For all you book lovers out there, there's a dynamite line-up of authors speaking at the Big Tent at the Democratic National Convention today, in three panels sponsored by Air America and the Progressive Book Club:
Biography on Democracy
Location: Big Tent:DIGG Stage
Time: 3:00 PM - 3:30 PM (MST)
Speakers Scheduled to Appear:
Moderator: Mark Green, Air America Media
Ted Sorensen, Counselor (JFK)
Jonathan Alter, The Defining Moment (FDR)
Air America Media and Progressive Book Club
"The Contest: Progressives vs. Conservatives"
Location: Big Tent:DIGG Stage
Time: 3:30 PM - 4:20 PM (MST)
Scheduled to Appear:
Moderator: Thom Hartmann, Air America Media
Paul Krugman, The Conscience of a Liberal
Arianna Huffington, Right is Wrong
John Podesta, The Power of Progress
David Sirota, The Uprising
The Next America
Location: Big Tent:DIGG Stage
Time: 4:20 PM - 5:00 PM (MST)
Scheduled to Appear:
Moderator: Anne-Marie Slaughter, Dean, Woodrow Wilson School
Markos Moulitsas, Taking on the System
Van Jones, The Green Collar Economy
Immediately following the third panel, a cocktail reception and book signing by the featured authors--including Markos signing Taking on the System--will be held.