Your books are praised by oprah, president obama and you win the poets with the National Book award, what is the appropriate response . Before we take the pain away, this book is taken off and away unexpected and startling and wonderful and i thank my lucky stars and they sleep a little better and that her mood generally and try to enjoy despite my best efforts. What is up doing a better mood. I been writing for 20 something years doing fiction for 20 something years temperature write a book and people to get and no one typically cares and it disappears so i had the pride and think it i did a good job from the book and the bonus of other people reading it as well. Host your first book was about elevator repairs, people, how do you sell a book like that. Guest exactly. With that book i wrote a description and i said to my agent you dig in the concept of elevators inspectors or you dont. Youre either along for the ride in the description or not indefinitely when i was writing it was my s
Washington post columnist, thriller writer who writes about the cia and such. This month, Pulitzer Prize winning author, Colson Whitehead as our guest. His most recent book is the under ground railroad. Mr. Whitehead, whats the appropriate response new book is appraised by oprah, president obama, you won the National Book award, what is the appropriate response . If only it took the pain aw away. [laughter] has taken off in a way thats unexpected and startling and wonderful. Just try to enjoy it despite my best efforts. Why does it put you in a better mood . Ive been writing for 20 something years doing fiction 20 some years, sometimes we write a book and people dig it and understand it sometimes write a book and no one cares and its sort of disappears so i have the pride the job i did with the book. Either you dig the groups of two prospectors or you dont and so you are either along for the ride description or not. Definitely when i was writing was my second attempt at a novel. My fir
On the firefight from cal fire in just a few minutes, but this is what we know right now. Overnight, the fog and cooler temps did help firefighters make progress. The fire only burned another couple thousand acres overnight and stands at 79,000 acres and containment up slightly at 17 . We start with the scu complex fire raging across five separate counties, including santa clara, alameda and contra costa counties. 3363 acres burned. 15 contained. 20,000 homes threatened. The lnu fire is the deadliest of the three. Sadly, five people have died. Its on the western side of Sonoma County and over napa county and 27 contained, five deaths as we mentioned, the czu burning along the coast, one person has died, seven others are missing, but the containment, 17 , and were expecting an update in a few minutes. Who do you call when you need rescuing . In the north bay, henry 1, the helicopter operated by the Sonoma County sheriff. The mission saved firefighters surrounded by fire in almost comple
Destruction. In other parts of the bay area, relief. Evacuees being allowed to return home. Also total honesty is what we as citizens deserve from our president. Whether you like it or not, you always know what hes thinking. First Lady Melania Trump takes her message to the american people. A rare Public Comment about her husband. We begin tonight with the firefight. A lot of moving parts here, and that includes thousands of people and firefighters. Those firefighters making progress on the front lines. The lnu complex fire in the north bay, 27 contained. The scu complex burning in the south bay and east bay, 20 contained. In the Santa Cruz Mountains, the czu complex fire, 19 contained. Also tonight, many people now realizing their homes have been destroyed. We have team cove scotts valley. Ian. Reporter yeah, and, you know, i talked to a lot of evacuees tonight and theres this sense of anxiousness as they watch and wait for word from the cal fire chiefs here. And tonight as the fire c