Welcome. We are virtual at the book shop. Its good to be here. To our audience. We want to let them know. For those o you have that have not got connors book. I dont think w have ever talked about getting some signed book rights. Welcome everybody. I will introduc maries. And he was born and raised in new orleans. He published his debut novel we cast a shadow in 2019 and it w a finalist for the pen open book awards. The first novel of prize. An asstant professor of creative writing and he is also the 20202021 writer and resident. With the university of mississippi. Welcome back to the Garden District bookshop. It is my honor to introduce our author today. Here is connor town oneil. Connor towne oneill. He works as a producer on the npr podcast. He now lives in tuscan alabama. Congratulations connor. We cant wait to hear more about it. For this portion i know you are interested in reading some of the work that are gathered here today. I will just sit here at the outset. Deftly get your
And is it time for a change in algeria polls have just opened in a referendum to rewrite the constitution. We begin in hong kong where 7 prodemocracy politicians have been arrested on charges related to a Legislative Council meeting more than 5 months ago the group is accused of contempt and obstructing a session police have not ruled out making more arrests devika pollen is live for us down hong kong d. V. S. These are politicians not protest is remind us of the background to this the meeting that say its all of these events in motion. Why apologies we seem to have lost their we will try and bring her back if we can. To get a little more on that story about those arrests in hong kong for now though lets move on at least 4 people have been killed in super typhoon gorney one of the most powerful this year hits the east and philippines. It crossed the coast with catastrophic li violent winds gusting up to 280 kilometers an hour about a 1000000 people have been moved from its path the pow
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Asteroid more than 320000000 kilometers from mars. There are reports of gunshots in africas most populous city lagos says authorities tried to break up protests people were rallying in defiance of a 24 hour curfew that came into effect just hours earlier the restrictions were implemented after anti police for taliban protests turned violent with antiviolence squads the ploy to nationwide well about 20000000. 00 people across the commercial hub of lagos and the surrounding areas will be subject to the curfew only essential workers will be allowed to leave their homes the state over a key tea has also moved into 24 hour curfew the protests followed the release of a video on social media on october 3rd of a. Nice officer from the now the span that special anti robbery squad or sars shooting a young man on the stand her National Says at least 15 people have died including 2 Police Officers since the protests began a common interest reports now from the capital abuja. Just hours after a cur
A monument cost comments on islam also this hour libya is set to resume Oil Production after an 8th month located by forces loyal to wall otani fuck off tom and a 3rd attempt to uphold a cease fire between armenia and azerbaijan the us urges both sides to respect the latest troops. Im going to go with all the dates for the Los Angeles Dodgers take a new base pairs world series to move to within one win of their 1st championship since 1988. Thank you very much for joining us corona virus cases are rising sharply across europe with several countries reporting record numbers of new infections on sunday france announced more than 50000 new cases for the 1st time italy and spain are struggling with a 2nd wave. While hopes for a vaccine are growing in the u. K. The British Health secretary says the government is preparing for a mass rollout in the 1st half of next year but in the us the Trump Administration has been accused of giving up the fight against covert 19 white house chief of staff