. >> host: i'm tracey ross, senior policy analyst at the center for american progress and i'm joined by linda tirado whose recent book, "hand to mouth: living in bootstrap america" just was released last week, right? >> guest: yes. >> host: congratulations. the book is really kind of a long time in the making, editing the reason why we're here because of an essay he wrote last year. it was entitled why i make several decisions or poppy thoughts. cheney tells a bit about that? it was a response. >> guest: i actually come from the internet, and i was having a conversation with my friends after work one night and somebody brought up the iphone with food stamps, and what she said was i know i'm not supposed to judge people without. somebody remind me why because i'm feeling a little judge he. i kind of fired off a response and didn't really think of it, and then it started to get a good response. minister to get a weird response. and i got an incredible response and then i was on the front page of "huffington post" and in forbes. russia called, and israel called them and they have a fan

. >> host: i'm tracey ross, senior policy analyst at the center for american progress and i'm joinedy linda tirado whose recent book, "hand to mouth: living in bootstrap america" just was released last week, right? >> guest: yes. >> host: congratulations.