bring her to the world -- >> sonia sanchez, you have taught -- [laughter] sonia, you have taught this book, "their eyes were watching god" all over the country for the last few decades, beginning in the 1960s and 70s with the emergence of the black studies program. where did your journey began with this book? >> we have to well i think sitting on the stage have to pay homage to sister alice, who did something for another black woman writer that we all need to understand they must always do with their women writers on this earth. that is if they have been lost, we rediscover them and put up tombstones family celebrate them. and we all stopped in our tracks and send out love to sister alice. so we should really -- [applause] i got out of hunter college, went to hunter college because i was part of a generation we could not afford to pay in these private schools. i was good in the city, the cdu had to pay four bucks a hunter college you got books free. and so, i graduated january 55 and my dad said you should go out and get a job before you start teaching in september because he said you

bring her to the world -- >> sonia sanchez, you have taught -- [laughter] sonia, you have taught this book, "their eyes were watching god" all over the country for the last few decades, beginning in the 1960s and 70s with the emergence of the black studies program. where did your journey began with this book? >> we have to well i think sitting on the stage have to pay homage to sister alice, who did something for another black woman writer that we all need to understand they must always do with their women writers on this earth. that is if they have been lost, we rediscover them and put up tombstones family celebrate them. and we all stopped in our tracks and send out love to sister alice. so we should really -- [applause] i got out of hunter college, went to hunter college because i was part of a generation we could not afford to pay in these private schools. i was good in the city, the cdu had to pay four bucks a hunter college you got books free. and so, i graduated january 55 and my dad said you should go out and get a job before you start teaching in september because he said you

annual philadelphia book festival will be held april 16th through the 21st, key speakers include sonia sanchez and robert poe lee toe. and then on the 21st and 22nd, booktv will be live from the los angeles times festival of books at the university of southern california. we'll interview several authors including karim abdul-jabbar. we'll also be covering various author panels on topics ranging from internet security to the port huron statement. and we'll be taking viewer phone calls, e-mails and