and lorena hickok had the nickname hick to everybody and said they could be opened 10 years after death. but doris first saw the letters and she was horrified. she tried to get them locked up again but then decided to write about the relationship. so when the book came out when she lamented turning those letters over was the crime to turning over poems to medieval christian theologians. [laughter] >> it was the opportunity to revisit to change time. and what you can connect to. and all lead books with one exception has been about strong in remarkable women with the psychoanalyst's the tissue with for '08 and sexuality. and even a theater book look is on the strong woman. there was another reason even though it was floating around times had changed this was a story that could be embraced. they loved and empower each other. it helps that i have a daughter and nine who is clear i say gay she says clear. she actually prefers so because of her have a more tender subject of love between women. i knew it from the moment it came to me i realized it. so i set out to write another proposal 50 pag

quinn reports on the 30-year relationship between eleanor roosevelt and associated press reporter lorena hickok. then at 9 p.m. eastern, james rosen talks about a torch kept lit, a collection of essays written by the late william f. buckley. and at 10 on "after words," tim wu provides a history of advertising and its current use. at 11, andrew scott cooper look into the history of iran and the role of the last shah. that all happens tonight on c-span2's booktv. 2340bgs knox. [inaudible conversations] >> welcome, ladies and gentlemen, to our discussion of hal scott's sobering new book, "connectedness and contagion." here it is. and if you didn't notice, we have copies for sale out in the hall. it's my pleasure to remind you that your welcome -- you're welcome to buy a copy and that hal will be available to autograph them during the reception which will follow immediately after the panel. i'm alex pollock of the r street institute, and here we are in aei's stylish new conference center to discuss a very old problem; namely, how best to survive financial panics of which there have been many across