more live coverage of the national book festival continues now, coming up is kevin: my name is kevin butterfield. it is my great pleasure to introduce you that today'

i am kevin butterfield, the director of the john include the center of the library of congress. the kludgy center works to bring scholars into

more live coverage of the national book festival continues now, coming up is kevin: my name is kevin butterfield. it is my great pleasure to introduce you that today's speakers. our center is one of the sponsors we are proud to bring america's most beloved writers to this room. we want to welcome everyone joining us live on c-span. our next panel's records of survival escaping genocide and human trafficking. his new book is waiting to be arrested at night. a memoir of china's genocide. the founder and director of resilience force. his book is titled the great escape, a true story of forced labor and immigrant dreams. he is a lecturer in princeton. our moderator writes for the washington post opinion section and is the author of prisoner, my 544 days in an iranian prison, solitary confinement, and the extraordinary efforts it took to get me out. join me in welcoming them. [applause] >> i want to thank everybody for being here today and for watching me at home. this is an extraordinary honor and privilege for me. over the last couple of weeks i have got to know him intimately through these incredi

i am kevin butterfield, the director of the john include the center of the library of congress. the kludgy center works to bring scholars into residents who work at the collections of the library of congress for up to a year to write books like these and be a part of a national dialogue. welcome to everyone joining us live on c-span today. we are proud to partner with c-span again this year. you will encounter a range of intriguing conversations on the range of the american spy craft to an event about how our eating choices define who we are. we will be hearing about climate change, the practice of interior design in black homes, what it means to be a latino in america. we hope you engage in the conversation, ask questions and joint writers for their signs. our first panel today, accidental spies features john lyle, janet wallick and jeff gaetz. the debut book he will talk about today is the dirty tricks department. janet is the author of 10 books, her latest is flirting with danger. our moderator, jeff of cbs news, the host of the cbs news podcast, america changed forever. let'

i am kevin butterfield. i'm one of the sponsors of this year's conference. quinn be association helps us do our work. waukomis live on c-span. history is heating up climate change denial. his most recent book is silent spring revolution. david is the author of two new york times bestseller and our moderator jen white is supposed of one in from w amu please join me in welcoming them. >> good morning everyone and thank you for coming out for this conversation. as you're listening i hope you will form your own questions because we will have time at the end of the panel you can step up to the mike and i will tell you and start the process. it's always exciting to speak to people as accomplished as david and douglas but more exciting when you get on phone call plan this conversation and their fans of each other's work. they were absolutely delighted to speak to one another. i wanted start this discussion by giving us a brief overview. minus silent spring revolution. as the great environmental awakening and i previously had written about theater roosevelt and cons

kevin: my name is kevin butterfield. it is my great pleasure to introduce you that today's speakers. our center is one of the sponsors we are proud to bring america's most beloved writers to this room. we want to welcome everyone joining us live on c-span. our next panel's records of survival escaping genocide and human trafficking. his new book is waiting to be arrested at night. a memoir of china's genocide. the founder and director of resilience force. his book is titled the great escape, a true story of forced labor and immigrant dreams. he is a lecturer in princeton. our moderator writes for the washington post opinion section and is the author of prisoner, my 544 days in an iranian prison, solitary confinement, and the extraordinary efforts it took to get me out. join me in welcoming them. [applause] >> i want to thank everybody for being here today and for watching me at home. this is an extraordinary honor and privilege for me. over the last couple of weeks i have got to know him intimately through these incredib