conversation about "refugees in america: stories of courage, resilience, and hope in their own words" by lee bycel. welcome back, lee. >> thank you. >> i want to ask you a couple of logistic questions because i'm sure people are thinking i have an idea for a story. i would like to do this kind of treatment with the people i know. can you talk a little about literally, how did you get oce >> it is along journey. you have to have a lot of patience which all refugees have but you have to have a rd thought because i'm only reflecting their stories. i had to work carefully with them that they were happy with them, because i'm not writing a book of fiction or academic book, it is people's lives at stake here and i want today get it right, and make sure they were comfortable. i had help to get an agent in new york and that a gent shops the book and rutgers university expressed interest and finally that worked out and then from the time they accepted and i didn't believe it would ever take this long, to the time it is published, is a year. i kept saying why would it take so long? it's just does. you have