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Austin Convention Center
Room 10AB
500 E Cesar Chavez
Speakers
Bill Shapiro
What We Keep
Naomi Wax
What We Keep
With special guest reader, Kimberly Bryant. Between the recent fires and floods, the Cloud and the Sharing Economy, our relationship to objects is radically changing. For our new book "What We Keep," we interviewed hundreds of people about the single object in their life that holds the most emotional significance. We spoke with Ta-Nehisi Coates, Melinda Gates, Joss Whedon, Hasan Minhaj, Kimberly Bryant, and Cheryl Strayed, among others, and also "regular people," from a cloistered nun to a former counterfeiter. Their ordinary objects tell extraordinary stories; we'll share the most moving stories, what we learned from our research, and what our changing relationship to objects means for all of us.
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Primary Entry: Music Badge, Platinum Badge, Artist Wristband, Film Badge, Interactive Badge
Format: Book reading
Event Type: Session
Track: Media & Journalism
Level: Beginner