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THE MIDAFTERNOON, WELCOME TO THE PANEL ABOUT READING. I AM THE MODERATOR FOR THE PANEL AND I WILL... |
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I THOUGHT I DODGED A BULLET. [LAUGHTER] MY BOOK IS ABOUT MY RELATIONSHIP TO THE CHRONICLES OF OUR... |
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WHEN I CAME UP WITH THE IDEA TO WRITE THIS BOOK, IT REALLY BECAME A DIFFERENT BOOK FROM WHERE I THOUGHT... |
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THE WHOLE PANEL ITSELF. [LAUGHTER] |
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SO IT IS AS MUCH ABOUT THAT KIND OF STUFF AS THE INTENTION WAS NEVER TO SAY THESE OF THE 25 BOOKS... |
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SHE ALSO TALKS ABOUT LIVING WITH SOMEONE WHO WAS NOT AS PASSIONATE ABOUT BOOKS AS SHE IS WHICH IS... |
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THAT IS THE AUTHOR WROTE MY FOR WORD. [LAUGHTER] OF MY, MY BOOK COMES FROM A COLUMN THAT I WRITE ON... |
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BOTH BROUGHT BACK SUCH A MEMORY OF HOURS SPENT READING UNDER AGE THREE AND CALLED FIRST CITY. CAN... |
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MY PROJECT DID NOT START OFF AFTER 9/11 I WAS AT A LOSS AS FOR A LOT OF WRITERS SO I SAID I WOULD... |
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THAT PLAYS A LITTLE INTO WHAT WAS GOING TO ASK YOU TO CONSIDER NEXT. IN DOLORES BOOK WITH HER EXPERIENCE... |
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THAT THE ECCENTRIC NOTION THAT PEOPLE TAKE A BOOK MIGHT HAVE A CLUE AS TO ITS WORTH AND TO ADDRESS... |
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YES. BUT NOT USING THE TERM IN THE WAY THAT WE WOULD NOW IT TALKS ABOUT THOSE WHO FAVOR WHAT THEY... |
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IT IS FUNNY BECAUSE WHEN YOU WERE TALKING ABOUT THE BOOK WHEN I FIRST ARE DEAD WRITING THIS COLUMN... |
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LAURA, TALKING ABOUT THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN READING AND IT IS SO ELOQUENT, READING CHRONICLES OF NARNIA... |
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IT SOMETIMES FEEL THAT PEOPLE DON'T TALK ABOUT, WE ARE ENGAGED IN A SIMILAR PROJECT DID NOT TALK ABOUT... |
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ONE OF THE THINGS I DISCOVERED OR IT REALIZE WAS THE BOOK AND THE NOVEL ARE TWO DIFFERENT THINGS.... |
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SHE SPOKE AT THE LIBRARY THE OTHER NIGHTS THAT YOU THOUGHT READING A NOVEL REQUIRED A MORE MEDITATIVE... |
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I WAS JUST GOING TO SAY, EVERYBODY IN THIS ROOM HAS HAD THE FEELING OF FALLING IN LOVE WITH A BOOK... |
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I ALWAYS DO THAT. |
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I ASKED THEM AND TALK TO THEM LIKE THEY'RE NOT GOING TO HIT MAY. [LAUGHTER] AMID A WOMAN RECENTLY... |
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THE BOOK COVER IS SUCH A GREAT TRADITION. |
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YES. THIS IS GOING OFF THE SUBJECT BUT I DON'T THINK THE TRADITIONAL BOOK IS EVER GOING TO GO AWAY.... |
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CAN I TELL LITTLE STORY? ONE TIME I HAD TO FLY TO NEW YORK AND THE PLANE WAS REALLY EARLY CLIMB MONTEREY... |
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ONE OF THE THINGS I DID NOT WANT TO DO WAS TURN INTO A BIG SENTIMENTAL NOSTALGIA FEST OF LOST CHILD... |
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ANYBODY ELSE HAVE A STORY? |
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I HAVE A VERY PROFOUND BECAUSE I READ ALL OF THESE BOOKS AS AND A YEAR-OLD AND COME BACK AS A 35 YEAR-OLD.... |
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THAT IS HOW I READ NOVELS IN FRENCH WE DON'T KNOW THAT WORD AND THEN WE GO ON. |
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ONE OF THE THINGS I LOVE ABOUT THE NOVEL I HAVE READ OVER THE YEARS WHAT I ADORE IS THERE IS A BOOK... |
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NO. I HAD DONE SOME READING IN THE COURSE OF THIS BOOK AND I DO, BUT THE TITLE IS SO MANY BUGS, SO... |
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HAVE YOU READ THOMAS FRIEDMAN? HE IS ON YOUR LIST IS VERY IMPORTANT. |
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I KNOW I KNOW. BUT IT IS RISKY. IT BRINGS IN THE OF THE EMISSIONS THAT WE WERE TALKING ABOUT BEFORE... |
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IT IS SO INTERESTING WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT WHY WE CHOOSE THE BOOKS WE CHOOSE WHEN REACHED USE THEM.... |
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I WAS READING WHAT I ALWAYS READ 10 TIMES, I EIGHTH READ A LOT OF FOUR -- I GO BACK AND READ ABOUT... |
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A SURVIVALIST. |
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THOSE PEOPLE COULD NOT CATCH A BREAK. THERE HOUSE WOULD BE BURNED DOWN, OR MOVED INTO INDIAN TERRITORY... |
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I WAS WORKING SO I WAS READING AT THE TIME THE ATTACKS HAPPENED I THINK I DID AN INTERVIEW TWO DAYS... |
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USUALLY I WILL MENTION IT IN THE COURSE OF KEEPING MY JOURNAL IS A MEASURE BUT THEN I WOULD HAVE TO... |
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JANE MENTIONED IN HER BOOK CLOSE TO THE BEGINNING IN A WORLD WHERE WEAPONS OF MASS DESTRUCTION ARE... |
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I DON'T BELIEVE THAT IS HIS LAST. [LAUGHTER] MAYBE THAT IS ON HIS TO READ LESS STEADY WELL BUT I LOVE... |
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I DID RIGHTED PIECE ABOUT LITERARY INFLUENCES ON HIM AND THOSE BOOKS ARE MENTIONED IN DREAMS OF MY... |
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THAT IS SO WEIRD HOW MANY GUYS HAVE READ THE GOLDEN NOTEBOOK? ANYONE? I REST MY CASE. HOW MANY WOMEN?... |
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I KNOW WE HAVE PASSIONATE READERS IN THIS ROOM AND THERE'S A LOT TO TALK ABOUT I WANT TO OPEN IT UP... |
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WITH THE EXCEPTION OF JANE, THE REST OF YOU HAVE WRITTEN A BOOK AFTER TWO OF HUD'S -- CHILDHOODS BUT... |
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I HAVE WRITTEN SALON.COM BUCKS BUT I AM SURE YOU DID NOT READ THEM. [LAUGHTER] I DON'T KNOW I GUESS... |
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I HAVE THE EXPERIENCE, THE IDEA IS I WOULD READ WHAT EVER I WANTED FOR ONE YEAR AND THERE WERE NO... |
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I WOULD SAY IN MY BOOK AND WRITING AND OTHER NONFICTION BOOK ONE OF THE THINGS I LOVE ABOUT THE KIND... |
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I HAVE BEEN READING A BOOK WHICH IS A BODY OF WORK AND THE WINNER FOUR YEARS AGO WAS A-- AND I HAVE... |
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WOULD YOU READ THIS PASSAGE ABOUT AUTHORS READING AUTHORS? |
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A LOT OF MY RECOMMENDATIONS FOR THE BOOKS THAT I HAVE READ CAME FROM OTHER AUTHORS I WAS READING PER... |
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SO WHAT ARE YOU RECOMMENDING AT THE MOMENT? HOW OFTEN OF WHAT YOU READ DO YOU IMMEDIATELY FEEL PEOPLE... |
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WHEN I READ THE NOVEL THE WAR AT THE END OF THE WORLD I WROTE TO MY NOTES THIS IS THE BOOK THAT "WAR... |
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I READ ON MY AMAZON CAN GO ON THE WAY OUT HERE, BUT IT IS FANTASTIC IT JUST WON THE PULITZER IN THIS... |
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ACTUALLY I WAS GOING TO SAY I TRIED VERY, VERY HARD BUT I WOULD RECOMMEND A BUT, I DON'T REALLY LIKE... |
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BECAUSE I'M A PROFESSIONAL CRITIC AND IF PEOPLE DON'T LIKE MY RECOMMENDATIONS THEY WILL LET ME KNOW?... |
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THIS GOES WITH WHAT I AM GOING TO ASK I WILL BLOW MY COVER, I AM A LIBRARY AND [APPLAUSE] AND IN A... |
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ISN'T "TWILIGHT" ONE OF THOSE? I GOT SO MANY E-MAILS FROM LIBRARIANS ABOUT HOW RELUCTANT THEY WERE... |
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MY FEELING I GUESS THE WAY I GREW UP IS THERE IS NO SUCH THING AS BAD READERS. |
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I THINK THAT IS TRUE ON ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT THING FOR ME AT LEAST WHAT I LOVED ABOUT MY READING... |
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OR THE THIRD REICH WHICH IS MY 11 YEAR OLD FAVORITE BOOKS. |
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WHEN MY THIRD YEAR-OLD WAS NINE AM A 26 YEAR-OLD WAS FIVE, MY THIRD YEAR-OLD ADD A BOOK AND ONE OF... |
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I THINK WE WILL PROBABLY END ON THAT NOTE. THIS IS A GREAT WEEKEND TO CELEBRATE READING AND WRITING... |
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YOU'RE WATCHING BOOKTV COVERAGE OF THE 2009 FESTIVAL OF BOOKS WE JUST THOUGHT LAURA MILLER COMMENT... |
NOTE: The transcript for this program was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.
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