Doing something in person and a different topic but im thrilled to be kicking off the festival. Its my honor to introduce three people to you. First is roger whose work has been published in 14 languages. The author of five New York Times notable books of the year and three times bestsellers including the memoirs the boy detective and making toast which was originally an essay in the new yorker. The story im, a collection on the writing life came out in april on life, love and responsibility will be out in october. Rogers also written seven offbroadway plays notably in the oneperson free speech in america but he performed at the american place theatre and which was named one of the times ten best plays of 91. Last spring he performed and played piano which will go to the center for the arts at stony brook in new york next year. He also wrote the screenplay for his bestselling novel that will star doctor channing and currently is in production. Roger is distinguished professor of englis
The rangers doug the rangers are one of the most famous lawenforcement organizations in the world. I would put them up with scotland yard, canadian police, the fbi, that sort of thing. They have been around longer than any state Law Enforcement organization in the united states. They have this worldwide image. That is what i am going to explore a little bit tonight. How they got this image, what this image is, but i think we all have some idea of what a texas ranger is. Maybe from tvs and movies, if nothing else. That was my first exposure to the rangers. Growing up in florida, i watched this disney show called texas john slaughter. Some of you may have seen that. The theme song was texas john slaughter, made them do what they outta, because if they didnt they would die. The lone ranger may be the most most cinematic most famous of the cinematic, tv, and radio rangers that started in 1933. Out of wxyz in detroit. The script was originally called man hunter. But then they changed it to
I will send out bookplates for any book buyer with this. If you have any questions you can use the q a function at the bottom. Your screen and bill will take your questions at the end of the event. Let me introduce roz and bill. Roz chast grew up in brooklyn. Her cartoons began appearing in the new york in 1978 where she ascends publish more than 1000 and she wrote and illustrated the number one New York Times bestseller can we talk about something more pleasant, National Book critics circle award and a finalist for the National Book award. What i hate from a to z and her cartoon selections the party after you left and the reason everything. Bill hayes is the author of insomniac city among other books, and a forthcoming history of exercise to be published by bloomsbury. He is a recipient of a guggenheim fellowship in nonfiction and is a frequent contributor to the New York Times. His collection of his street photography had new york breaks your heart was published by bloomsburg. He has
Your books are praised by oprah, president obama and you win the poets with the National Book award, what is the appropriate response . Before we take the pain away, this book is taken off and away unexpected and startling and wonderful and i thank my lucky stars and they sleep a little better and that her mood generally and try to enjoy despite my best efforts. What is up doing a better mood. I been writing for 20 something years doing fiction for 20 something years temperature write a book and people to get and no one typically cares and it disappears so i had the pride and think it i did a good job from the book and the bonus of other people reading it as well. Host your first book was about elevator repairs, people, how do you sell a book like that. Guest exactly. With that book i wrote a description and i said to my agent you dig in the concept of elevators inspectors or you dont. Youre either along for the ride in the description or not indefinitely when i was writing it was my s
The ground, money in our pockets. A small step, but a very welcome one for San Francisco. A barbers collective, setting up shop in a street food barr. There have been fewer customers eating at the food trucks. Live coverage now from ktvus amber lee in the south of market area with more on this unusual partnership. Reporter food trucks used to be parked here, now stations have been set up to accommodate dozens of barbers. Some tell me starting tomorrow morning. Well, welcome back. Reporter this is the barbara collective in San Francisco. Barbers are renting space at this venue, normally reserved for food truck vendors. It felt good to actually run clippers through hair and just seeing the hair on the ground, us as barbers always say hair on the ground, money in our pockets. Reporter its the First Time Since the shutdown that hes clipping here. He will be joined by dozens of other barbers in this outdoor space from the collective officially opens wednesday. We are just ready to take the