebla. el chicharito hernÁndez con el resto de sus compaÑeros la foto oficial del real madrid para la nueva temporada. chicharito con el colombiano jamesvisiÓn deportes. >> gracias. hay que darle tiempo al tiempo. >> bueno, aprovechamos para felicitar ahora sÍ nuestra querida jackie que cumpliÓ aÑos. muchas bendiciones, muchas cosas lindas. celebraste en grande. de manera especial. cuentanos. >> claro que sÍ. celebrÉ de manera especial. gracias a todas las personas que se amanecieron para apoyarnos. gran tristeza, en mÍ tambiÉn. se retira, la madre naturaleza tambiÉn. nueva york se reportÓ nublado, fuertes vientos. se retira uno de los mÁs grandes. actividad de fuertes lluvias desde el sureste, ustedes el noreste. desde washington, hasta boston se van a sentir vientos fuertes. hay acciones placenteras, el tiempo desde chicago, en el centro del paÍs tenemos un anticiclon que permite condiciones estables, no todo son malas noticias. han tenido fuertes lluvias, para el fin de el tiempo mejora, pero sienten todavÍa precipitaciones especialmente ustedes sobre san antonio, terminando esta semana de trabajo, fuera de esto, actividad de fuerte