English: Matthew Desmond discusses Evicted: Poverty and Profit in the American City at the 2017 Library of Congress National Book Festival in Washington, D.C. Speaker Biography: Matthew Desmond is the John L. Loeb associate professor of the social sciences at Harvard University. His research focuses on urban sociology, race and ethnicity, poverty, social theory, organizations and work, and ethnography. Desmond was awarded a MacArthur grant in 2015 for his work on poverty. He is the author of four books, including the award-winning "On the Fireline." His most recent book, "Evicted: Poverty and Profit in the American City" is the winner of the 2017 Pulitzer Prize for general nonfiction.