should sit this year's finalist for the mark linton. history prize is katie booths the invention of miracles language power and alexander graham bell's quest to end deafness katie teaches writing at the university of pittsburgh and was raised in a mixed hearing and deaf family. this is her first book. the judges citation reads a complex and profoundly moving historical saga. the invention of miracles is an insightful portrait of the extraordinary life of alexander graham bell as well as a retelling of his decades-long crusade to teach the deaf to speak with their lips and not their hands. relying on bell's own papers and those of his contemporaries as well as diving deeply into the archives. deaf community both focuses on the cultural impact of bell's work with the deaf without shying away from the more controversial aspects of his mission bypassing sign language interpreting deaf genealogy and flirting with the now discredited science of eugenics before distancing himself from its most radical ideas. superbly written. and decidedly sub

[applause] and we have mark linton i'm sorry michael linton and lily linton here. we did but they are god heard they were here. [laughter] and we applaud them and they're very recent absence. the whole family for their ongoing and general support for making these awards possible. we are grateful for their support of the awards and the research grants they give to students in sam freedman's book writing class every year. i think we have some students here this year, but i am not for sure. if so, welcome. and now we will give out the awards. on up. this is abby wright who runs most of the prizes here at the school and she'll give me a hand presenting the awards. okay. the j anthony lucas book prize is presented to a book-length work of narrative nonfiction on a topic of american social or political concern that exemplifies the literary grace commitment to serious to serious research and original reporting that characterize the distinguished word of the lord's namesake. 10,000-dollar honorary it. this year's judges tracy the chair, jess, julia pastore and thomas willi

linton crosby himself, . but linton was in partnership with a couple of gentlemen, one of which is running - liz's campaign. i think you could say- that there is a legacy there. markgo into no. 10 as chief of staff, _ should liz truss be victorious. i think sometimes though there is a little bit of exaggeration... | about the wonderful wizardry effects of linton crosby. - he basically made a political kind of strategy out - of awaiting a community, seeking division lines - and relentlessly prosecuting them. i haven't seen a liz truss do i as much of that this campaign. but she has been quite good at defining her opponent and putting him on terms that are not flattering to him, but then he ends up having to defend his reputation. i i think this is where crosby may. come in, because that damage has been mainly done by borisjohnson and his supporters _ who are quite shirty. if i was crosby i'd be steering well clear of this one because she is not at all popular. she is going to win because of her tiny conservative party choosing her, she not popular with her own mps, only 50 of them chose her. she is not popular with conservative voters and her lack of policy on this