Wendell pierce, welcome. Thank you so nice to meet you, an honor to meet you. The honor is mine. And i must say, i love this book, and what i loved about it, i love many things about it, but i loved about it the most, was that it read like fiction even though its nonfiction. Its such a literary, memoir. Youve written books before, or not . No, this is my first book. What a debut, then thank you, thank you. Im from new orleans, so the characters of my life and my family and my community, you couldnt even find them in fiction, so right, not credible as fiction, not believable not credible as fiction it was, something that was, very special to me, in a shapshot [evan] intensely personal. Intensely personal. More personal than anything ive ever done before. People say that film lasts forever, but i feel as though to actually put it down on paper in a book is something thats going to be even more lasting. Now, you have an event that is the catalyst for this book, the katrina hurricane, whic
Now actor and producer Wendell Pierce will talk about his family and their new orleans neighborhood followed by hurricane katrina. His book is, the wind and the reefs. He reefs. He speaks of the 27th annual southern festival of books. Hello, welcome. This is the southern festival of books session on the wind and the reefs with the author Wendell Pierce. We will be ready to begin. Just a bit of housekeeping. First of all welcome to the National Public library and thank you for so much for hosting the southern festival of books and being one of the hosts. I appreciate it. Please know that this festival depends on individual donations, among other sources to remain free to the public. Please consider donating at any level that is comfortable to you. You can donate via the humanities tennessee website, the app, the facebook page, or in person at page, or in person at the headquarters of the festival throughout the weekend. The format of the session will be essentially conversational, mr. P
So let me say thats he has said the mass media and at one point i wanted to volunteer but my own book was too demanding not to give it all away but the title of my book, a first of all, let me say to say he is the poet and i am a poet and i could not imagine that could be true he is a very astute historian you can call its historical gossip then there is a banquet and a look came over his face and said actually it is quite common after each of the shootings there ribby parties and gatherings for the shooters and then later found out that my grandfather was present at one bank went and then another one. Thank you very much. [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] hello this is the session for it the wind in the reeds by Wendell Pierce just fill little bit of housekeeping. Welcome to the National Public Library Thanks for hosting the southern festival of the book. Please note that this festival depends on individual donations to remain free to the public. Please consider dona
This is over. applause Wendell Pierce, welcome. Thank you so nice to meet you, an honor to meet you. The honor is mine. And i must say, i love this book, and what i loved about it, i love many things about it, but i loved about it the most, was that it read like fiction even though its nonfiction. Its such a literary, memoir. Youve written books before, or not . No, this is my first book. What a debut, then thank you, thank you. Im from new orleans, so the characters of my life and my family and my community, you couldnt even find them in fiction, so right, not credible as fiction, not believable not credible as fiction it was, something that was, very special to me, in a shapshot [evan] intensely personal. Intensely personal. More personal than anything ive ever done before. People say that film lasts forever, but i feel as though to actually put it down on paper in a book is something thats going to be even more lasting. Now, you have an event that is the catalyst for this book, the
applause Wendell Pierce, welcome. Thank you so nice to meet you, an honor to meet you. The honor is mine. And i must say, i love this book, and what i loved about it, i love many things about it, but i loved about it the most, was that it read like fiction even though its nonfiction. Its such a literary, memoir. Youve written books before, or not . No, this is my first book. What a debut, then thank you, thank you. Im from new orleans, so the characters of my life and my family and my community, you couldnt even find them in fiction, so right, not credible as fiction, not believable not credible as fiction it was, something that was, very special to me, in a shapshot [evan] intensely personal. Intensely personal. More personal than anything ive ever done before. People say that film lasts forever, but i feel as though to actually put it down on paper in a book is something thats going to be even more lasting. Now, you have an event that is the catalyst for this book, the katrina hurric