and activists including jamal joseph, russell simmons and jacklin with an who writes these are jesse peterson fall day is a must read for anyone who's ever cared about young people and all people. peterson brings love and laughter to the devastating fate of her juvenile justice system and are able to get to are able in gifted hands we meet young people who will not soon forget and she had been so glad this book is in the world. we feel the same when we're glad she's here with us tonight. rating from the the book first and then join on her conversations and a chance to ask questions after that. welcome to this stage liza jesse peterson. [applause] >> high. thank you all for coming out. i'm happy to be here. i'm going to jump right in. i'm not going to give too much of an introduction because i was a lovely introduction are to give in. i'm going to read two short excerpts from the boat. just to put it in context, this was one year under the 18 years and this is one specific year that i was a full-time schoolteacher, which is very different than the other capacities that i worked in. i'm going t

we've been talking with university of arizona professor the imperfect primary >>> now on book tv, jesse peterson discuss it in teaching her youth. this program contains language

[inaudible conversations] >> and now, liza jesse peterson passes her year teaching incarcerated youth that riker's island. the program contains language some may find offensive. [inaudible conversations] >> all right, welcome to bring my book circuit and jessica, one of the owners of the sort we are honored to be hosting the liza jesse peterson to present her new book. you can give her a round of applause now. clap back her new book is "all day" a year of love and survival teaching incarcerated kids that ri

we've been talking with university of arizona professor the imperfect primary >>> now on book tv, jesse peterson discuss it in teaching her youth. this program contains language some may find offensive. welcome to greenlight a bookstore. the bookstore. we are honored to be hosting to present the new book. her new book is all day teaching kids at riker's island and she's going to be speaking so you were in for an excellent evening.ki another round of applause. [applause] a couple housekeeping things. if you have a cell phone or something that might make noise now is the time to silence it. we have copies of the book for sale at the register and we will be signing right here after words.nd we also have upcoming events so we hope you can check those outn when you buy a book you not only get the work by a great author but you support your independent bookstore and during events like this one so we appreciate that. [applause] our interviewer for this evening is the associate vice president for strategic policy program implementation of columbia university and was a leader in the black panther party a