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
Workers, it got a lot of exposure. There was a really great piece on healthcare workers, transporters and environmental services, people who do not like doctors and nurses necessarily, i wonder to what degree these narratives are reaching people who are not already aware. I feel very frustrated about a number of people. It is not that i am a show off or want to be a center of attention, but i dont feel a sense of a platform and sense of people interacting with me right now. And there is a way in which. The people in south carolina, to gather the most important purposes. And and early on, the earliest people to strike, amazon retaliated, the cold wave of companies retaliating. And and amazon is one of the most prominent, stamped down on worker organizing. The attorney general getting investigated, he is nationwide, entirely done online. And it is attracting a very interesting diverse mix of workers which amazon has, ages and skin color and Different National backgrounds and everything a
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Welcome to book tv in depth this is especially or fiction on indepth and last month was David Ignatius who writes about the cia. This month we have Colson Whitehead is our guest his most recent book is the underground railroad. What is the appropriate response mr. Whitehead when your books are praised by the president obama and ohio oprah and the National Book award . It takes the pain away. [laughter] this book has taken off in a way that is unexpected and wonderfu wonderful. So i think my lucky stars i sleep a little better, a better mood generally, and try to enjoy it despite my best efforts. Why does it put you in a better mood . I have been writing 20 something years doing fiction 20 years. And no one particularly cares. So i have the pride of thinking i did a good job with the book and the bonus of other people to see that as well. Host your first book was about elevator repair people. How do you sell a book like that quick. Exactly. So when i send it to my agent with the concept
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