i am horned am honored to introduce sara smarsh smarsh. [applause] >> sara: thank you. mary clater i'm sure she's a hero to many in this room, and thank you to all of you for being here. this is the sith city i've been in seven days. [laughter] oh, yeah. and i'm still standing and so i said that because i wanted you to know lawrence has a special place in my heart for many reasons and i've been so looking forward to this event. i know i have a lot of old friends in the audience and old mentors, and current friends for that matter, and i'm just so honored by the turnout. thank you to lawrence public library, which is an incredible institution as you all know to raven bookstore, which has long been the indie of my heart. i lived in lawrence if you include my time as undergraduate for 15 years. even though i'm from south central kansas this was my home for almost half my life, and the raven is so dear to me, thank you to liberty hall for hosting. what a delight we needed so much space. so, lawrence fricking kansas, here we are. c-span is here so -- so i wanted to talk to y