mr. boland's boyfriend is black! no, actually, he is not. mr. boyfriend is -- no, he is actually jewish. oooh mr. boland's boyfriend is rich. and i said no, he doesn't make very much money. jewish, i heard when you cannot tell what they is, they jewish. then seth asked in the same tone does he have a big dick? i tried to act indigant. that is really inappropriate. what are you thinking even asking about that? teacher? they chanted in unison. the chinese mothers and many from the neighborhood gave us disapproving looks. the chorus grau grew louder. but it wasn't hate full. it was jolly, cheerful, and human. they seemed happy for me. where was all of the hate? why had i not just done this from the start? i blushed. i was standing on east broadway surrounded by a group of thuggy teenagers who were chanting about my boyfriend's junk. who had i become? victory! >> i know ed from -- he was one of our first board members for the eastern american writers workshop which recently celebrated its 25th birthday. a bunch of us were in our 20s that formed this

mrs. reagan will be buried next to her husband at the library. live coverage on c-span and c-span radio and c-span.org. >> booktv is next with ed boland on his book "the battle for room 314: my year of hope and despair in a new york city high school" about the lessons that he learned. and then david randall presents his books. later from the tucson festival of books and panel discussion on education and inequality. then this book, in greater detail. [inaudible conversations] [cheers] >> welcome. a quick show of hands. thank you so much for finding us. twenty years ago we were lost on the upper west side along with other bookstores over the years. a year ago we open our third is location. we want to thank everyone, we are pleased to host the book "the battle for room 314: my year of hope and despair in a new york city high school" by ed boland. [cheers] [applause] and during this night we do hope that you will pick a copy or two of the book. and we will have ed up at the front afterwards. so if you can wait just a moment to congratulate him personally so we can get him up to the front that would be great. he has dedicated his entire professional l