it is masha gessen.he appeared on a panel discussion in september from the brooklyn book festival to discuss her book, the future is history. >> difficult to start when people are still --. good afternoon. please find a comfortable seat, and before we begin i need to tell you that there will be a book signing afterwards and, it is outside on table h, and all the authors will be there with their books. and, let me introduce the speakers for today. the first speaker will be darryl pinckney, all the way on my left. a long-time contributor to the new york review, distinguished author of high cotton and black deutschland among other books. and then i don't know who wants to be the second speaker but we might as well do it in order. so, yasmine el rashidi, egyptian author, who wrote, the battle for egypt, a chronicle of last summer, a novel, and written important pieces for the new york review. last my on my right, masha gessen, who has written several books about russia, including the man without a face, the

it is masha gessen.ooklyn book festival to discuss her book, the future is history. >>