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
Please give them a look. I mentioned to some of the other day, i was reading the words in preparation for tonight and thats the new faulkner biography. You have the faux fur part right. The best way i could describe this book is equal parts. Military history social commentary and literary criticism. I think all appear equally to fans many of those subjects. What the book really did for me, was forced me to get some serious thought to his fans where at the time we are asking ourselves difficult questions about our countrys history on issues of race. Was he a pioneer it was another white wire that was profiting off of the characters of black americans. Is a professor englishman literature at Smith College in massachusetts sits which was a finalist for the pulitzer prize. Is essays have come up in the New York Times book review. Thank you for joining us tonight. Thank you very much for having me. I want to thank the library for hosting and my friends that live right for putting us togethe
Together with other leaders. You know, the president talked about his thoughts on climate. The hosts the talking climate. What chance is there though, of any Real Movement toward Climate Action here . Well, Climate Change is a very important topic was on top of the agenda today. And its of course, very important from the european perspective. The leaders today talked about how important it is to reduce emissions, to use green energy and to choose economic models that are not only standing for growth, but also are sustainable is so great a word. So we can say, however, in the past, it was always difficult to find in the agreement here, and this was because of the lack of leadership. So now i think many leaders hope that it can change when, when they will Work Together with president elect joe biden. The other big topic was, of course, the same pandemic, particularly distribution of a vaccine. Have any agreements, any decisions been might well, we expect expect their leaders to sign a jo
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