Authors@Google: Rose Aguilar January 13, 2009

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Rose Aguilar visits Google's Mountain View, CA headquarters to discuss her book "Red Highways: A Liberal's Journey Into the Heartland." This event took place on January 7, 2009, as part of the Authors@Google series.

A San Francisco radio host grown tired of media stereotypes, Rose Aguilar packed up her van, picked up her boyfriend, and set out on a six-month road trip through the red-state West to find out what voters there really care about. Equal parts travelogue, political reportage, and personal discovery, Red Highways challenges conventional wisdom and calls for a more thoughtful and productive dialogue between Red and Blue America.

Rose Aguilar is the host of Your Call, a daily, live call-in radio show on NPR-affiliates KALW 91.7 FM in San Francisco and KUSP 88.9 FM in Santa Cruz. Rose is author of the new book Red Highways: A Liberals Journey into the Heartland. She also contributed to Red State Rebels: Tales of Grassroots Resistance in the Heartland. She also writes for Alternet.org and offers political analysis for the BBC.