At the mississippi book festival in jackson to talk about literacy and american libraries. [inaudible conversations] good morning everyone. Welcome to the third mississippi book festival. In the Mississippi Department of archives and history. Ive been asked to remind everyone that you are more than welcome to take photographs, post to social media, and the hash tag is literarylongparty. This is the conversation with the library of Congress Panel sponsored by the Mississippi Humanities Council and friends of the library. Mississippi is fortunate to have so strong a supporter as its literature, music and art as congressman greg harper. Now in his fifth term in the United States house of representatives, congressman harper chairs the committee on House Administration and serves on the House Committee on energy and commerce, the joint committee on printing and perhaps most pertinently for us here today, as the chair of the joint committee of the library of congress. Here is congressman gre
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Ill never forget when jimmy called my agent about this gig. My agent said theres no way in hell adam driver will do this, but i also represent sean hayes. And i want to take a second to say hi to my husband whos back at home supporting me right now. Hi, scotty, i love you. And if you even think about touching the horse puzzle without me, ill suffocate you in your sleep. Now that were all having fun, im going to tell you something that will ruin your month. It turns out that coronavirus might be spread through air conditioning. Experts say ac can spread coronavirus by creating strong air currents that can move the droplets and contribute to increased risk. This is why i stay cool the Old Fashioned way, by getting drunk and falling down a well. Wow, remember 2019 when air conditioners were only killing us by melting polar ice caps and falling out of apartment windows . That was quaint, wasnt it . Remember that . I will say this, if giant windblowing fans are to blame, we may need to quar
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