Welcome to booktvs fiction edition. Youve written 50 fiction books. Lets start with devil in a blue dress, the book that launched a series who is easy rawlins . Guest a kind of every man for the black community in the middle of the twentieth century. His whole view of himself has changed. He came back to southern texas and realized he could no longer live there because of what he has learned and he and thousands of others, from texas and louisiana moved to los angeles. What we do is follow him as a kind of unofficial detective. What he does is reveals what life was like in parts of los angeles that havent been talked about. Host how did you come up with the name . Guest i was writing a story and there was a voice speaking firstperson talking about a party he was given and how he was trying to raise money to pay his rent and a woman he was in love with who was in love with another guy and mouse comes in and looks at the person who is talking and says hey, e the, how are you doing . That
Library. The freight introduce our wonderful contestants, i want to highlight the amazing events coming up the season. Tomorrow we have poets Jeanette Smith joined with friends, from the radio new collection of poems. On valentines day, the largest public event Series Library after hours, the citys most serrated real happy hour read there will be poetry readings and interactive collections featuring the print picture collection and more summary yourself and deliver a friend you want to turn to a lover,. [laughter]. Tour special edition of library after hours. In february 25th, we have two leading negotiators of the human agreement it will join the organizer and present options that government corporations and individuals and take regarding climate disaster. So this treatments just this month, are amazing season also includes a tribute to Tony Morrisons beloved in partnership with us on center. In the discussion with michael and writers reflecting on landmark cases. We have talked with
Featuring dennis baron and conversation they are here to discuss dennis new book, what your pronoun. The book is going to be for purchase outside after the program and dennis will be signing books. All proceeds from your purchase will go to benefit the new york Public Library. Before i introduce our wonderful discussion i want to highlight some of the amazingou events we have coming up this season. Tomorrowng we have poets joins with friends to read from their brilliant new collection of poems. On valentines day, we have our largest public event Series Library after hours the citys most cerebral happyci hour. [laughter] therapy poetry readings, trivia and interactive collections displayed with picture collection and more. Bring yourself, bring a lover, bring a friend you want to turn into a lever. [laughter] to our special edition of library after hours. On favorite 25th, we have two leading negotiators of the un Paris Agreement will join organizer to present options that government, c
Its like daycare. And well get the signing set up right here. Booktv continue us now on cspan2. Television for serious readers. Saeed jones, some stories need to bullet is that a story . Guest absolutely. The earliest seeds of the book i actually started writing a week after the events that inspired it. New years, 2008 and as a college student. Went to a party in phoenix, arizona, and met a beautiful man, went home with him, started having sex, and he had what i can only describe as a true crisis of masculinity, and went from immediately like in the middle of having sex trying to kill me, and we basically just wrestled until he passed out. We were both so drunk and i escaped, and i went back to school, and literally within day is started writing out what became that chapter of the book. Writing was how i processed, regained control, regained an understand offering what had happened, why i had made it to that room and made it out, and it did save my life, and so that has always been an
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