we have much more on this story online, including: gary glazner and natasha trethewey reciting their s about memory and loss. natasha has also written a short essay about our trip. and you can send us your thoughts and questions about our report. natasha and i will answer them in an online chat we'll post next week. next up in our series: a visit to detroit and a report on inside out, a writing program in inner city schools. we'll have that for you in october. >> woodruff: that was lovely. again, the major developments of the day: syria's president agreed to join a global ban on chemical weapons and give up his stockpile, under a russian plan. meanwhile, secretary of state kerry opened talks with the russians. and severe flooding in colorado killed at least three people as heavy rain sent torrents blasting down mountainsides. >> ifill: online, finding a sense of community in a faraway place. for many coptic christians in the u.s., adjusting to life thousands of miles from their homeland in egypt can be a challenge. we traveled to one church in virginia that has become a place of refug

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i don't know, it is doing 2014. >> guest: thanks for reminding me. >> host: natasha trethewey, the u.spaula laureate. thanks for joining us at that national book festival on the c-span bus as we continue live coverage. want to let you know what is coming the next. kenneth mack, harvard law professor representing -- "representing the race: the creation of the civil rights lawyer" is the name of his book that people talk about civil rights lawyers in the history and biography tent in just a second and will be joining us for a call in opportunities so if you hear anything you would like to comment on during his presentation go ahead and think about that question, call in and talk to him afterward as we go back live to the history and biography tent. this is booktv's live coverage of the 2013 national book festival. >> on behalf of the library of congress i want to welcome everybody to the 2013 national book festival. we hope your having a wonderful day, the weather is holding on for now and we hope that continues. before we begin i want to remind everybody that the pavilion's presentation