Welcome. We are virtual at the book shop. Its good to be here. To our audience. We want to let them know. For those o you have that have not got connors book. I dont think w have ever talked about getting some signed book rights. Welcome everybody. I will introduc maries. And he was born and raised in new orleans. He published his debut novel we cast a shadow in 2019 and it w a finalist for the pen open book awards. The first novel of prize. An asstant professor of creative writing and he is also the 20202021 writer and resident. With the university of mississippi. Welcome back to the Garden District bookshop. It is my honor to introduce our author today. Here is connor town oneil. Connor towne oneill. He works as a producer on the npr podcast. He now lives in tuscan alabama. Congratulations connor. We cant wait to hear more about it. For this portion i know you are interested in reading some of the work that are gathered here today. I will just sit here at the outset. Deftly get your
Authors. And then to be simply made of the intensity of an audience in a Community Like ours with the killing of george floyd it is challenging and introspective and quiet and devastating i was always aware my value is determined by my skin color first and foremost. A poet and essayist a professor of poetry at yale and we find her in her home in connecticut. I really miss talking to you in front of a Live Audience im glad we can make this work but i have to say i will miss that. So thank you and welcome. Thank you for having me. Before the pandemic that you would imagine you would be traveling and talking about this book in front of Live Audiences . I thought as close as i could come to have conversations with different people across the country and try to make that happen this is the next best thing. And to speak to a wide range of people before the election to think how we managed to get ourselves where we are. The things that i say about doing these conversations on the stage is tha
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And this is allen to 0, and these are the top stories. Law school says ukrainian missiles of target, its black, see fleet headquarters in the crime in peninsula it said Russian Air Defense system to shut down 5 minutes. Silas, during the attack and semester paul, but black smoke has been seen building from the base. Pardon me, is russian back governor has urged civilians to remain indoors and stay away from the city center until further notice. The same astronomy is monitoring the situation from the ukrainian capital keith, the ukraines military has confirmed the details. Weve been reporting for the last few hours. Multiple missiles fired at the crime in peninsula multiple explosions reported from those missing strikes. Now it seems to be primarily targeting the headquarters of the black squeeze the black sea fleets. Other locations were also hit at least 4 on the peninsula itself. And were hearing unconfirmed reports of casualties at the headquarters of the blacks, the suite number an