she was -- virginia woolf was one of the great pioneers of the modern if not along with james joyce. this novel was published in 1927. this is in her own binding by the way. she bound her own books. it's not meant to be pretty. she could do that kind of thing in her private press. here you can see names to be used. she has names of characters, some of which don't appear in the published version. she always wrote, she always drew a blue crayon line on the left and margin so she could write little notes to herself as she went along. in this particular case she has a couple of diary entries. down here march 9, 1926 she writes i answered today that i'm writing exactly opposite from other books. very loosely at first. will have to tighten up a finally. most overdrafts, grammatical sentences are complete, very tight, formal productions. in this case the sentences are often ungrammatical, unfinished. it was an experiment for her. she was writing about her child, her adolescence, her past. >> we want to see one more thing over here in the berg collection. doctor, is this available for anybod

paris in the is a 20's and in and out of the same circle than james joyce. figures of the period. >> tell us what you found here at the archive? >> i have had the whole charm to my desk, and lots of time go through it. discovered an ambitious magazine, the trent used this magazine as a promotional tool to cultivate a particular audience. they also wanted to cultivate an aura of modernity. it has modern time faces an can of confident bubble. mixes photography and illustration, with more modern journals of the period. you look at it, it is modern but what is a very interesting has an ime is that it equally confident local focus on new jersey issues. it blends, this kind of issues of modernity with women and working in new jersey. issues kind of local have you come across? >> women in politics. they commissioned him to write in umber of pieces, i read one of his memoirs that he was writing about new jersey. natural history, i suppose. coastline bout the and things like that. >> have you been able to get some conclusions from the research he have done so far? th

later on, she is in paris in the 1920's and in and out of the same circles as james joyce and ezra pound and other key figures of the period. >> tell us what you found in the archives at the library of congress. what is the "charm" collection right? >> i have had the whole set of "charm" at my desk. it has been wonderful. i discovered it's an ambitious magazine. for a department store magazine, they were trying to use this magazine as a professional tool to cultivate perhaps a particular audience for the store, but also to kind of of modernityair about it. it has modern typefaces, a slick layout. it is confident and bold. it used contemporary illustrators and photographers, mixing illustrations and photography. to look at it, it's modern. yet what is interesting about "charm," it has an equally confident civic, local focus on new jersey issues. it blends these issues of inernity with women living and working in new jersey >>. what kinds of local issues have you come across? >> if there is an article about women in politics, then it would .e women in new jersey politics there was a writer

>> the story of someone who combines this with james joyce, he said yes. [laughter] >> we have entered the postmodern. >> this is more of an anecdote. my great grandfather at cedar creek with cavalry. he chose to go north. in his last year, his son, my grandfather was working for the state of new york and albany. they walked up state street to the capital, and there was a statue. i don't know what sort, of sheridan. the capital guide was saying to the small crowd something about sheridan's ride. it may not be true. my grandfather said oh no, it was true. i was there. [laughter] >> he was from middle, tennessee? >> my great-grandfather. what i see -- >> i see. very good. >> "gone with the wind", it that the movie theater. check your newspapers. >> that's right. thank you for coming out. [applause] >> you are watching american history tv all weekend every weekend on c-span 3. >> american history tv's american artifact takes you to museums and historic laces. the russell center office building was constructed to relieve conditions in the u.s. capitol building

>> the story of someone who joyce,s this with james he said yes. [laughter] >> we have entered the postmodern. >> this is more of an anecdote. my great grandfather at cedar creek with cavalry. .e chose to go north year, his son, my grandfather was working for the state of new york and albany. they walked up state street to , and there was a statue. i don't know what sort, of sheridan. the capital guide was saying to the small crowd something about ride.an's it may not be true. , itrandfather said oh no was true. i was there. [laughter] >> he was from middle, tennessee? >> my great-grandfather. what i see -- >> i see. very good. >> "gone with the wind", it that the movie theater. check your newspapers. >> that's right. thank you for coming out. [applause] >> the civil war airs every saturday at 6:00 and 10:00 eastern time. to watch more visit our website. you are watching american c-span tv all weekend on 3. kornbluh.archer peter of backe co-author channel to cuba. this is 45 minutes. >> thank you. i'm here to introduce peter met.luh, whom i have ju

virginia woolf was one of the great pioneers of the modernist novel along with james joyce. this novel was published in 1927. this is in her own binding by the way. she bowed her own books. it's not a pretty binder. it's not meant to be. she could do that kind of thing. and here you can see names to be used. she has names of characters, some of which don't appear in the published version, and she always wrote, she always drew a blue crayon line on the left and margin so she could write little notes to herself as she went along. now come in this particular page she has a couple of diary entries. and down here for march 9, 1926, she writes, i observed today that i'm writing exact opposite thing from my other books. very loosely a first, not tight at first, and will have to tighten finally instead of listening to those before. also perhaps three times the speed. .. we use the bound manuscript for her expedition 1090 minute presentations for reading groups for the public for displays for exhibitions. that is how the public gets access to these materials through special presentat

i wanted to put james in front of rick perry who is a big joyce king fan. he's read all of my books and i hope he reads this one. so we go in the door of this fabulous home in dallas and james is sweating profusely and i like what you get a grip so i'm fixing him and adjusting and rick perry has his back to us so there's a lot of people and he can't figure out who is that he and i and i said let's just go over and get in line and repair a turned around and james nearly passed out when he saw the governor of texas. he had actually heard that rick and i were good friends and he kept saying you don't know the governor. so when he saw them at all came back and you could see it in his eyes like please don't let him have a seizure. and i said may i present to you the 17th man exonerated by dna. his hand went out and he saw it. he brushed his hand away and grabbed ten. and he asked him. he said if the state of texas doing everything for you that it should be and he he said yes sir, absolutely. i said no. since you asked, you have a part in that's been sitting on yo

joyce. it is getting a pr keyer essay is closer to him. come on, my darling. james smiled. i will throw you a square. you look like you need one. no, james. i'm going home before the sun comes up. stay calm you still want to leave me? can you really understand why i smoke weed? i will never leave you, james. and they never did. from exonerated a brief endangers freedom, the weed. thank you for standing for james. i love it at your able to calm and share this with me. i know he would be proud of all of you. these men did even with james. they were part of the contentions to pass the timothy cole cole compensation act, making texas the most generous elimination when it comes to compensating exonerated men. said they have worked and worked and advocated and i'm glad it was better for a couple of those moments have been traveling to boston, going to shake hands, kiss babies, telling stories over and over that they must have grown weary of telling, but each time they did, they told it with passion, with conviction and they convinced those lawmakers and governor perry who ultimat