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The selection and presentation of library of congress for fiction is one of my favorite responsibilities the product is this Great Institution an opportunity to honor the novelist for short story writers to interview books from the most recent novels and short story collections past prizewinners include luminaries Toni Morrison it is my distinct honor and pleasure to award the prize this year to one of our nations most gifted writers someone Time Magazine the longest largest recipient and only one of four writers in history to receive the Pulitzer Prize for fiction twice i am talking about none other than none other than colson whitehea whiteheads most recent novel, the nickel boys won this years pulitzer as did his 2016 novel the underground railroad. Colson has an extraordinary ability to write about historical events and transform them into meaningful events of today the rewriter of literary fiction whose works are best sellers a testament to his talent to communicate to everyone wh
They know nothing theyre hanging on every word from Speaker Pelosi or secretary mnuchin, watching Mitch Mcconnells body language. We need to know if cash strapped states and Small Businesses will get the help they need but the stock markets already made up its mind it doesnt matter. Thats how we can some solid action today nasdaq soaring, 1. 42 hall hey lielujah were starting to hear about huge layoffs, okay disney, smaller ones at goldman sachs. Possible avalanche of firings at the airlines these people are losing their jobses through no fault of their own, and i hope the government can get its act together to help them, because its the right thing to do. The broader economy needs a stimulus package, America Needs a stimulus package but the market, oh, man, the market doesnt see a recession it seems a secular boom in Certain Industries i know this because were starting to get earnings from defensive companies that would normally give shareholders huge windfalls. But theyre greeted wit
Measurable ways when they go to the doctor. Amy hollyfield is live for us in walnut creek without people there coping with more bad air. Amy . Hi, reggie. I just checked the air quality here in walnut creek and its hovering the aqi is hovering around that 150 point and thats right where it is unsafe for everybody not just for people in the vulnerable category. We will see another day like this one. Heres video of the air yesterday where that smoke and inhaling it is bad and this air is just terrible for us. And medical centers around the bay area say they are seeing an uptick in patients, many with smokerelated issues. Were definitely seeing over the last week the chest pains, the shortness of breath, asthma. We would call it bronco spasm and palpitations and certainly the headaches. We do see some people out and bout, of course. Many of them saying they just Health Officials say you should not exercise, though, outthese. Do that indoors. Its just too dangerous to be breathing that hea