she will be in conversation tonight with stephanie gorton. so high, kim. >> hello. d high, stephanie. for those of you who don't know, kim todd spoke "sensational: the hidden history of america's 'girl stunt reporters'" was released yesterday so happyme publishing day. it highlights the mill undercover journalist who expose the heart of the gilded age. early books include chrysalis, maria, mary and the secrets of metamorphosis, and tinkering with eden. stephanie gorton is the author of a book called citizen reporters. is written for online publications including new yorker.com, the paris review daily and the los angeles review of books.ks she currently lives in providence and i will also be linking her book as well for those of you are interested. kim and staff equity speak for about 20-30 minutes and then we'll opened up to the audience questions that have been submitted to the q&a button. i will go u head and turned over to them. >> thank you, stephanie. and thank you to the bookstore. this is such a pleasure to do this. i welcome the chance travel back in time to

stephanie gorton is the author of the book of citizen reporters, she has written for numerous online publications including new yorker.com, the paris view daily in the los angeles review books, she lives in providence and i will also have her book for those of you that are interested, kim and stephanie will speak to 20 to 30 minutes and we will open it up to the audience questions submitted to the q&a question. i will turn over to them. >> thank you stephanie in thank you to the bookstore, it is such a pleasure to do this, i welcome the chance to travel back in time of the gilded age and celebrate the publication of this book, congratulations kim. >> thank you very much. >> it's exciting to have in the world. >> i'm sure it's been a long time coming and now the world is starting to open up again it kind of seems like the perfect time and thank you to everyone who is attending also. maybe we can get this conversation started by focusing on beginnings, would you tell us how that reporting got a start? >> it really got a start of this era it is publicly and she is a young woman in weste