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PEOPLE & ARTS Thursday 2 February 2017
AP NewsBreak: Clinton will reflect

on 2016 race in new book

HILLEL ITALIE ter in New York on April when she was first lady.
AP National Writer 20, and, on May 26, she Clinton has since published
NEW YORK (AP) — Hillary will give the commence- “Dear Socks, Dear Buddy”
Clinton has a lot of plans ment address at her alma and the best-selling mem-
for 2017, including some mater, Wellesley College. oirs “Living History,” which
reflections on her stun- Her student address at the covered her life through
ning loss last fall to Donald 1969 graduation ceremo- her years as first lady and
Trump. nies helped make her a na- her successful Senate run
The former secretary of tional figure. Wednesday’s New York in 2000, and
state, senator and first lady announcements mark a “Hard Choices,” about her
is working on a book of per- growing re-emergence for years as secretary of state
sonal essays that will come Clinton, who ran twice for during Obama’s first term.
out this fall, Simon & Schus- the White House, hoping to If the 2016 campaign was
ter told The Associated become the country’s first her last, her book of essays
Press on Wednesday. The woman president. She lost would be her first written
book, still untitled, is struc- to Barack Obama in the while she was neither in In this Sunday, Oct. 9, 2016, file photo, Republican presiden-
tured around hundreds of 2008 Democratic primaries public office nor anticipat- tial nominee Donald Trump listens to Democratic presidential
favorite quotations that and, despite winning the ing a future run. nominee Hillary Clinton during the second presidential debate
have inspired her. The pub- popular vote, to Trump in Financial terms were not at Washington University in St. Louis.
lisher said Clinton will use 2016. Clinton, 69, was de- disclosed for her essay col- Associated Press
the quotes to “tell stories feated in one of the harsh- lection. Clinton was rep-
from her life, up to and in- est presidential elections in resented by Washington whose other clients include band, former President Bill
cluding her experiences modern times, with Trump attorney Robert Barnett, Obama and Clinton’s hus- Clinton.q
in the 2016 presidential threatening to jail his oppo-
campaign” and into her nent because of her use of
thoughts on the future. a private email server while
“These are the words I live secretary of state.
by,” Clinton said in a state- She has made few public
ment. “These quotes have comments since the elec-
helped me celebrate the tion, but attended Trump’s
good times, laugh at the inauguration earlier this
absurd times, persevere month and has been critical
during the hard times and of his policies. She tweeted
deepen my appreciation in support of the nation-
of all life has to offer.” wide women’s marches
“I hope by sharing these held the day after his inau-
words and my thoughts guration and condemned
about them, the essays will his recent executive order
be meaningful for read- restricting immigration. Her
ers,” Clinton added. pinned tweet quotes re-
Clinton will also resume her marks she gave Nov. 9, the
relationship with the Harry day after Election Day: “To
Walker Agency, the speak- all the little girls watching...
ers bureau she worked with never doubt that you are
after she stepped down in valuable and powerful &
2013 as secretary of state. deserving of every chance
Clinton’s lucrative career & opportunity in the world.”
as a speaker, notably her News reports have specu-
talks sponsored by Gold- lated that Clinton may
man Sachs, were criticized run for mayor of New York
by primary opponent Sen. City this year, although her
Bernie Sanders of Vermont book plans and return to
and others as a sign that the Walker agency make
she was too close to the fi- that unlikely. Merrill de-
nancial industry. clined comment.
Clinton does have some Clinton has another project
speeches arranged, but in the works: She will reissue
not through the Walker her best-selling “It Takes
agency, Clinton spokes- a Village” in an illustrated
man Nick Merrill told the edition for young people,
AP. On March 8, she will Simon and Schuster told
address an international the AP. Clinton will collabo-
women’s day event orga- rate with Marla Frazee, a
nized by Vital Voices, the two-time Caldecott finalist
initiative Clinton and then- for the year’s outstanding
Secretary of State Mad- picture book.
eleine Albright founded in The original “It Takes a Vil-
1997. Clinton will speak at lage” was Clinton’s first
the LGBT Community Cen- book and came out in 1995,