benjamin mozer recalls the life of the late public intellectual susan sontag, and in the seven necessary sessions for women and girls, mona elsa hobby offers her thoughts on the steps women should take to promote their own feminist activism. look for these titles in bookstores this coming week and watch for many of the offers in the near future on book tv on c-span2. >>. >> good evening everyone, thanks for joining us tonight. my name is maddie walters and on behalf of harvard bookstore. >> they will turn it up a little bit. i'm very pleased to welcome you to the evening's event with robert ross bottom presenting his new book "sudden courage" we are pleased to have c-span book tv today here Ãbplease know you will be recorded and please wait a moment for the microphone to come to you before asking a question. we have a great lineup over the next couple of months which includes national book award finalist alan lightman, pulitzer prize winner samantha power and new york times best-selling novelist alice hoffman. for more details and information on these and many upcoming events please visi