Please join me in giving him a huge round of applause while they comes out and talks about his book. [applause] thanks. Thanks to come out of retirement for this event. And thank you all for being here. Thanks to skylight so much for having me. I moved to l. A. A little over a year ago, and people dont know right away this was a bookstore you have to come to. So here i am. So thanks for being here with me. I think what im going to do is im going to read just a little excerpt from the first chapter, the opening of the first chapter, which is a first part that i wrote for this book. It was a sort of seemed that sets the stage for the rest of the book. So im just goingng to read a short excerpt from that, at that im going to talk a little bit about just the book itself, the themes behind the book, how it came to ride, why i wanted to write it. And then ill read another little short excerpt. I promise they are very short. And then we will have audience q a. So the name of this book is an a
He lives in los angeles. Please join here and giving him a huge round of applause while he comes out and and then talks about his book. Thanks, ali. Thanks for coming out of retirement for this event. And thank you all for being here. Thanks to skylight so much having me i moved to l. A. A little over a year ago and you know, people me right away. This was the bookstore you got to come to. So here i so thanks for being here with me. I think what im to do is im going to read just a little excerpt from the first chapter, the opening the first chapter, which is the first part that i wrote for this book was a sort of the scene that sets the stage the rest of the book. So im going to read a short excerpt that, and then im going to talk a little bit about just the book itself, themes behind the book, how i came to write it, why i wanted to write it, and then ill read another little short. I promised the red shorts and. Then well yeah, have audience q a. All right, lets get it. So the name of
He lives in los angeles. Please join here and giving him a huge round of applause while he comes out and and then talks about his book. Thanks, ali. Thanks for coming out of retirement for this event. And thank you all for being here. Thanks to skylight so much having me i moved to l. A. A little over a year ago and you know, people me right away. This was the bookstore you got to come to. So here i so thanks for being here with me. I think what im to do is im going to read just a little excerpt from the first chapter, the opening the first chapter, which is the first part that i wrote for this book was a sort of the scene that sets the stage the rest of the book. So im going to read a short excerpt that, and then im going to talk a little bit about just the book itself, themes behind the book, how i came to write it, why i wanted to write it, and then ill read another little short. I promised the red shorts and. Then well yeah, have audience q a. All right, lets get it. So the name of
And im richard lui, in for frances rivera. We begin today with tragedy out of new york city. 12 people dead including several children after a massive fire ripped through a five story Apartment Building in the bronx. Four others were critically injured. Now fighting for their lives. Authorities now say this is the citys worst fire in terms of loss of life in a quarter century. Heres nbc new yorks ray have i era with the latest. Reporter when firefighters arrived around 7 00 thursday night, they were met with a chaotic scene near prospect avenue. Nearly a dozen people on the fire scape and when they worked their way inside they were met with heartache, people dead inside, several units including a person found dead inside the bathtub. While its too early to tell what the cause of this fire is, the heart break is starting to set in. The fire started on the first floor and Authorities Say it worked its way up like a chimney to all five floors, killing 12 people in its path. The youngest o
And im richard lui, in for frances rivera. We begin today with tragedy out of new york city. 12 people dead including several children after a massive fire ripped through a five story Apartment Building in the bronx. Four others were critically injured. Now fighting for their lives. Authorities now say this is the citys worst fire in terms of loss of life in a quarter century. Heres nbc new yorks ray have i era with the latest. Reporter when firefighters arrived around 7 00 thursday night, they were met with a chaotic scene near prospect avenue. Nearly a dozen people on the fire scape and when they worked their way inside they were met with heartache, people dead inside, several units including a person found dead inside the bathtub. While its too early to tell what the cause of this fire is, the heart break is starting to set in. The fire started on the first floor and Authorities Say it worked its way up like a chimney to all five floors, killing 12 people in its path. The youngest v