And now the hbo original series real time with Bill Maher start the clock i, everybody. How are you doing . Hi thank you. People thank you. How are you everybody hi. Thank you. Hi all right. I know. Exciting time of year. Thank you very much. Youre very kind okay. Sit down. We got a big show. Theres a lot to talk about. Election is only two months away. And of course, happens every time. Its tied does it even matter who runs . Every year we do this its tied. It always comes down to a few thousand people in three states who cant make up their mind between two items on the menu You Know the best thing, the best thing about living in california is that were not a swing state. So they leave us alone really . I mean all year in l. A. , i think ive seen one Trump Sign and Scott Baio was sleeping under it just a joke. We can all in good fun. No, we have we have much bigger problems out here. It was 104 today. Here it was 118 in the valley. Oh, i was sweating like j. D. Vance in a donut shop.
Traveling with the trump campaign and this is cnn tonight. And now the hbo original series real time with bill maher start the clock i, everybody. How you doing? hi thank you. People thank you. How are you everybody hi. Thank you. Hi. All right i know exciting time of year. Thank you very much. You re very kind. Okay. Sit down. We got a big show. There s a lot to talk about. The election is only two months away. And, of course happens every time it s tied does it even matter who runs? every year? we do this. It s tied. It always comes down to a few thousand people in three states who can t make up their mind between two items on the menu you know the best thing, the best thing about living in california is that we re not a swing state. So they leave us alone. Really? i mean all year in l. A. , i think i ve seen one trump sign and scott baio was sleeping under it just a joke. We kid all in good fun. No, we have we have much bigger problems out here. It was 104 today. Here. It was 118 in
Youre welcome to our event series. Before i start, i want to mention real quick, if you have questions tonight, you ask us in the chat box or comments on the youtube page, and well get to as many as we can. If youre interested in purchasing the book, and i hope that you do, you can find it at most major retailers, but we like to point people toward bookshop. Org where you can find just about any book youre looking for and support independent booksellers across the country. Again, thats bookshop. Org. Please give them a look. I mentioned to someone the other day that i was reading the senates words in preparation for the event tonight, and they said, oh, thats the new faulkner biography. I said, well, you got the faulkner part right. The best way i can describe this book is equal parts. Literary history, social commentary and literary criticism. I think it will band to either of those subjects. What the book really did for me was force me to give serious thought on where faulkner stands
Preparation for the event tonight and they said that is the new faulkner biography. I said well, you got the faulkner part right. The best way i can describe this book is equal parts military history, social commentary, and literary criticism. And i think it will appeal equally to fans of any of those subjects. What the book really did for me is force me to give some serious thought to where faulkner stands at a time when we are asking ourselves some difficult and longoverdue questions about our countrys historic difficulties when it comes to matters of race. Was he something of a pioneer on those issues or was he or another white writer profiting off of racist caricatures of black americans . Dr. Michael gorra, as you might imagine, has some thoughts on that. He is a professor of English Literature at Smith College in massachusetts. He is the author of several books including portrait of a novel, the making of an american masterpiece, which was a finalist for the pool surprise and bio
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