In this room in one sense by the presence of pat oliphant. So please greet pat. But even more by the work of pat which yowull see on the screen. The culture he reptde esreprese highly specific. Daily perspective over the course of more than 60 years as a cartoonist, producing more than 10,000 individual cartoons, five days a week for the denver post, for several years, for the washington star for several years, and then along the way, pat oliphant became the first 20th century cartoonist to work independently of any newspaper. Thats how popular his work was, and it was syndicated through newspapers all across the country, out of his studio. So a specific daily comments on events as they were occurring, far from being balanced, they were opinion atded. That was part of their virtue. And obviously, not so much in words, although there are words, but especially in pictures and the work of the art of pat oliphant not just confined to cartoons but also to paintings and sculpture. Before i i
Her work has been published in rolling stone, the guardian, long reads, and the New York Times style magazine. And include in the best american essays 2016. She is the recipient of two push prices and Elizabeth George foundation grant, and fellowships from the mcdowell, the kenyon review and the Wisconsin Institute for creative writing. She lives in miami beach with herer partner. Please give a warm savannah welcome to jaquira diaz. [applause] thank you so much. Im so happy too be here and its wonderful to see all you book levers here, and thank you, savannah, for your southern hospitality. I also want to thank the savannah book festival and everyone who made thisnk event possible, including sponsors, booksellers. Lets give it up for the indie book sellers in the room. [applause] i love you all. Thank you for all that you do for loving books, for championing writers, for supporting ordinary girls. Because of you im here, so thank you. I want to open with just a little piece that opens
Once again this morning, for medical professionals we will use 202 7488002. If you would like to text us, that is 202 7488003. Just make sure that you include your name and where you are texting from. On twitter we are at cspan wj. You can also post your comments on facebook. You may have seen a moment ago the tracker that we are following, the johns Hop University tractor, cases at 609,000. Confirmed deaths, 26,059. Worldwide cases are just about 2 million now. The number that you see here, 7905 deaths in new york city, Scott Gottlieb tweeting this morning about that with a chart saying that the positivity rates of new daily tests in new york are showing signs of a gradual decline, but still very high. This is one data point to watch to gauge the direction of the new york epidemic. A different with story, the New York Times, reporting that a review among passedk city deaths has 10,000, new york city, already a world epicenter of the coronavirus out rake, sharply increasing its death t
And it is spreading faster than the coronavirus itself. This morning the el bump made it to the view. Jimmy kimmel is proposing an alternative to a handshake that hes calling the el bump. Apparently this is what it is, im going to try it out on you. Theres, okay. Hi. You know what, after all this time, howie mandel is a genius. Jimmy thats right, he is a genius. He does the mandel bump is his thing. But the governor of nebraska posted this on twitter. Hes doing the el bump with his fellow man. And this is shocking to me, even the vice poodle of the United States is doing the el bump today. Look at this. Here he is coming off air force two. And there you go. Thats, i hope he hasnt been watching the show. The best part of the el bump is you dont need a face mask, not that you can find a face mask, theres a shortage right now of those face masks even though they dont really help prevent the coronavirus, people have been hoarding them, which puts doctors and nurses and people in hospitals
Your question. Jacquira diaz is with us today courtesy of several members. Ms. Diaz was born in puerto rico her work has been published in rolling stones, the guardian, long reads. The New York Times out magazine. And included in the best american essays 2016. The recipient of two prizes and the elizabeth and George Foundation George Foundation grant and fellowship from the mcdowell colony. And the Wisconsin Institute for creative writing. She lives in miami beach with her partner please give a warm savanna welcome to jacquira diaz. Thank you so much. I am so happy to be here and its wonderful to see all of you book lovers here. And thank you savanna for your southern hospitality. I also want to thank the savanna book festival and everyone who made this event possible lets give it up to the indie booksellers in the room. I love you all. Thank you for all that you do for loving books and championing writers. Because of you im here. Thank you. I want to open with a just the just a little