and walter mosley, books with devil in a blue dress, phyllis jones and most recently down the river onto the sea. booktv, all this week and prime time. here on c-span2. >> we are joined with a look ahead at the senate. he reports for the hill and alex, senate not taken the usual august recess, not sending senators back home to their states to campaign, the ones running in

and walter mosley, books with devil in a blue dress, phyllis jones and most recently down the river onto the sea. booktv, all this week and prime time. here on c-span2. >> we are joined with a look ahead at the senate. he reports for the hill and alex, senate not taken the usual august recess, not sending senators back home to their states to campaign, the ones running in the midterms. why are they staying in session and what other planning on working on in the week ahead? >> they stayed in session to get more of donald trumps judicial and executive nominees confirmed and also to make more progress on the appropriations bills. when he signed the omnibus spending package early this year the increased federal spending $300 billion is part of a deal to increase federal spending by $300 billion the next two years. he said he was not going to do it again. he really put pressure on republicans in congress to get the appropriations bill done in a timely fashion so they would not be another omnibus which, that is a giant spending package which is very unpopular with conservatives. that is why th

walter mosley, our guest here on this special "in depth" fiction edition. eastern, centraln part of the country, 202-748-8200. mountain/pacific, 202-748-8201 as we make our way through most of the 50 books that mr. mosley has written fiction, and he'sls also written some nonfiction as well. so we'd love for all of you to joinn us in this conversation on this sunday afternoon. i asked the question because -- about red death and if race relations are shifting, because e.z. rollins notes in the book that he's seeing more black mene of author at this time, black cops.ps >> guest: yeah. that he is seeing it, t but also at the same time he's w recognizing what you have to give up in order to move of into that level of authority. because e.z. is a guy, he does favors for people in his community.ni he, there's nobody telling him who youyo can do favors for or w you can do favors. he makes every decision about what he's doing on a case by case level.y- that's it. you know,th and he can do what's right. and and i think that he also recognizes that people have h power

labor day around the corner, we are going to kick off authors john kerry, deborah, joe lepore, walter mosley and many others. you can learn more about these and upcoming events on the website which is harvard.com/events one of these flyers. we will have time for questions from the audience. we have c-span book tv taping today's events if you haven't noticed. we request when you ask a question just to stand up and speak loudly so they will be able to pick it up. please note, you will be recorded. following q-and-a we will have a book signing at the table. "reader, come home" is available for sale at the register in the next room and today only is 20% off. it's part of how we say thank you for buying your books at harvard bookstore by supporting the series your purchases make tonight isn't possible, so thank you. i would also like to thank you in advance and gently remind you to ideally turn off at a minimum silence your cell phone for the duration of tonight. someone's phone will probably go off and you will feel superior if it's your neighbor and not yours, so if you turn off that would be g

we are thrilled to welcome authors like john kerry, deborah harkness, walter mosley and many others. you: more about these in our upcoming events on a website harvard.com. /events or on the sale of flyers. after today's talks we will have time for questions. c-span is here taping. as a request we ask that stand up and speak loudly so they can pick it up. please know you will be recorded. following q&a we will have book signing at this table. "reader, come home" is available for sale in the next room and for today only is 20% off. part of how we say thank you for buying your book at harvard bookstore. your purchases make nice events possible, so thank you. i would also like to thank you in advance and gently remind you to ideally turn off at a minimum silence your cell phones for the duration of tonight's event. some phones will probably go off and you will feel so superior that it's your neighbors and not yours. tonight we are joined by maryanne wolf, visiting professor at ucla where she heads up the center for dyslexia and social justice and is no stranger to for many years she serv

walter mosley or special guest here on her foe uns speedway central, 202-748-8200. mountain some pacific, 202-748-8201 as we make our way through most of the 50 books that mr. mosley has written, fiction, and also some nonfiction as well. so we'd love for you to join news this conversation on this sunday afternoon. i ask the question because -- but if race relationses shaping and easy writes he has seen more black men of authority, black cops. >> guest: i think that he is seeing it, but also at the same time he is recognizing what you have to give up in order to move into that level of authority. easy is a guy -- he does favors for people in his community. there's nobody telling him who you can do favors for or how you can do favors. he makes every decision with -- but what he is doing on a case-by-case level. that's it. and he can do what is right, and i think that he also recognizes that people have power, which he likes, they have to give up some of their choice. and that becomes the thing for him. it's the thing for me. why i say, well, yeah, things shift, but be

. >> next some book tv in prime time, the first hour of a fiction addition of in-depth with walter mosley mr. mosley is the author of 40 bucks including devil in a blue dress and most recently, down the river and into the sea. mr. mosley, welcome to book tvs fiction addition. let's start with the devil in a blue dress. this is the book that launched the series with easy rawlings.

walter mosley is the author of more than 40 books including double the blue dress, fearless jones and most recently down the river onto the sea. book tv, all this week in prime time here on c-span2. >> sunday night on "after words", economist discusses her book edge of chaos, why democracy is failing to deliver economic growth and how to fix it. she is interviewed by jason furman, former chairman of the council of economic advisers during the obama administration. >> he wrote a book which is a lot about politics and political science. >> the most important thing in terms of motivation is born out of frustration. i talk about this in the book, my interest in my academic background are in economics, but if you think about the global economy, there are a whole host of very deeply structural long-term problems that the global economy have to contend with. i imagine we will get to them in a moment. things like demographic shifts, what the impact of technology will be for job underclass, concerns of productivity and debt that overhang and qualities, something that i was in my phd was never

and walter mosley is the author of more than 40 books including devil in a blue dress, fearless jonesand most recently down the river unto the sea. booktv all this week in prime time here on c-span2. >> c-span's "washington journal" live every day with news and policy issues that impact you. coming up friday morning, cbs news' director of elections and surveys discusses his book "where did you get this number" about how polls work and what to watch for in the upcoming midterm elections. and then precision medicine and how it can improve health and treatment strategies. we'll talk with stephanie devaney of the national institutes of health. be sure to watch "washington journal" live at seven eastern friday morning. join the discussion. ♪ ♪ >> and coming up friday on the c-span networks, vice president mike pence will talk about the nomination of judge brett kavanaugh to the supreme court at a republican national lawyers association event. that starts at 1:15 eastern time on c-span. and in the afternoon, president trump delivers remarks at a republican party state dinner in columbus, oh

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walter mosley is the author of more than 40 books including devil in a blue dress, fearless jones and down the river into the sea. booktv all this week in prime time here on c-span2. coming up friday, mike pence talking about the nomination of brett cavanagh to the supreme court and the national lawyers association at 1:15 eastern time on c-span. in the afternoon donald trump delivers remarks at a republican party state dinner in columbus, ohio. and the cato institute looking at state regulations and fiscal responsibility at noon eastern. the dependent association and howard university posting a discussion on the challenges facing urban school superintendents. [chanting] >> one of the most qualified nominees ever picked for the supreme court and he has contributed a great deal to his community and the legal profession besides being an outstanding judge on the dc circuit court of appeals. >> brett kavanaugh has an obligation to make his views on this topic we are given the president's litmus test that he would only appoint judges who would overturn roe. on that obligation brett kavanau