1 00:00:04,833 --> 00:00:10,400 ♪ 2 00:00:05,000 --> 00:00:12,033 ♪ 3 00:00:10,400 --> 00:00:14,033 >> Renee: THE 40TH ANNUAL 4 00:00:12,033 --> 00:00:15,466 KENTUCKY BOOK FESTIVAL RETURNS 5 00:00:14,033 --> 00:00:16,933 TO LEXINGTON THIS NOVEMBER WITH 6 00:00:15,466 --> 00:00:19,400 EVENTS SCHEDULED THE FIRST WEEK 7 00:00:16,933 --> 00:00:20,666 AND A SATURDAY EVENT THAT 8 00:00:19,400 --> 00:00:22,233 FEATURES 140 AUTHORS. 9 00:00:20,666 --> 00:00:24,633 WE HAVE GOT THREE OF THEM HERE 10 00:00:22,233 --> 00:00:26,866 WITH US. 11 00:00:24,633 --> 00:00:28,633 SILAS HOUSE, GWENDA BOND, JULIAN 12 00:00:26,866 --> 00:00:30,733 THOMAS. 13 00:00:28,633 --> 00:00:30,733 THAT'S NOW ON "CONNECTIONS"! 14 00:00:40,366 --> 00:00:41,833 THANK YOU FOR JOINING US FOR 15 00:00:40,900 --> 00:00:42,666 "CONNECTIONS" TODAY. 16 00:00:41,833 --> 00:00:44,200 I'M RENEE SHAW. 17 00:00:42,666 --> 00:00:45,600 THE KENTUCKY BOOK FESTIVAL IS A 18 00:00:44,200 --> 00:00:47,800 PROGRAM OF THE KENTUCKY 19 00:00:45,600 --> 00:00:48,700 HUMANITIES THAT CELEBRATES 20 00:00:47,800 --> 00:00:50,966 LITERARY LUMINARYS AND THEIR 21 00:00:48,700 --> 00:00:53,066 WORK AND BRINGS IN TOP-TIER 22 00:00:50,966 --> 00:00:53,833 WRITERS FROM ACROSS THE NATION 23 00:00:53,066 --> 00:00:55,166 TO SECT REARS AND PROVIDE NEW 24 00:00:53,833 --> 00:00:55,700 OPPORTUNITIES TO LEARN ABOUT 25 00:00:55,166 --> 00:00:58,233 WRITING. 26 00:00:55,700 --> 00:00:59,733 IT IS THE FIRST AND LARGEST BOOK 27 00:00:58,233 --> 00:01:02,000 FESTIVAL THAT THIS YEAR, WILL 28 00:00:59,733 --> 00:01:03,166 FEATURE A MIX OF VIRTUAL AND 29 00:01:02,000 --> 00:01:05,066 IN-PERSON EVENTS OVER THE COURSE 30 00:01:03,166 --> 00:01:05,300 OF THE WEEK BEGINNING NOVEMBER 31 00:01:05,066 --> 00:01:07,500 1. 32 00:01:05,300 --> 00:01:09,800 AND WE'RE GLAD TO HAVE WITH US, 33 00:01:07,500 --> 00:01:11,366 THREE KENTUCKY LITERARY GIANT, 34 00:01:09,800 --> 00:01:13,633 SILAS HOUSE, NATIONAL BEST 35 00:01:11,366 --> 00:01:15,400 SELLING AUTHOR WITH SIX BOOKS. 36 00:01:13,633 --> 00:01:16,733 FORMER COMMENTATOR FOR NPR ALL 37 00:01:15,400 --> 00:01:18,566 THINGS CONSIDERED AND MEMBER OF 38 00:01:16,733 --> 00:01:20,866 THE FICTION FACULTY AT THE 39 00:01:18,566 --> 00:01:21,200 SPAULDING SCHOOL OF CREATIVE 40 00:01:20,866 --> 00:01:22,466 WRITING. 41 00:01:21,200 --> 00:01:24,700 GWENDA BOND, SHE WORKED FOR 42 00:01:22,466 --> 00:01:26,300 STATE GOVERNMENT FOR 17 YEARS. 43 00:01:24,700 --> 00:01:27,500 BY DAY, BUT BY NIGHT, SHE 44 00:01:26,300 --> 00:01:29,366 DREAMED OF BECOMING A WRITER AND 45 00:01:27,500 --> 00:01:34,000 AN AUTHOR AND TODAY, GWENDA BOND 46 00:01:29,366 --> 00:01:36,266 IS A BEST-SELLING AUTHOR FROM 47 00:01:34,000 --> 00:01:37,666 ROM-COM TO YOUNG ADULT FICTION 48 00:01:36,266 --> 00:01:38,333 TO THE FIRST OFFICIAL STRANGER 49 00:01:37,666 --> 00:01:39,766 THINGS NOVEL. 50 00:01:38,333 --> 00:01:41,233 SHE WRITES WITH STRONG FEMALE 51 00:01:39,766 --> 00:01:43,833 CHARACTERS AND ONE IS HERSELF. 52 00:01:41,233 --> 00:01:45,666 AND JOINING US BY SKYPE IS 53 00:01:43,833 --> 00:01:48,166 JULIAN THOMAS, AN AUTHOR WHOSE 54 00:01:45,666 --> 00:01:49,300 SPECIALTY IS GRAPHIC NOVELS AND 55 00:01:48,166 --> 00:01:50,500 RECENTLY CREATED HIS OWN 56 00:01:49,300 --> 00:01:52,033 PUBLISHING HOUSE THIS TEACHER 57 00:01:50,500 --> 00:01:53,033 AUTHOR AND CREATIVE DIRECTOR 58 00:01:52,033 --> 00:01:54,666 FROM LEXINGTON GOT HIS START 59 00:01:53,033 --> 00:01:56,466 PRINTING AND PASSING OUT PACKETS 60 00:01:54,666 --> 00:01:58,266 OF POEMS HE AUTHORED TO HIS 61 00:01:56,466 --> 00:02:00,500 FELLOW MIDDLE SCHOOL STUDENTS. 62 00:01:58,266 --> 00:02:02,666 THE FORMER RAPPER GAVE UP THAT 63 00:02:00,500 --> 00:02:05,100 PURSUIT A FEW YEAR AGO TO CREATE 64 00:02:02,666 --> 00:02:06,533 A GRAPHIC NOVEL AND WE'RE SO 65 00:02:05,100 --> 00:02:07,966 GLAD TO HAVE ALL OF YOU WITH US. 66 00:02:06,533 --> 00:02:08,266 SOME OF NEW PERSON AND EVEN 67 00:02:07,966 --> 00:02:09,800 SKYPE. 68 00:02:08,266 --> 00:02:11,233 WE USE THE TECHNOLOGY. 69 00:02:09,800 --> 00:02:12,600 SO, SILAS, I WANT TO START WITH 70 00:02:11,233 --> 00:02:12,966 YOU TALKING ABOUT THE BOOK 71 00:02:12,600 --> 00:02:15,166 FESTIVAL. 72 00:02:12,966 --> 00:02:17,000 WHY IS THIS SO SIGNIFICANT, CAN 73 00:02:15,166 --> 00:02:19,166 IN THE WAY IT BRINGS ALL -- 74 00:02:17,000 --> 00:02:20,633 TOGETHER ALL OF THESE GREAT 75 00:02:19,166 --> 00:02:22,033 LITERARY GIANTS? 76 00:02:20,633 --> 00:02:23,733 >> WELL, I THINK THAT WE'RE 77 00:02:22,033 --> 00:02:25,300 REALLY LUCKY IN KENTUCKY TO HAVE 78 00:02:23,733 --> 00:02:28,166 SUCH A GREAT COMMUNITY. 79 00:02:25,300 --> 00:02:30,766 NOT ALL PLACES HAVE THAT. 80 00:02:28,166 --> 00:02:33,300 WE REALLY ENCOURAGE EACH OTHER. 81 00:02:30,766 --> 00:02:35,600 IT IS SUCH A GENEROUS COMMUNITY. 82 00:02:33,300 --> 00:02:35,900 WE REALLY LIKE EACH OTHER, YOU 83 00:02:35,600 --> 00:02:38,033 KNOW. 84 00:02:35,900 --> 00:02:40,500 AND SO IT IS SORT OF LIKE A 85 00:02:38,033 --> 00:02:42,133 FAMILY REUNION EVERY TO SEE EACH 86 00:02:40,500 --> 00:02:45,866 OTHER AT THE BOOK FESTIVAL. 87 00:02:42,133 --> 00:02:47,866 AND ALSO, I HAVE BEEN DOING IT 88 00:02:45,866 --> 00:02:50,566 FOR ABOUT 20 YEARS AND THEY ARE 89 00:02:47,866 --> 00:02:51,366 STILL NOT ONLY THE WRITERS BUT 90 00:02:50,566 --> 00:02:52,766 THE PEOPLE -- THE READERS WHO 91 00:02:51,366 --> 00:02:54,500 HAVE COME, THEY HAVE BEEN COMING 92 00:02:52,766 --> 00:02:56,266 FOR YEARS AND YEARS AND SO YOU 93 00:02:54,500 --> 00:02:59,600 KNOW, YOU GET TO KNOW THEM TOO. 94 00:02:56,266 --> 00:03:00,266 SO I JUST LOVE THAT REUNION FEEL 95 00:02:59,600 --> 00:03:02,933 TO IT. 96 00:03:00,266 --> 00:03:05,733 IT FEELS REALLY DOWN HOME. 97 00:03:02,933 --> 00:03:07,700 IT FEELS VERY KENTUCKY. 98 00:03:05,733 --> 00:03:09,100 AND YOU KNOW, THERE WAS NOTHING 99 00:03:07,700 --> 00:03:10,300 BETTER TO ME THAN BEING IN A 100 00:03:09,100 --> 00:03:10,600 ROOM FULL OF PEOPLE WHO LOVE 101 00:03:10,300 --> 00:03:11,100 BOOKS. 102 00:03:10,600 --> 00:03:12,566 >> THAT'S RIGHT. 103 00:03:11,100 --> 00:03:15,633 >> AND FOR THE READERS TO BE 104 00:03:12,566 --> 00:03:16,566 ABLE TO MEET FOLKS LIKE YOU AND 105 00:03:15,633 --> 00:03:17,466 GWENDA AND JULIAN. 106 00:03:16,566 --> 00:03:18,800 PEOPLE THEY READ AND LEARN FROM 107 00:03:17,466 --> 00:03:20,433 AND INSPIRED BY. 108 00:03:18,800 --> 00:03:21,133 YOU KNOW, THAT'S A BIG TREAT FOR 109 00:03:20,433 --> 00:03:25,366 THEM AS WELL. 110 00:03:21,133 --> 00:03:27,766 >> WELL, ESPECIALLY AFTER WHAT, 111 00:03:25,366 --> 00:03:29,766 TWO YEARS, OF NOT REALLY BEING 112 00:03:27,766 --> 00:03:33,266 ABLE TO SEE EACH OTHER, READERS 113 00:03:29,766 --> 00:03:36,466 AND WRITERS, AND I MEAN, MOST 114 00:03:33,266 --> 00:03:37,800 WRITERS I KNOW ARE PRETTY INTRO 115 00:03:36,466 --> 00:03:38,666 VERTED EXCEPT WHEN IT COMES TO 116 00:03:37,800 --> 00:03:41,533 OUR READERS. 117 00:03:38,666 --> 00:03:42,566 I THINK MOST OF US REALLY WANT 118 00:03:41,533 --> 00:03:45,466 TO SEE THEM. 119 00:03:42,566 --> 00:03:46,666 AND SO I LOVE THAT ASPECT OF IT. 120 00:03:45,466 --> 00:03:48,266 >> GWENDA, FOR YOU, I MENTIONED 121 00:03:46,666 --> 00:03:49,633 THAT YOU HAD A LONG CAREER IN 122 00:03:48,266 --> 00:03:51,400 STATE GOVERNMENT AND TO MAKE 123 00:03:49,633 --> 00:03:53,200 THIS LEAP AND TO THE LITERARY 124 00:03:51,400 --> 00:03:55,033 WORLD, BUT YOU SEEM OF BE DOING 125 00:03:53,200 --> 00:03:55,533 REALLY WELL, LITERALLY REALLY 126 00:03:55,033 --> 00:03:56,033 WELL. 127 00:03:55,533 --> 00:03:57,600 [ LAUGHTER ] 128 00:03:56,033 --> 00:04:00,166 >> I GET TO DO MY DREAM JOB. 129 00:03:57,600 --> 00:04:02,666 AND I LIKED MY JOB BEFORE. 130 00:04:00,166 --> 00:04:03,900 SO I REALLY HAVE NO COMPLAINTS. 131 00:04:02,666 --> 00:04:04,866 >> YOU WERE A COMMUNICATIONS 132 00:04:03,900 --> 00:04:06,100 SPECIALIST SO THIS WAS KIND OF 133 00:04:04,866 --> 00:04:06,866 YOUR JAM. 134 00:04:06,100 --> 00:04:08,600 YOU RIGHT? 135 00:04:06,866 --> 00:04:09,833 I MEAN, YOU COULD PAR LAY, EVEN 136 00:04:08,600 --> 00:04:12,000 THOUGH YOU CAN'T DO FANTASY WHEN 137 00:04:09,833 --> 00:04:13,033 IT IS WORKING STATE GOVERNMENT 138 00:04:12,000 --> 00:04:14,666 AND COMMUNICATING FACTS. 139 00:04:13,033 --> 00:04:15,166 >> SOME PEOPLE WOULD SAY THAT. 140 00:04:14,666 --> 00:04:18,100 [ LAUGHTER ] 141 00:04:15,166 --> 00:04:19,900 >> SO HOW LIKE FREE DO YOU FEEL 142 00:04:18,100 --> 00:04:21,066 NOW, AND DOES THAT REALLY -- DO 143 00:04:19,900 --> 00:04:21,400 YOU CHANNEL THAT INTO YOUR 144 00:04:21,066 --> 00:04:24,900 WRITING? 145 00:04:21,400 --> 00:04:26,133 >> OH, ABSOLUTELY. 146 00:04:24,900 --> 00:04:27,600 AND I DO HAVE THE BLUE HAIR NOW 147 00:04:26,133 --> 00:04:28,933 WHICH I SAY THIS REMINDS ME 148 00:04:27,600 --> 00:04:31,233 EVERY MORNING WHEN I GET UP THAT 149 00:04:28,933 --> 00:04:31,533 I GET TO DO WRITING FOR A LIVING 150 00:04:31,233 --> 00:04:33,800 NOW. 151 00:04:31,533 --> 00:04:36,800 DON'T HAVE TO HAVE LIKE, SERIOUS 152 00:04:33,800 --> 00:04:38,533 STATE GOVERNMENT HAIR. 153 00:04:36,800 --> 00:04:40,166 AND, I DO FEEL VERY FREE. 154 00:04:38,533 --> 00:04:41,566 AND AS SILAS SAYS, WE HAVE THIS 155 00:04:40,166 --> 00:04:42,866 GREAT COMMUNITY HERE AND I'VE 156 00:04:41,566 --> 00:04:44,133 BEEN FREED UP TO HELP TO TRY TO 157 00:04:42,866 --> 00:04:45,666 BUILD ON THAT LITERARY COMMUNITY 158 00:04:44,133 --> 00:04:47,100 AND THAT IS SOMETHING THAT'S 159 00:04:45,666 --> 00:04:49,066 REALLY IMPORTANT TO ME. 160 00:04:47,100 --> 00:04:49,466 SO, I WANT US ALL TO BE 161 00:04:49,066 --> 00:04:49,800 SUCCESSFUL. 162 00:04:49,466 --> 00:04:51,600 >> YEAH. 163 00:04:49,800 --> 00:04:52,900 >> KENTUCKY IS WHERE IT IS AT. 164 00:04:51,600 --> 00:04:53,166 >> ABSOLUTELY, NO DOUBT ABOUT 165 00:04:52,900 --> 00:04:56,533 IT. 166 00:04:53,166 --> 00:04:58,766 >> AND YOU TWO OFFER -- DO YOU 167 00:04:56,533 --> 00:04:59,466 ALL TALK ABOUT LIKE, YOUR 168 00:04:58,766 --> 00:05:00,966 PERSPECTIVES AND HOW YOU 169 00:04:59,466 --> 00:05:02,666 APPROACH AND TRY TO PRESENT 170 00:05:00,966 --> 00:05:04,200 SERVE CULTURE, AND, YOU KNOW, 171 00:05:02,666 --> 00:05:06,866 ALL OF THAT KIND OF THING? 172 00:05:04,200 --> 00:05:07,233 >> WE'RE FROM NEIGHBORING 173 00:05:06,866 --> 00:05:08,633 COUNTIES. 174 00:05:07,233 --> 00:05:09,766 >> AND COULDN'T WRITE MORE 175 00:05:08,633 --> 00:05:10,933 DIFFERENT THINGS I THINK. 176 00:05:09,766 --> 00:05:13,166 >> THAT'S RIGHT, YEAH. 177 00:05:10,933 --> 00:05:13,433 >> WHICH IS WHAT IS COOL ABOUT 178 00:05:13,166 --> 00:05:15,000 IT. 179 00:05:13,433 --> 00:05:16,300 APPALACHIAN STORY TELLERS CAN 180 00:05:15,000 --> 00:05:16,733 TELL WHATEVER KIND OF STORIES 181 00:05:16,300 --> 00:05:17,866 THEY WANT. 182 00:05:16,733 --> 00:05:20,666 >> WITHOUT THE JUDGMENT, AND I 183 00:05:17,866 --> 00:05:21,233 LOVE WHAT YOU SAID ABOUT, YOU 184 00:05:20,666 --> 00:05:22,000 KNOW, COLLABORATION. 185 00:05:21,233 --> 00:05:23,966 LIKE, SOMETIMES YOU THINK PEOPLE 186 00:05:22,000 --> 00:05:27,466 WOULD BE COMPETITIVE, BUT, YOU 187 00:05:23,966 --> 00:05:28,266 REALLY LOOK AT THEM AS JUST LIKE 188 00:05:27,466 --> 00:05:28,700 YOUR KINDRED SPIRITS. 189 00:05:28,266 --> 00:05:30,466 >> ABSOLUTELY. 190 00:05:28,700 --> 00:05:32,300 THERE IS ONLY -- YOUR CAREER IS 191 00:05:30,466 --> 00:05:32,600 THE ONLY CAREER THAT YOU GET TO 192 00:05:32,300 --> 00:05:33,733 HAVE. 193 00:05:32,600 --> 00:05:34,933 YOU DON'T GET TO HAVE SOMEONE 194 00:05:33,733 --> 00:05:36,233 ELSE'S CAREER SO BEING 195 00:05:34,933 --> 00:05:37,200 COMPETITIVE WITH OTHER WRITERS 196 00:05:36,233 --> 00:05:38,933 IS REALLY DOESN'T MAKE ANY 197 00:05:37,200 --> 00:05:44,466 SENSE. 198 00:05:38,933 --> 00:05:45,533 >> YEA JULIAN THOMAS I WANT TO G 199 00:05:44,466 --> 00:05:46,766 YOU IN. 200 00:05:45,533 --> 00:05:47,766 YOU HAVE THIS NOVEL CALLED 201 00:05:46,766 --> 00:05:49,266 "BLACK HEART." 202 00:05:47,766 --> 00:05:50,900 AND IT IS LIKE, BAM, IN YOUR 203 00:05:49,266 --> 00:05:52,666 FACE! 204 00:05:50,900 --> 00:05:54,433 I MEAN, IT IS SO COLORFUL AND SO 205 00:05:52,666 --> 00:05:55,833 VIVID AND I'M JUST CURIOUS 206 00:05:54,433 --> 00:05:57,033 ABOUT, I KNOW YOU USED TO BE 207 00:05:55,833 --> 00:05:59,433 INTO, ALL CALL AT THIS TIME 208 00:05:57,033 --> 00:06:01,733 PERFORMING ARTS OF RAPPING AND 209 00:05:59,433 --> 00:06:02,133 THAT'S A LOT OF CREATIVITY THERE 210 00:06:01,733 --> 00:06:03,600 TOO. 211 00:06:02,133 --> 00:06:04,066 BUT, THIS IS WHAT YOU TRADED IT 212 00:06:03,600 --> 00:06:05,533 IN ON. 213 00:06:04,066 --> 00:06:08,633 TELL US ABOUT, YOU KNOW, WHY 214 00:06:05,533 --> 00:06:10,266 THIS WAS YOUR NEXT STEP, AND, 215 00:06:08,633 --> 00:06:11,700 THE VALUE YOU SEE IN GRAPHIC 216 00:06:10,266 --> 00:06:12,466 NOVELS AND HOW IT REACHES 217 00:06:11,700 --> 00:06:15,233 ANOTHER AUDIENCE? 218 00:06:12,466 --> 00:06:16,266 >> WELL, I HAVE A LONG HISTORY 219 00:06:15,233 --> 00:06:17,833 IN WRITING IN GENERAL. 220 00:06:16,266 --> 00:06:19,933 BUT BEFORE I START DOING THIS, 221 00:06:17,833 --> 00:06:22,933 WE WERE TALKING ABOUT RAP MUSIC. 222 00:06:19,933 --> 00:06:24,200 AND, EVEN THOUGH THIS IS MORE 223 00:06:22,933 --> 00:06:24,966 LIKE RHYTHMIC, IT IS STILL -- IT 224 00:06:24,200 --> 00:06:27,666 IS STILL WRITING. 225 00:06:24,966 --> 00:06:30,200 SO AND BEFORE I DID THAT, I 226 00:06:27,666 --> 00:06:32,766 WROTE SPECULATIVE FICTION AND 227 00:06:30,200 --> 00:06:33,533 SHORT STORIES AND THINGS OF THAT 228 00:06:32,766 --> 00:06:35,566 NATURE SO I WAS TRAVELING THE 229 00:06:33,533 --> 00:06:36,733 COUNTRY AND SEEING THE IMPACT 230 00:06:35,566 --> 00:06:38,700 FIRSTHAND THAT WORDS CAN HAVE ON 231 00:06:36,733 --> 00:06:41,766 PEOPLE ON MY KIND OF REACHED THE 232 00:06:38,700 --> 00:06:42,766 GLASS CEILING WHERE FELT THE 233 00:06:41,766 --> 00:06:44,700 MESSAGE THAT I WANT TO LEAVE, 234 00:06:42,766 --> 00:06:45,933 ONCE I LEFT THIS WORLD, I DID 235 00:06:44,700 --> 00:06:47,100 NOT KNOW IF RAP MUSIC 236 00:06:45,933 --> 00:06:47,833 NECESSARILY WAS THE PROPER 237 00:06:47,100 --> 00:06:49,900 VESSEL FOR THAT MESSAGE. 238 00:06:47,833 --> 00:06:51,000 AND THAT'S NOT AN INDICTMENT OF 239 00:06:49,900 --> 00:06:54,900 RAP MUSIC AT ALL. 240 00:06:51,000 --> 00:06:58,166 IT IS WHERE I WAS WITH THE ART 241 00:06:54,900 --> 00:06:59,900 FORM. 242 00:06:58,166 --> 00:07:02,733 AND, SOMETHING I HAVE NOTICED IS 243 00:06:59,900 --> 00:07:05,033 THERE IS THIS LARGE INTERSECTION 244 00:07:02,733 --> 00:07:05,966 BETWEEN SEVERAL BLACK POP 245 00:07:05,033 --> 00:07:07,400 INCLUDE COLOURS AND THIS GEEK 246 00:07:05,966 --> 00:07:09,333 CULTURE THAT'S OVERLOOKED. 247 00:07:07,400 --> 00:07:11,333 SO NOT ONLY DESTROY AN 248 00:07:09,333 --> 00:07:14,266 INCLINATION TOWARD GRAPHIC 249 00:07:11,333 --> 00:07:15,500 NOVELS AND AMIMAE AND MANGA, I 250 00:07:14,266 --> 00:07:16,066 ALSO HAVE A BACKGROUND ON THE 251 00:07:15,500 --> 00:07:19,633 OTHER SIDE OF THINGS. 252 00:07:16,066 --> 00:07:20,900 SO I REALLY WANTED TO SHOW THAT 253 00:07:19,633 --> 00:07:21,700 INTERSECTION AND DRAW ATTENTION 254 00:07:20,900 --> 00:07:23,800 BECAUSE THERE ARE SO MANY PEOPLE 255 00:07:21,700 --> 00:07:26,333 OUT THERE LIKE ME WHO GREW UP 256 00:07:23,800 --> 00:07:27,833 LISTENING TO RAP MUSIC, AND, 257 00:07:26,333 --> 00:07:29,300 DRESSING IN A PARTICULAR WAY, 258 00:07:27,833 --> 00:07:30,300 STRAIGHT WEAR, THIS FASHION AND 259 00:07:29,300 --> 00:07:32,433 THAT TYPE OF STUFF. 260 00:07:30,300 --> 00:07:35,466 BUT WE DON'T OFTEN GET 261 00:07:32,433 --> 00:07:35,833 OPPORTUNITIES TO EMBRACE OUR 262 00:07:35,466 --> 00:07:37,933 BLACKNESS. 263 00:07:35,833 --> 00:07:39,100 AT THE SAME TIME THAT WE'RE 264 00:07:37,933 --> 00:07:41,033 EMBRACING OUR GEEKNESS. 265 00:07:39,100 --> 00:07:42,766 SO SINCE I HAVE THE ABILITY TO 266 00:07:41,033 --> 00:07:44,066 WRITE LUCKILY, I DECIDED THAT I 267 00:07:42,766 --> 00:07:44,566 WOULD TRY TO BRING? 268 00:07:44,066 --> 00:07:47,533 ATTENTION THERE. 269 00:07:44,566 --> 00:07:49,100 >> YEAH, AND, YOU ALSO TEACH A 270 00:07:47,533 --> 00:07:49,466 COMIC BOOK CREATION WORKSHOP, 271 00:07:49,100 --> 00:07:49,966 RIGHT? 272 00:07:49,466 --> 00:07:51,933 >> I DO. 273 00:07:49,966 --> 00:07:53,933 I DO. 274 00:07:51,933 --> 00:07:55,333 SO, I TEACH AT A WORKSHOP WITH A 275 00:07:53,933 --> 00:07:58,833 NON-PROFIT ORGANIZATION CALLED 276 00:07:55,333 --> 00:07:59,666 AMP, AND THE BEP WITH J CPS AT 277 00:07:58,833 --> 00:08:01,433 EASTERN HIGH SCHOOL. 278 00:07:59,666 --> 00:08:02,400 AND WITH SOUTHERN HIGH SCHOOL 279 00:08:01,433 --> 00:08:06,000 STUDENTS OF LOUISVILLE KENTUCKY. 280 00:08:02,400 --> 00:08:08,033 WHOLE THING IS ABOUT TEACHING TO 281 00:08:06,000 --> 00:08:08,833 WORLD BUILD AND OUTLINE A PLOT, 282 00:08:08,033 --> 00:08:09,833 CHARACTER DEVELOPMENT. 283 00:08:08,833 --> 00:08:11,800 REALLY PROVIDING STUDENTS WITH 284 00:08:09,833 --> 00:08:12,466 THE RESOURCES TO BE ABLE TO MAKE 285 00:08:11,800 --> 00:08:13,866 REACTIONS OF OUR OTHER THAN. 286 00:08:12,466 --> 00:08:14,933 >> WHAT DO YOU SEE THE THEMES 287 00:08:13,866 --> 00:08:17,433 THAT THEY ARE REALLY LASHING ON 288 00:08:14,933 --> 00:08:18,700 TO THAT THEY WANT EXPLORE 289 00:08:17,433 --> 00:08:21,600 THROUGH THIS TYPE OF MEDIUM? 290 00:08:18,700 --> 00:08:23,300 >> I THINK THAT, WHAT THE 291 00:08:21,600 --> 00:08:25,266 STUDENTS REACT THE BEST TO IS, 292 00:08:23,300 --> 00:08:27,133 BEING IN AN ENVIRONMENT WHERE 293 00:08:25,266 --> 00:08:28,500 THE THINGS THOUGH MAY HAVE 294 00:08:27,133 --> 00:08:30,966 PREVIOUSLY CONSIDERED HOBBIES OR 295 00:08:28,500 --> 00:08:33,066 PAST TIMES ARE BEING TREATED AS 296 00:08:30,966 --> 00:08:35,100 LEGITIMATE AVENUES TO SUCCESS. 297 00:08:33,066 --> 00:08:37,233 A LOT OF PEOPLE, YOU KNOW, OF 298 00:08:35,100 --> 00:08:42,800 ALL AGES, REALLY REALLY LOVE 299 00:08:37,233 --> 00:08:43,700 THESE MEDIUMS WITH AMIMAE, MANGA 300 00:08:42,800 --> 00:08:45,166 BUT PEOPLE DON'T FEEL IT IS 301 00:08:43,700 --> 00:08:47,300 SOMETHING THAT YOU CAN ACTUALLY 302 00:08:45,166 --> 00:08:48,600 GAIN A LEVEL OF STABLE TOY OR 303 00:08:47,300 --> 00:08:49,666 PROVIDE FOR YOUR FAMILY WITH. 304 00:08:48,600 --> 00:08:51,400 SO, TALK TO THESE STUDENTS AND 305 00:08:49,666 --> 00:08:52,500 TELL THEM ABOUT MY EXPERIENCE, 306 00:08:51,400 --> 00:08:53,733 AND SOME OF MY BOOKS AND 307 00:08:52,500 --> 00:08:54,466 TRAVELING THE COUNTRY AND 308 00:08:53,733 --> 00:08:56,566 AWESOME OPPORTUNITIES THAT I 309 00:08:54,466 --> 00:08:58,300 HAVE GOTTEN, MAKES THE KIDS BE 310 00:08:56,566 --> 00:08:58,633 LIKE, WHOA, I CAN ACTUALLY DO 311 00:08:58,300 --> 00:09:00,866 THIS? 312 00:08:58,633 --> 00:09:01,200 AND THAT'S REALLY WHAT DRAWS 313 00:09:00,866 --> 00:09:02,366 THEM IN. 314 00:09:01,200 --> 00:09:04,466 >> SILAS HOUSE WHAT KIND OF 315 00:09:02,366 --> 00:09:04,800 ADVICE WOULD YOU GIVE TO JULIAN 316 00:09:04,466 --> 00:09:07,300 THOMAS? 317 00:09:04,800 --> 00:09:15,033 >> LORD. 318 00:09:07,300 --> 00:09:16,666 [ LAUGHTER ] 319 00:09:15,033 --> 00:09:17,866 MY BEST ADVICE IS HE'S FAR AHEAD 320 00:09:16,666 --> 00:09:21,700 OF THE ADVICE THAT I COULD GIVE 321 00:09:17,866 --> 00:09:23,266 WHICH IS JUST TO TELL GOOD 322 00:09:21,700 --> 00:09:24,933 STORIES AND CREATE CHARACTERS. 323 00:09:23,266 --> 00:09:25,233 THINK THE CHARACTER IS THE 324 00:09:24,933 --> 00:09:30,966 THING. 325 00:09:25,233 --> 00:09:32,466 SO, IT MAKES ME REALLY WANT TO 326 00:09:30,966 --> 00:09:33,300 READ HIS BOOK BECAUSE IT SEEMS 327 00:09:32,466 --> 00:09:34,566 THAT IS AT THE FOREFRONT OF IT. 328 00:09:33,300 --> 00:09:38,866 >> I WANTED TO ASK YOU THAT 329 00:09:34,566 --> 00:09:39,533 BECAUSE I KNOW THAT PEOPLE ASK 330 00:09:38,866 --> 00:09:41,800 YOU, PROBABLY ALL THE TIME. 331 00:09:39,533 --> 00:09:42,100 HOW DO THEY CHANNEL YOU, NOT 332 00:09:41,800 --> 00:09:43,166 THAT. 333 00:09:42,100 --> 00:09:44,066 BUT HOW DO THEY GET TO THE 334 00:09:43,166 --> 00:09:49,266 ESSENCE OF WHAT IT IS THAT THEY 335 00:09:44,066 --> 00:09:52,466 WANT TO SAY, AND TELL OR REVEAL? 336 00:09:49,266 --> 00:09:54,433 >> WHAT I TELL EVERYBODY IS TO 337 00:09:52,466 --> 00:09:55,733 READ VORACIOUSLY AND NOT WORRY 338 00:09:54,433 --> 00:10:00,100 ABOUT PLOT AS MUCH US A WORRY 339 00:09:55,733 --> 00:10:03,566 ABOUT CHARACTER. 340 00:10:00,100 --> 00:10:04,800 MOST BEGINNING WRITERS WERE SO 341 00:10:03,566 --> 00:10:06,033 MUCH ABOUT THE PLOT AND I 342 00:10:04,800 --> 00:10:08,533 CERTAINLY DID THAT I FIGURED OUT 343 00:10:06,033 --> 00:10:09,633 THAT I GREW OUT OF THE CHARACTER 344 00:10:08,533 --> 00:10:17,166 REALLY RELEASED ME I THINK. 345 00:10:09,633 --> 00:10:18,166 >> AND YOU WERE HAPPIER WITH 346 00:10:17,166 --> 00:10:18,900 YOUR PRODUCT? 347 00:10:18,166 --> 00:10:20,433 DID IT FLOW EASIER? 348 00:10:18,900 --> 00:10:28,033 >> I'M NEVER HAPPY AND IT IS 349 00:10:20,433 --> 00:10:29,533 NEVER EASY BUT I GUESS, YES, I 350 00:10:28,033 --> 00:10:29,833 CAME DIFFERENTLY AND SEEMED TO 351 00:10:29,533 --> 00:10:30,900 FLOW. 352 00:10:29,833 --> 00:10:31,533 I DIDN'T HAVE TO WORK AS HARD 353 00:10:30,900 --> 00:10:33,400 FOR IT. 354 00:10:31,533 --> 00:10:38,866 BUT, I ALSO -- THE REASON I SAY 355 00:10:33,400 --> 00:10:43,000 THAT IS BECAUSE I WANT TO TELL 356 00:10:38,866 --> 00:10:43,933 WRITERS ESPECIALLY BEGINNING 357 00:10:43,000 --> 00:10:45,266 WRITER, IT SHOULD ALWAYS BE 358 00:10:43,933 --> 00:10:45,933 DIFFICULT AND HARD AND NEVER 359 00:10:45,266 --> 00:10:47,666 EASIER. 360 00:10:45,933 --> 00:10:48,466 DON'T -- I NEVER THINKING OF 361 00:10:47,666 --> 00:10:50,566 WRITING AS FUN. 362 00:10:48,466 --> 00:10:51,966 I THINK OF IT AS, IF I DON'T DO 363 00:10:50,566 --> 00:10:53,200 IT, I'M REALLY MISERABLE. 364 00:10:51,966 --> 00:10:54,666 >> RIGHT. 365 00:10:53,200 --> 00:10:55,566 >> BUT THEN YOU'RE ALSO 366 00:10:54,666 --> 00:10:57,066 MISERABLE AS YOU'RE TRYING TO 367 00:10:55,566 --> 00:10:59,133 WRITE IT SORT OF. 368 00:10:57,066 --> 00:11:01,000 >> OR IS IT THE DREAD OF THING 369 00:10:59,133 --> 00:11:03,266 IS WORSE THAN THE DRINK YOU 370 00:11:01,000 --> 00:11:03,666 DREAD? 371 00:11:03,266 --> 00:11:04,933 GWENDA? 372 00:11:03,666 --> 00:11:06,333 DO YOU GET CAUGHT UP IN THINKING 373 00:11:04,933 --> 00:11:07,300 ABOUT HOW TO MAKE IT BE AS 374 00:11:06,333 --> 00:11:08,400 PERFECT AS IT SHOULD BE THAT IT 375 00:11:07,300 --> 00:11:10,166 IS ALMOST LIKE, -- 376 00:11:08,400 --> 00:11:10,500 >> I ACTUALLY DO HAVE ONE 377 00:11:10,166 --> 00:11:13,900 WRITING. 378 00:11:10,500 --> 00:11:15,533 [ LAUGHTER ] 379 00:11:13,900 --> 00:11:16,100 ESPECIALLY IF I'M TELLING A FUN 380 00:11:15,533 --> 00:11:18,466 STORY. 381 00:11:16,100 --> 00:11:18,933 BUT, AND, HOW YOU WOULD DESCRIBE 382 00:11:18,466 --> 00:11:22,433 WHAT YOU WRITE? 383 00:11:18,933 --> 00:11:23,966 >> WELL SMART AND FUN REALLY 384 00:11:22,433 --> 00:11:24,933 ACROSS DIFFERENT GENERAL AS WITH 385 00:11:23,966 --> 00:11:25,366 STRONG WOMEN AT THE CENTER AS 386 00:11:24,933 --> 00:11:26,833 YOU SAID. 387 00:11:25,366 --> 00:11:27,666 I THINK THAT'S THE COMMONALTY IN 388 00:11:26,833 --> 00:11:29,700 ALL OF MY WORK. 389 00:11:27,666 --> 00:11:31,466 AND REALLY FOR ME, DRAFTING IS 390 00:11:29,700 --> 00:11:33,100 PAINFUL SO I AGREE WITH YOU 391 00:11:31,466 --> 00:11:34,533 THERE, I HATE DRAFTING, BUT I 392 00:11:33,100 --> 00:11:35,766 REALLY LOVE REVISING. 393 00:11:34,533 --> 00:11:37,500 >> I LOVE REVISING. 394 00:11:35,766 --> 00:11:40,333 >> YEAH, AND SO TO ME, IT IS 395 00:11:37,500 --> 00:11:42,500 THAT PAIN OF GETTING SOMETHING 396 00:11:40,333 --> 00:11:42,866 OUT THERE THAT THEN YOU CAN FIX 397 00:11:42,500 --> 00:11:44,266 AND SHAPE. 398 00:11:42,866 --> 00:11:46,466 AND YOU JUST GET BETTER AT THAT 399 00:11:44,266 --> 00:11:46,966 US A LEAN INTO YOUR PROCESS AND 400 00:11:46,466 --> 00:11:47,966 TRUST IT. 401 00:11:46,966 --> 00:11:50,633 AND, THE THING THAT I ALWAYS 402 00:11:47,966 --> 00:11:51,633 TELL PEOPLE IS, TO MAKE SURE 403 00:11:50,633 --> 00:11:53,066 THAT YOU'RE PUTTING ALL OF THE 404 00:11:51,633 --> 00:11:53,833 YOU IN YOUR STUFF THAT YOU CAN. 405 00:11:53,066 --> 00:11:55,266 BECAUSE THAT'S THE ONE THING YOU 406 00:11:53,833 --> 00:11:58,866 HAVE TO OFFER THE WORLD THAT NO 407 00:11:55,266 --> 00:12:00,100 OTHER STORYTELLER HAS. 408 00:11:58,866 --> 00:12:01,100 >> THAT'S A GOOD POINT. 409 00:12:00,100 --> 00:12:03,166 ALL THE YOU THAT YOU CAN. 410 00:12:01,100 --> 00:12:06,133 I'M CURIOUS ABOUT HOW, YOU KNOW, 411 00:12:03,166 --> 00:12:09,000 2020 WAS A PRETTY TOUGH YEAR. 412 00:12:06,133 --> 00:12:10,700 AND I'M JUST CURIOUS BECAUSE I 413 00:12:09,000 --> 00:12:11,333 SEE WRITERS AS VERY 414 00:12:10,700 --> 00:12:13,100 INTROSPECTIVE, THOUGHTFUL 415 00:12:11,333 --> 00:12:14,933 DELIBERATE PEOPLE WHO IN THE 416 00:12:13,100 --> 00:12:16,466 INTRO VERSION, THERE IS ALSO A 417 00:12:14,933 --> 00:12:16,966 LOT OF CONTEMPLATION. 418 00:12:16,466 --> 00:12:18,066 >> OVERTHINKING. 419 00:12:16,966 --> 00:12:19,066 >> I'M TRYING TO BE NICE. 420 00:12:18,066 --> 00:12:22,733 [ LAUGHTER ] 421 00:12:19,066 --> 00:12:24,200 I MEAN, SERIOUSLY SO WHAT DOES 422 00:12:22,733 --> 00:12:24,600 THAT DO EITHER TO YOUR 423 00:12:24,200 --> 00:12:26,500 CREATIVITY? 424 00:12:24,600 --> 00:12:30,866 DOES IT ENHANCE IT BECAUSE THERE 425 00:12:26,500 --> 00:12:33,833 IS SO MUCH TO BROOD OVER AND 426 00:12:30,866 --> 00:12:34,233 COMMUNICATE OR, DO YOU GO EVEN 427 00:12:33,833 --> 00:12:34,733 MORE INWARD. 428 00:12:34,233 --> 00:12:36,600 WHAT'S THAT LIKE? 429 00:12:34,733 --> 00:12:38,400 >> FOR ME THE PANDEMIC WAS 430 00:12:36,600 --> 00:12:44,300 REALLY PRODUCTIVE BECAUSE, I 431 00:12:38,400 --> 00:12:56,433 HAVE ALSO RESPONDED TO STRESSFUL 432 00:12:44,300 --> 00:12:56,433 SITUATIONS BY WORKING 433 00:13:00,733 --> 00:13:03,800 AND SO I WRITE THE BEST AT HOME. 434 00:13:02,333 --> 00:13:04,466 A LOT OF PEOPLE GO ON RETREAT OR 435 00:13:03,800 --> 00:13:06,300 GET A CABIN. 436 00:13:04,466 --> 00:13:07,533 AND YOU KNOW, I WAS HOME ALL THE 437 00:13:06,300 --> 00:13:08,833 TIME IN 2020. 438 00:13:07,533 --> 00:13:10,366 SO I GOT A LOT DONE. 439 00:13:08,833 --> 00:13:13,733 I FINISHED A NOVEL THAT I HAD 440 00:13:10,366 --> 00:13:14,866 ALREADY STARTED AT THE BEGINNING 441 00:13:13,733 --> 00:13:16,333 OF THE PANDEMIC AND WROTE 442 00:13:14,866 --> 00:13:16,700 ANOTHER NOVEL DURING THE 443 00:13:16,333 --> 00:13:18,933 PANDEMIC. 444 00:13:16,700 --> 00:13:20,533 >> MY GOODNESS. 445 00:13:18,933 --> 00:13:21,433 >> IT WAS A PRODUCTITY TIME AND 446 00:13:20,533 --> 00:13:22,600 I WAS THANKFUL. 447 00:13:21,433 --> 00:13:25,766 >> THE AT LEAST TIME YOU TALKED 448 00:13:22,600 --> 00:13:26,733 I HAD AN ADVANCE COPY OF 449 00:13:25,766 --> 00:13:27,066 SOUTHERN MOST SO THAT'S -- WAS 450 00:13:26,733 --> 00:13:28,933 THAT -- 451 00:13:27,066 --> 00:13:30,566 >> THAT WAS 2018. 452 00:13:28,933 --> 00:13:30,866 >> I CAN'T EVEN DO THE MATH ON 453 00:13:30,566 --> 00:13:32,900 THAT. 454 00:13:30,866 --> 00:13:33,933 I'M CURIOUS, JULIAN, FROM YOUR 455 00:13:32,900 --> 00:13:34,966 PERSPECTIVE WHEN YOU THINK NOT 456 00:13:33,933 --> 00:13:36,800 JUST ABOUT THE PANDEMIC, BUT 457 00:13:34,966 --> 00:13:40,166 THERE WAS A LOT OF SOCIAL AND 458 00:13:36,800 --> 00:13:41,500 RACIAL UNREST, IN 2020 AND HOW 459 00:13:40,166 --> 00:13:43,300 THOSE EVENTS MAY HAVE SPARKED 460 00:13:41,500 --> 00:13:49,000 SOME TYPE OF CREATIVE EXPRESSION 461 00:13:43,300 --> 00:13:50,166 OF YOUR OWN. 462 00:13:49,000 --> 00:13:50,700 THAT YOU PREVIOUSLY HAD NOT 463 00:13:50,166 --> 00:13:53,100 TAPPED INTO. 464 00:13:50,700 --> 00:13:53,833 >> I LOOK AT OUR ART IN GENERAL 465 00:13:53,100 --> 00:13:55,600 NOT JUST WRITING. 466 00:13:53,833 --> 00:13:57,100 BUT ALL ART AS A VESSEL. 467 00:13:55,600 --> 00:13:59,733 THIS IS A VESSEL FOR 468 00:13:57,100 --> 00:14:01,633 ENTERTAINMENT, IT COULD BE A 469 00:13:59,733 --> 00:14:02,733 VESSEL FOR -- A MESSAGE OR 470 00:14:01,633 --> 00:14:04,366 IDEOLOGY OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT 471 00:14:02,733 --> 00:14:05,133 SO, THAT'S THE WAY THAT I HAVE 472 00:14:04,366 --> 00:14:07,733 VIEWED IT. 473 00:14:05,133 --> 00:14:10,233 AND DURING THE PANDEMIC, AND 474 00:14:07,733 --> 00:14:12,166 ESPECIALLY AFTER THE MURDER OF 475 00:14:10,233 --> 00:14:13,133 BREONNA TAYLOR AND GEORGE FLOYD 476 00:14:12,166 --> 00:14:14,466 AND THE OTHER THINGS GOING ON IN 477 00:14:13,133 --> 00:14:18,133 THE COUNTRY, I SAW WITHIN MY 478 00:14:14,466 --> 00:14:18,766 SELF AND A LOT OF MY FEARS 479 00:14:18,133 --> 00:14:19,866 ARISING IN POLITICAL 480 00:14:18,766 --> 00:14:21,566 CONSCIOUSNESS AND AWARENESS. 481 00:14:19,866 --> 00:14:24,033 AND SO AS PEOPLE ARE STARTING 482 00:14:21,566 --> 00:14:25,400 THE SAME THING THAT WE'RE JUST 483 00:14:24,033 --> 00:14:28,066 SAYING ABOUT LOOKING INTO 484 00:14:25,400 --> 00:14:30,400 YOURSELF AND LEAN INTO YOUR OWN 485 00:14:28,066 --> 00:14:31,566 PROCESS, WRITING IS A REALLY 486 00:14:30,400 --> 00:14:33,133 CATHARTIC THING THAT WE DO THE 487 00:14:31,566 --> 00:14:34,466 MORE THAT YOU LEARN ABOUT 488 00:14:33,133 --> 00:14:38,933 YOURSELF, I FEEL THE MORE THAT 489 00:14:34,466 --> 00:14:39,266 YOU CAN ADVANCE FORWARD WITH THE 490 00:14:38,933 --> 00:14:40,333 WRITING. 491 00:14:39,266 --> 00:14:42,033 THE STUFF THAT I LEARN AND 492 00:14:40,333 --> 00:14:42,733 STARTED READING ABOUT, THE 493 00:14:42,033 --> 00:14:44,700 REALIZATIONS THAT I HAD ABOUT 494 00:14:42,733 --> 00:14:46,500 THE FABRIC OF SOCIETY BROUGHT 495 00:14:44,700 --> 00:14:49,833 KNOW A POINT WHERE I FELT, OKAY, 496 00:14:46,500 --> 00:14:51,533 I CAN TRY TO GET OTHER PEOPLE TO 497 00:14:49,833 --> 00:14:54,033 BE SAYING POINTS OF REALIZATION 498 00:14:51,533 --> 00:14:58,233 THROUGH ENTERTAINMENT WHICH IS 499 00:14:54,033 --> 00:15:01,900 THIS ART FORM THAT WE'RE ALL 500 00:14:58,233 --> 00:15:03,600 PARTICIPATING IN. 501 00:15:01,900 --> 00:15:05,333 >> IS THERE ANY TIME THAT YOU 502 00:15:03,600 --> 00:15:06,533 CAN BE TOO OVERREVEALING OR TOO 503 00:15:05,333 --> 00:15:07,966 SHARING OR HIDE BEHIND THE 504 00:15:06,533 --> 00:15:12,666 CHARACTER AND HOPE PEOPLE DON'T 505 00:15:07,966 --> 00:15:13,233 QUITE GET THAT IT IS YOU. 506 00:15:12,666 --> 00:15:15,133 >> 507 00:15:13,233 --> 00:15:16,166 >> MY CHARACTERS DON'T REALLY 508 00:15:15,133 --> 00:15:17,766 COME FROM LIFE IN THAT WAY. 509 00:15:16,166 --> 00:15:19,200 I THINK WE TEND TO PUT A LITTLE 510 00:15:17,766 --> 00:15:20,100 OF OURSELVES BUT I SAY PUT 511 00:15:19,200 --> 00:15:22,933 YOURSELF IN A BOOK, WHAT I MEAN 512 00:15:20,100 --> 00:15:24,466 IS THE WAY THAT YOU SEE THE 513 00:15:22,933 --> 00:15:25,233 WORLD. 514 00:15:24,466 --> 00:15:26,000 AND THE QUIRKY IDIOSYNCRASIES 515 00:15:25,233 --> 00:15:27,300 AND THE THING THAT YOU BRING 516 00:15:26,000 --> 00:15:28,433 FROM THE ART THAT YOU HAVE 517 00:15:27,300 --> 00:15:29,600 CONSUMED AND THE THINGS THAT YOU 518 00:15:28,433 --> 00:15:31,033 LOVE AND THE EXPERIENCES THAT 519 00:15:29,600 --> 00:15:32,633 YOU HAVE HAD, AND THOSE ARE THE 520 00:15:31,033 --> 00:15:34,933 THINGS THAT YOU PUT IN YOUR 521 00:15:32,633 --> 00:15:39,666 WORK, AND YOU USE THEM TO TELL A 522 00:15:34,933 --> 00:15:40,700 FICTIONAL STORY. 523 00:15:39,666 --> 00:15:41,133 BUT OBVIOUSLY THERE ARE PEOPLE 524 00:15:40,700 --> 00:15:42,966 WHO OVERSHARE. 525 00:15:41,133 --> 00:15:47,333 [ LAUGHTER ] 526 00:15:42,966 --> 00:15:47,600 >> AND NOT EVEN IN A LITERARY 527 00:15:47,333 --> 00:15:48,966 WAY. 528 00:15:47,600 --> 00:15:49,500 >> SOCIAL MEDIA ET CETERA. 529 00:15:48,966 --> 00:15:50,900 [ LAUGHTER ] 530 00:15:49,500 --> 00:15:52,266 I'M CURIOUS ABOUT WHO WRITERS 531 00:15:50,900 --> 00:15:53,866 LOOKS TO FOR THEIR INSPIRATION. 532 00:15:52,266 --> 00:15:55,866 WHO DO YOU READ, SILAS AND WHO 533 00:15:53,866 --> 00:15:57,400 DO YOU SAY, YOU KNOW, THAT'S A 534 00:15:55,866 --> 00:16:02,000 GOOD WRITER RIGHT THERE. 535 00:15:57,400 --> 00:16:04,900 >> WELL, THAT CHANGES ALL TIME 536 00:16:02,000 --> 00:16:08,800 FOR ME. 537 00:16:04,900 --> 00:16:13,033 >> THAT'S CERTAINLY THE FIRST 538 00:16:08,800 --> 00:16:17,333 ONE. 539 00:16:13,033 --> 00:16:19,366 MAMARLIN -- 540 00:16:17,333 --> 00:16:21,800 I THINK THE BOOK THAT TRANSFORM 541 00:16:19,366 --> 00:16:22,766 MED THE MOST IS "THE COLOR 542 00:16:21,800 --> 00:16:23,266 PURPLE" BY ALICE WALKER. 543 00:16:22,766 --> 00:16:25,566 >> WHY IS THAT? 544 00:16:23,266 --> 00:16:25,966 >> IT BLEW MY MIND WIDE OPEN TO 545 00:16:25,566 --> 00:16:32,233 EVERYTHING. 546 00:16:25,966 --> 00:16:34,333 NOT ONLY LIKE, RACE AND GENDER 547 00:16:32,233 --> 00:16:38,800 AND ORIENTATION, AND CONCEPT OF 548 00:16:34,333 --> 00:16:40,833 GOD BUT ALSO, WHAT YOU CAN DO 549 00:16:38,800 --> 00:16:42,300 WITH THE NOVEL, EXPERIMENTALLY 550 00:16:40,833 --> 00:16:44,366 AND THINGS LIKE THAT. 551 00:16:42,300 --> 00:16:46,633 I JUST THINK THAT'S THE BOOK 552 00:16:44,366 --> 00:16:48,300 THAT JUST CHANGED EVERYTHING FOR 553 00:16:46,633 --> 00:16:49,233 ME AND I LOOKED BACK TO IT AGAIN 554 00:16:48,300 --> 00:16:50,100 AND AGAIN. 555 00:16:49,233 --> 00:16:51,600 >> GWENDA, HOW ABOUT YOU? 556 00:16:50,100 --> 00:16:55,866 >> I HATE THIS KIND OF QUESTION. 557 00:16:51,600 --> 00:16:57,033 [ LAUGHTER ] 558 00:16:55,866 --> 00:16:57,366 SO MANY DIFFERENT BOOKS AND 559 00:16:57,033 --> 00:16:59,700 AUTHORS. 560 00:16:57,366 --> 00:17:00,466 I THINK THAT I LOOK TO MY 561 00:16:59,700 --> 00:17:02,133 CONTEMPORARIES LIKE THE BOOKS 562 00:17:00,466 --> 00:17:03,733 THAT I'M READING THAT ARE -- I'M 563 00:17:02,133 --> 00:17:07,300 ON A JURY RIGHT NOW SO I'M 564 00:17:03,733 --> 00:17:08,500 READING A LOT FOR THE RAY 565 00:17:07,300 --> 00:17:10,800 BRADBURY BOOK PRIZE AND A LOT OF 566 00:17:08,500 --> 00:17:12,300 THE SCIENCE FICTION AND FANTASY 567 00:17:10,800 --> 00:17:14,866 PUBLISHED ACROSS LITERARY AND IN 568 00:17:12,300 --> 00:17:16,500 THE GENRES AND, JUST THERE IS SO 569 00:17:14,866 --> 00:17:19,266 MUCH AMAZING WORK GOING ON TODAY 570 00:17:16,500 --> 00:17:21,600 AND SO MANY VOICES THAT WE 571 00:17:19,266 --> 00:17:22,633 HAVEN'T HAD IN THE PAST AND 572 00:17:21,600 --> 00:17:24,366 STORIES NEW AND BEING TOLD AND I 573 00:17:22,633 --> 00:17:26,233 THINK IT IS A REALLY EXCITING 574 00:17:24,366 --> 00:17:27,666 TIME TO BE WRITING. 575 00:17:26,233 --> 00:17:28,100 >> JULIAN, HOW ABOUT YOU. 576 00:17:27,666 --> 00:17:29,600 SAME QUESTION. 577 00:17:28,100 --> 00:17:31,833 WHO IS A BIG INSPIRATION TO YOU 578 00:17:29,600 --> 00:17:36,766 OR WHO DO YOU LOOK TO FOR 579 00:17:31,833 --> 00:17:37,000 INSPIRATION IN YOUR CRAFT? 580 00:17:36,766 --> 00:17:39,900 >> 581 00:17:37,000 --> 00:17:41,833 >> WHEN I'M LOOKING FOR INSPA I 582 00:17:39,900 --> 00:17:43,533 OFTEN LOOK TO OTHER MEDIUMS AND 583 00:17:41,833 --> 00:17:47,566 THINGS THAT PEOPLE ARE DOING, 584 00:17:43,533 --> 00:17:49,333 WHETHER THEY ARE PAINTERS OR 585 00:17:47,566 --> 00:17:50,600 INDIVIDUAL JOYEDOGRAPHER. 586 00:17:49,333 --> 00:17:51,100 I TRY FIND EXPRESSION IN OTHER 587 00:17:50,600 --> 00:17:52,600 FOR THE PURPOSE. 588 00:17:51,100 --> 00:17:54,900 A LOT OF TIMES STUFF MAY NOT 589 00:17:52,600 --> 00:17:55,900 TRAPS LATE EXACTLY THE SAME BUT 590 00:17:54,900 --> 00:17:59,766 CERTAIN TECHNIQUES OR APPROACHES 591 00:17:55,900 --> 00:18:01,033 CAN BE APPLIED TO OTHER THINGS. 592 00:17:59,766 --> 00:18:03,566 SO I TAKE IT FROM THERE. 593 00:18:01,033 --> 00:18:04,600 AUTHORS SPECIFICALLY THAT HAVE 594 00:18:03,566 --> 00:18:06,266 WON ME INSPIRATION OVER THE 595 00:18:04,600 --> 00:18:09,600 YEAR, I PROBABLY WOULD HAVE TO 596 00:18:06,266 --> 00:18:10,533 SAY TOLKIEN, NOT NECESSARILY 597 00:18:09,600 --> 00:18:11,833 BECAUSE OF HIS PROSE, NOT 598 00:18:10,533 --> 00:18:13,366 AGAINST HIS PROSE BUT IT WAS 599 00:18:11,833 --> 00:18:13,733 ABOUT THE LEVEL OF WORLD 600 00:18:13,366 --> 00:18:15,233 BUILDING. 601 00:18:13,733 --> 00:18:16,466 WHAT I'M DOING WITH "BLACK 602 00:18:15,233 --> 00:18:18,133 HEART" I WANTED TO CREATE A 603 00:18:16,466 --> 00:18:19,633 WORLD, ESSENTIALLY HOW SILAS WAS 604 00:18:18,133 --> 00:18:20,966 SAYING EL EARLIER ABOUT 605 00:18:19,633 --> 00:18:22,066 CHARACTER, YOU KNOW, FOCUS ON 606 00:18:20,966 --> 00:18:23,200 THAT MORE SO THAN PLOT. 607 00:18:22,066 --> 00:18:24,600 PLOT IS PROBABLY THE LAST THING 608 00:18:23,200 --> 00:18:25,800 THAT I CAME UP WITH WHEN I FIRST 609 00:18:24,600 --> 00:18:32,266 HAD THIS IDEA. 610 00:18:25,800 --> 00:18:33,800 I SPENT TWO YEARS WORLD BUI 611 00:18:32,266 --> 00:18:34,900 BUILDING, AND A LOT OF CHARACTER 612 00:18:33,800 --> 00:18:38,000 DEVELOPMENT AND I GOT THAT 613 00:18:34,900 --> 00:18:38,933 SPECIFICALLY FROM TOLKIEN. 614 00:18:38,000 --> 00:18:40,466 AS FAR AS SOMEONE LIVING AN 615 00:18:38,933 --> 00:18:43,566 AUTHOR THAT I'M A FAN OF AS FAR 616 00:18:40,466 --> 00:18:45,700 AS THE SCALE OF THE STUFF THEY 617 00:18:43,566 --> 00:18:47,900 WRITE AND THEIR CHOICE OF WORDS 618 00:18:45,700 --> 00:18:50,533 IS AUTHOR NAME PIERCE BROWN. 619 00:18:47,900 --> 00:18:52,133 HE WROTE A SCIENCE FICTION 620 00:18:50,533 --> 00:18:52,700 SERIES, I KNOW WE'RE TALKING 621 00:18:52,133 --> 00:18:57,233 ABOUT OUR OWN STUFF. 622 00:18:52,700 --> 00:19:01,033 [ LAUGHTER ] 623 00:18:57,233 --> 00:19:01,766 BUT TOLKIEN AND PIERCE BROWN MY 624 00:19:01,033 --> 00:19:03,266 BIGGEST AUTHORS AND INFLUENCES. 625 00:19:01,766 --> 00:19:03,766 >> WHEN WE WRAP IT, AND IT IS 626 00:19:03,266 --> 00:19:05,666 NEVER ENOUGH TIME. 627 00:19:03,766 --> 00:19:08,066 YOU CAN MAKE YOUR BIG PEST PITCH 628 00:19:05,666 --> 00:19:09,900 FOR THE VALUE OF THE KENTUCKY 629 00:19:08,066 --> 00:19:14,433 BOOK FESTIVAL, AND KENTUCKY AND 630 00:19:09,900 --> 00:19:16,033 WHAT IT DOES EVEN FOR WRITERS AS 631 00:19:14,433 --> 00:19:16,633 FAR AS EDIFICATION OF YOUR OWN 632 00:19:16,033 --> 00:19:16,933 SPIRIT. 633 00:19:16,633 --> 00:19:21,033 SILAS? 634 00:19:16,933 --> 00:19:23,133 >> I MEAN, I DON'T THINK THAT WE 635 00:19:21,033 --> 00:19:24,066 CAN UNDERSELL THE WAY IT 636 00:19:23,133 --> 00:19:26,700 VALIDATES AS A WRITER TO BE A 637 00:19:24,066 --> 00:19:29,166 PART OF KENTUCKY WRITING 638 00:19:26,700 --> 00:19:34,100 COMMUNITY, AND, HAVE THE 639 00:19:29,166 --> 00:19:35,300 KENTUCKY HUMANITIES AS DOING SO 640 00:19:34,100 --> 00:19:37,066 MUCH, THE BOOK FESTIVAL IS 641 00:19:35,300 --> 00:19:39,433 ALWAYS JUST CELEBRATES WRITING. 642 00:19:37,066 --> 00:19:40,466 YOU KNOW, AND IN A WAY THAT 643 00:19:39,433 --> 00:19:42,866 LITERATURE DOESN'T OFTEN GET 644 00:19:40,466 --> 00:19:44,133 CELEBRATED THAT WAY, AND AGAIN, 645 00:19:42,866 --> 00:19:46,466 I WANT TO STRESS HOW LUCKY THAT 646 00:19:44,133 --> 00:19:47,666 WE ARE IN KENTUCKY TO HAVE THAT. 647 00:19:46,466 --> 00:19:49,266 BECAUSE, A LOT OF PLACES DON'T 648 00:19:47,666 --> 00:19:51,300 HAVE IT AND PLACES LOOK AT 649 00:19:49,266 --> 00:19:51,700 KENTUCKY AND JUST, SO 650 00:19:51,300 --> 00:19:52,600 ILLITERATE. 651 00:19:51,700 --> 00:19:57,700 WE'RE SO RICH IN OUR LITERATURE. 652 00:19:52,600 --> 00:20:00,000 >> AND I'M GLAD YOU MADE THAT 653 00:19:57,700 --> 00:20:02,166 POINT THAT WE REALLY HAVE A RICH 654 00:20:00,000 --> 00:20:04,733 LITERARY LANDSCAPE HERE AND IT 655 00:20:02,166 --> 00:20:05,733 DEFIES ALL OF THE NEGATIVE 656 00:20:04,733 --> 00:20:07,400 STEREOTYPES AND I LOVE HAVING 657 00:20:05,733 --> 00:20:09,433 YOU HERE REPRESENTING APPALACHIA 658 00:20:07,400 --> 00:20:10,700 AND WE HAVE OUR YOUNG 659 00:20:09,433 --> 00:20:11,500 AFRICAN-AMERICANS TO SHOW THIS 660 00:20:10,700 --> 00:20:12,200 IS KENTUCKY. 661 00:20:11,500 --> 00:20:14,666 YOU KNOW. 662 00:20:12,200 --> 00:20:16,533 WE ARE KENTUCKY. 663 00:20:14,666 --> 00:20:17,900 SO, THANK YOU BOTH IN THE 664 00:20:16,533 --> 00:20:19,933 STUDIO. 665 00:20:17,900 --> 00:20:20,833 JULIAN, JOINING US BY SKYPE CAN. 666 00:20:19,933 --> 00:20:21,266 APPRECIATE IT AND BEST OF LUCK 667 00:20:20,833 --> 00:20:22,900 TO YOU ALL. 668 00:20:21,266 --> 00:20:24,233 AND COMING UP WE'LL GIVE YOU 669 00:20:22,900 --> 00:20:25,400 MORE DETAIL ABOUT THE KENTUCKY 670 00:20:24,233 --> 00:20:27,533 BOOK FESTIVAL COMING UP THE 671 00:20:25,400 --> 00:20:29,200 FIRST WEEK IN NOVEMBER WITH THE 672 00:20:27,533 --> 00:20:30,766 STATE DIRECTOR OF THAT PROGRAM, 673 00:20:29,200 --> 00:20:41,066 WITH THE KENTUCKY HUMANITIES. 674 00:20:30,766 --> 00:20:41,066 STAY WITH US. 675 00:20:43,433 --> 00:20:45,266 SARA, I CAN'T GET THE KENTUCKY 676 00:20:44,700 --> 00:20:46,800 BOOK VEST. 677 00:20:45,266 --> 00:20:47,500 THANK YOU FOR BEING WITH US WITH 678 00:20:46,800 --> 00:20:48,133 KENTUCKY HUMANITIES. 679 00:20:47,500 --> 00:20:49,733 THE A PLEASURE. 680 00:20:48,133 --> 00:20:50,266 >> THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR HAVING 681 00:20:49,733 --> 00:20:51,733 ME. 682 00:20:50,266 --> 00:20:54,566 AND, THE FAIR FESTIVAL THING, IT 683 00:20:51,733 --> 00:20:56,900 IS OKAY. 684 00:20:54,566 --> 00:20:57,533 IT WAS 38 YEARS AS THE FAIR. 685 00:20:56,900 --> 00:21:00,266 SO, IT IS UNDERSTANDABLE. 686 00:20:57,533 --> 00:21:01,433 >> YES, AND WE ALL ARE TWO YEARS 687 00:21:00,266 --> 00:21:01,866 BEHIND ANYWAY IN EVERYTHING. 688 00:21:01,433 --> 00:21:02,266 SO -- 689 00:21:01,866 --> 00:21:02,633 [ LAUGHTER ] 690 00:21:02,266 --> 00:21:05,466 >> RIGHT. 691 00:21:02,633 --> 00:21:06,266 >> WE'LL GET GET IT RIGHT NEXT 692 00:21:05,466 --> 00:21:08,100 YEAR RIGHT OFF THE BAT. 693 00:21:06,266 --> 00:21:10,933 THANK YOU FOR TAKING TIME AND TO 694 00:21:08,100 --> 00:21:13,566 HAVE THIS BACK IN LEXINGTON, AT 695 00:21:10,933 --> 00:21:13,966 JOSEPH BECK BOOK SELLERS. 696 00:21:13,566 --> 00:21:15,400 140 AUTHORS. 697 00:21:13,966 --> 00:21:15,766 TELL US ABOUT WHAT READERS ARE 698 00:21:15,400 --> 00:21:17,366 IN FOR. 699 00:21:15,766 --> 00:21:19,000 >> 700 00:21:17,366 --> 00:21:20,833 >> YEAH, WE'RE SO EXCITED TO 701 00:21:19,000 --> 00:21:21,300 BRING THE BOOK FESTIVAL TO 702 00:21:20,833 --> 00:21:24,200 JOSEPH BETH. 703 00:21:21,300 --> 00:21:26,033 IT WILL BE THE ONLY EVENT OF ITS 704 00:21:24,200 --> 00:21:27,466 KIND HOSTED AT A BOOK STORE SO 705 00:21:26,033 --> 00:21:29,633 WHEN YOU GO INTO A BOOK STORE 706 00:21:27,466 --> 00:21:31,266 AND YOU VISIT, AND YOU SEE BOOKS 707 00:21:29,633 --> 00:21:32,466 THAT YOU WANT TO READ, MAYBE YOU 708 00:21:31,266 --> 00:21:34,566 HAVE BURNING QUESTIONS THAT YOU 709 00:21:32,466 --> 00:21:34,900 WOULD LOVE TO BE ABLE TO ASK THE 710 00:21:34,566 --> 00:21:35,666 AUTHOR. 711 00:21:34,900 --> 00:21:40,400 OR YOU WOULD LIKE TO GET THE 712 00:21:35,666 --> 00:21:41,900 BOOK SIGNED, WELL, AT THE BOOK 713 00:21:40,400 --> 00:21:42,266 FESTIVAL CAN DO BOTH OF THOSE 714 00:21:41,900 --> 00:21:43,233 THINGS. 715 00:21:42,266 --> 00:21:48,233 WE'LL HAVE 140 AUTHORS. 716 00:21:43,233 --> 00:21:50,500 MANY OF THEM FROM KENTUCKY, THAT 717 00:21:48,233 --> 00:21:52,033 ALSO WILL HAVE AUTHORS FLY IN 718 00:21:50,500 --> 00:21:53,366 FROM ACCESS CALIFORNIA DO TO 719 00:21:52,033 --> 00:21:54,800 TALK ABOUT TEAR BOOK ON STAGE. 720 00:21:53,366 --> 00:21:57,033 WE'LL HAVE TWO DIFFERENT AREAS 721 00:21:54,800 --> 00:22:01,866 FOR PROGRAMS IN THE STORE. 722 00:21:57,033 --> 00:22:02,900 AND, A LOT OF MINGLING AND TIME 723 00:22:01,866 --> 00:22:04,066 FOR GETTING BOOKS SIGNED SO IT 724 00:22:02,900 --> 00:22:05,933 WILL BE A REALLY FUN EVENT. 725 00:22:04,066 --> 00:22:07,033 >> WELL, WE HAD THREE OF THE 726 00:22:05,933 --> 00:22:12,633 AUTHORS WHO I THINK WILL BE 727 00:22:07,033 --> 00:22:14,300 THERE ON THAT SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 728 00:22:12,633 --> 00:22:15,233 6. 729 00:22:14,300 --> 00:22:16,333 SILAS HOUSE, GWENDA BOND WHO 730 00:22:15,233 --> 00:22:17,600 TALK ABOUT THEIR WORK AND 731 00:22:16,333 --> 00:22:19,400 PASSION AND APPRECIATION FOR 732 00:22:17,600 --> 00:22:20,733 THIS BOOK FESTIVAL THAT'S LIKE 733 00:22:19,400 --> 00:22:22,400 NONE OTHER ANYWHERE ELSE, AND 734 00:22:20,733 --> 00:22:24,600 YOU MENTIONED, YOU KNOW, A LOT 735 00:22:22,400 --> 00:22:25,633 OF KENTUCKY LITERARY LUMINARYS 736 00:22:24,600 --> 00:22:29,433 WILL BE THERE. 737 00:22:25,633 --> 00:22:30,900 WHAT ARE SOME OTHER NAMES THAT 738 00:22:29,433 --> 00:22:31,200 WE MIGHT SEE EVEN OUTSIDE OF 739 00:22:30,900 --> 00:22:35,033 STATE. 740 00:22:31,200 --> 00:22:37,766 >> SURE. 741 00:22:35,033 --> 00:22:40,066 FROM STATING SILAS, BOBBY ANNE 742 00:22:37,766 --> 00:22:41,300 MASON, FRANK WALKER, KRISTA 743 00:22:40,066 --> 00:22:44,133 WILKINSON WILL BE THERE. 744 00:22:41,300 --> 00:22:45,133 WE'LL HAVE HW BRANDS WHO IS AN 745 00:22:44,133 --> 00:22:49,066 HISTORIAN WHO LIVES IN TEXAS. 746 00:22:45,133 --> 00:22:50,400 HE HAS BEEN TO THE EVENT BEFORE 747 00:22:49,066 --> 00:22:53,033 AND HE'S A BIG FAVORITE SO HE 748 00:22:50,400 --> 00:22:54,066 HAS TWO NEW BOOK OUT AND WE HAVE 749 00:22:53,033 --> 00:22:57,200 THE EXCLUSIVE PERMISSION FROM 750 00:22:54,066 --> 00:22:59,933 THE PUBLISHER TO SELL HIS BOOK 751 00:22:57,200 --> 00:23:00,400 EARLY FOR A ONE DAY ONLY AT 752 00:22:59,933 --> 00:23:02,400 JOSEPH BETH. 753 00:23:00,400 --> 00:23:09,000 AND HE'LL BE TALKING WITH PETER 754 00:23:02,400 --> 00:23:12,533 WHO IS JOURNALIST FROM POLITICO 755 00:23:09,000 --> 00:23:13,933 AND WILL HAVE MAR WHO LIVES HERE 756 00:23:12,533 --> 00:23:17,233 IN LEXINGTON AS WELL. 757 00:23:13,933 --> 00:23:19,933 WE'LL HAVE ONE VIRTUAL PROGRAM 758 00:23:17,233 --> 00:23:21,500 WITH AN AUTHOR ILLUSTRATOR 759 00:23:19,933 --> 00:23:23,600 ORIGINALLY FROM VIRGINIA AND NOW 760 00:23:21,500 --> 00:23:26,766 SHE LIVES IN BROOKLYN. 761 00:23:23,600 --> 00:23:27,900 AND, WE'LL HAVE BOOKS FOR 762 00:23:26,766 --> 00:23:29,966 EVERYONE -- EVERYONE FROM LITTLE 763 00:23:27,900 --> 00:23:31,500 KIDS TO ADULTS. 764 00:23:29,966 --> 00:23:33,400 SO, BRUCE CAMERON IS COMING AND 765 00:23:31,500 --> 00:23:37,200 HE WRITE THESE REALLY CUTE 766 00:23:33,400 --> 00:23:42,666 BOOKS, A DOG'S PURPOSE IS ONE OF 767 00:23:37,200 --> 00:23:43,966 THEM, AND THEY HAVE BEEN. 768 00:23:42,666 --> 00:23:45,333 YOU CAN TALK ABOUT WRITING FROM 769 00:23:43,966 --> 00:23:46,766 THE PERSPECTIVE OF THE ON THE 770 00:23:45,333 --> 00:23:47,000 GROUND AND HOW TO PULL THAT OFF. 771 00:23:46,766 --> 00:23:47,766 >> 772 00:23:47,000 --> 00:23:49,433 [ LAUGHTER ] 773 00:23:47,766 --> 00:23:50,433 >> IT IS GREAT THAT YOU HAVE 774 00:23:49,433 --> 00:23:51,366 SUCH WELL-KNOWN NAMES AND THOSE 775 00:23:50,433 --> 00:23:52,400 RISING AS WELL. 776 00:23:51,366 --> 00:23:55,000 AND I WANT YOU TO TALK ABOUT THE 777 00:23:52,400 --> 00:23:56,666 FACT THAT EVEN THOUGH IT IS AT 778 00:23:55,000 --> 00:23:59,900 JOSEPH BETH BOOK SELLER, THERE 779 00:23:56,666 --> 00:24:01,266 IS A VIRTUAL COMPONENT SO YOU'RE 780 00:23:59,900 --> 00:24:01,966 IN THIS HYBRID FORMAT. 781 00:24:01,266 --> 00:24:02,666 TELL US HOW THAT WORKS. 782 00:24:01,966 --> 00:24:04,900 >> YES. 783 00:24:02,666 --> 00:24:05,866 IN ORDERS TO MAKE EVERYONE AS 784 00:24:04,900 --> 00:24:09,633 COMFORTABLE AS POSSIBLE IF THEY 785 00:24:05,866 --> 00:24:10,766 WANT TO PARTICIPATE, YOU CAN 786 00:24:09,633 --> 00:24:11,600 CERTAINLY COME THE STORE AND BE 787 00:24:10,766 --> 00:24:13,233 PART OF THE AUDIENCE. 788 00:24:11,600 --> 00:24:14,766 IF YOU WOULD RATHER WATCH AT 789 00:24:13,233 --> 00:24:16,266 HOME, WE'LL LIVE STREAM THE 790 00:24:14,766 --> 00:24:21,166 SESSION FOR THE FIRST TIME EVER 791 00:24:16,266 --> 00:24:22,766 TO T, THE WEBSITE ON THE DAY OF 792 00:24:21,166 --> 00:24:25,333 THE EVENT, YOU'LL BE ABLE TO 793 00:24:22,766 --> 00:24:26,900 CLICK ON WEBSITE AND SEE THESE 794 00:24:25,333 --> 00:24:27,766 WATCH NOW BUTTONS FROM THE 795 00:24:26,900 --> 00:24:30,300 EVENTS PAGE. 796 00:24:27,766 --> 00:24:31,333 AND CLICK ON THOSE AND WATCH THE 797 00:24:30,300 --> 00:24:32,466 EVENTS STREAM LIVE. 798 00:24:31,333 --> 00:24:35,600 SO, THERE WILL BE A LITTLE BIT 799 00:24:32,466 --> 00:24:38,933 OF A LAG TIME JUST BECAUSE 800 00:24:35,600 --> 00:24:41,500 TECHNOLOGY IS NOT PERFECT. 801 00:24:38,933 --> 00:24:43,566 BUT, WE'LL ARCHIVE THOSE VIDEOS 802 00:24:41,500 --> 00:24:45,300 ON OUR WEBSITE AFTER THE FACT. 803 00:24:43,566 --> 00:24:47,966 AND ONE AUTHOR THAT WE'RE REALLY 804 00:24:45,300 --> 00:24:48,866 EXCITED TO BRING IN IS ELLEN 805 00:24:47,966 --> 00:24:50,966 HELD BRANDT WHOSE BOOK GOLDEN 806 00:24:48,866 --> 00:24:53,400 GIRL WAS REALLY POPULAR, AND 807 00:24:50,966 --> 00:24:55,366 STILL IS. 808 00:24:53,400 --> 00:24:57,333 BUT, SHE HAS THREE NEW BOOKS 809 00:24:55,366 --> 00:24:57,700 COMING OUT BETWEEN NOW AND 810 00:24:57,333 --> 00:24:59,166 CHRISTMAS. 811 00:24:57,700 --> 00:25:01,666 AND SO SHE'LL TALK ABOUT GOLDEN 812 00:24:59,166 --> 00:25:02,100 GIRL AND TALK ABOUT HER NEW 813 00:25:01,666 --> 00:25:04,166 BOOK. 814 00:25:02,100 --> 00:25:05,266 I THINK SHE'S WRITTEN 28 BOOKS 815 00:25:04,166 --> 00:25:07,133 NOW WHICH IS MIND BLOWING. 816 00:25:05,266 --> 00:25:08,933 >> YEAH. 817 00:25:07,133 --> 00:25:10,933 AND THAT'S AMAZING. 818 00:25:08,933 --> 00:25:12,566 AND SO, I KNOW THERE'S A LOT OF 819 00:25:10,933 --> 00:25:15,033 WORK THAT GOES INTO THIS. 820 00:25:12,566 --> 00:25:17,766 I REMEMBER WHEN I WAS AT THE 821 00:25:15,033 --> 00:25:18,966 LAST BOOK FAIR, BOOK FESTIVAL, 822 00:25:17,766 --> 00:25:21,700 SCOTT PELLEY WAS THERE AND I GOT 823 00:25:18,966 --> 00:25:24,100 A CHANCE TO INTERVIEW HIM ABOUT 824 00:25:21,700 --> 00:25:24,800 TRUTH WORTH TELLING WHICH IS A 825 00:25:24,100 --> 00:25:26,500 FANTASTIC BOOK WHETHER OR NOT 826 00:25:24,800 --> 00:25:27,000 YOU'RE IN THE JOURNALISM 827 00:25:26,500 --> 00:25:28,266 INDUSTRY OR NOT. 828 00:25:27,000 --> 00:25:29,466 IT IS REALLY GOOD READ AND WE 829 00:25:28,266 --> 00:25:30,800 SHARED A FEW MINUTES ON STAGE 830 00:25:29,466 --> 00:25:33,266 AND REALLY GOT TO SEE A 831 00:25:30,800 --> 00:25:34,333 DIFFERENT SIDE OF THIS NEWS MAN 832 00:25:33,266 --> 00:25:36,266 IN THAT KIND OF ENVIRONMENT. 833 00:25:34,333 --> 00:25:38,400 IT WAS AN INTIMATE SETTING AND I 834 00:25:36,266 --> 00:25:41,600 KNOW YOU'RE DOING EVENTS LEADING 835 00:25:38,400 --> 00:25:42,800 UP TO THE BIG BOOK FESTIVAL, 836 00:25:41,600 --> 00:25:43,466 CONVERSATIONS AND COCKTAILS IS 837 00:25:42,800 --> 00:25:44,800 WHAT IT IS CALLED. 838 00:25:43,466 --> 00:25:46,866 YOU'VE GOT SEVERAL THINGS THAT 839 00:25:44,800 --> 00:25:47,766 ARE KIND OF PRECURSORS OR MAYBE 840 00:25:46,866 --> 00:25:48,700 EVEN COME AFTERWARDS. 841 00:25:47,766 --> 00:25:49,266 >> RIGHT. 842 00:25:48,700 --> 00:25:51,100 YES. 843 00:25:49,266 --> 00:25:53,100 SO NOVEMBER 1 WE'RE KICKING 844 00:25:51,100 --> 00:25:54,700 THINGS OFF WITH JAYSON REYNOLDS. 845 00:25:53,100 --> 00:25:56,800 HE'S THE NATIONAL AMBASSADOR FOR 846 00:25:54,700 --> 00:25:58,533 CHILDREN LITERATURE AND HE IS 847 00:25:56,800 --> 00:26:00,166 SERVING A VERY RARE THIRD TERM. 848 00:25:58,533 --> 00:26:00,500 I THINK THAT'S NEVER HAPPENED 849 00:26:00,166 --> 00:26:02,300 BEFORE. 850 00:26:00,500 --> 00:26:04,333 BUT, JAYSON HAS A NEW BOOK 851 00:26:02,300 --> 00:26:05,933 COMING OUT CALLED "STUNT BOY IN 852 00:26:04,333 --> 00:26:09,733 THE MEANTIME "AND HE'LL BE 853 00:26:05,933 --> 00:26:12,166 TALKING ABOUT THAT IT IS A 854 00:26:09,733 --> 00:26:13,900 GRAPHIC NOVEL, GREAT FOR 855 00:26:12,166 --> 00:26:15,133 RELUCTANT READERS. 856 00:26:13,900 --> 00:26:16,300 MAYBE KIDS HAVE TROUBLE FINDING 857 00:26:15,133 --> 00:26:18,400 BOOK THOSE HOLD THEIR ATTENTION 858 00:26:16,300 --> 00:26:19,800 AND GRAPHIC NOVELS ARE A GOOD 859 00:26:18,400 --> 00:26:20,333 STEP INTO FALLING IN LOVE WITH 860 00:26:19,800 --> 00:26:24,000 READING. 861 00:26:20,333 --> 00:26:24,966 AND, JAYSON IS ALSO A VERY 862 00:26:24,000 --> 00:26:27,033 INSTIRRATIONAL GUY. 863 00:26:24,966 --> 00:26:28,833 HE IS JUST WONDERFUL, SO, WE'LL 864 00:26:27,033 --> 00:26:29,100 KICK THINGS OFF NOVEMBER 1 WITH 865 00:26:28,833 --> 00:26:32,200 HIM. 866 00:26:29,100 --> 00:26:34,500 WE'LL HAVE A LITERARY LUNCHEON 867 00:26:32,200 --> 00:26:34,966 WITH GWEDA MIKE A SHE'S 868 00:26:34,500 --> 00:26:36,100 WONDERFUL. 869 00:26:34,966 --> 00:26:36,533 >> SHE HAS A BOOK. 870 00:26:36,100 --> 00:26:37,533 IT IS GREAT. 871 00:26:36,533 --> 00:26:39,100 >> YES. 872 00:26:37,533 --> 00:26:42,600 >> SO, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE KIND 873 00:26:39,100 --> 00:26:43,800 OF A BOXED LUNCH PICNIC STYLE. 874 00:26:42,600 --> 00:26:45,666 DUE TO THE PANDEMIC, WE'VE HAD 875 00:26:43,800 --> 00:26:48,066 TO BE PRETTY CREATIVE WITH HOW 876 00:26:45,666 --> 00:26:49,166 WE'RE HOSTING IN-PERSON EVENTS 877 00:26:48,066 --> 00:26:51,666 ESPECIALLY RELATED TO FOOD. 878 00:26:49,166 --> 00:26:52,866 SO, WE HAVE FOUND A WAY TO DO IT 879 00:26:51,666 --> 00:26:55,166 ALL SAFELY. 880 00:26:52,866 --> 00:26:56,733 AND, ON WEDNESDAY NIGHT, WE'RE 881 00:26:55,166 --> 00:26:59,133 GOING HAVE ANOTHER EVENT AT 882 00:26:56,733 --> 00:27:00,700 JOSEPH BETH WITH MARGARET TO 883 00:26:59,133 --> 00:27:02,933 CELEBRATE HER BOOK THAT JUST 884 00:27:00,700 --> 00:27:07,233 CAME OUT OCTOBER 12. 885 00:27:02,933 --> 00:27:08,166 WE'LL HAVE TRIVIA AT GOOD WOOD 886 00:27:07,233 --> 00:27:08,900 OF LEXINGTON WHICH I BELIEVE 887 00:27:08,166 --> 00:27:10,533 OPENED DURING THE PANDEMIC BUT 888 00:27:08,900 --> 00:27:11,666 IT IS ALSO REALLY CLOSE TO 889 00:27:10,533 --> 00:27:13,466 JOSEPH BETH SO THAT'S FUN. 890 00:27:11,666 --> 00:27:13,766 AND THURSDAY NIGHT AND THAT'S 891 00:27:13,466 --> 00:27:15,600 FREE. 892 00:27:13,766 --> 00:27:17,533 AND RALLY YOUR FRIENDS WHO LOVE 893 00:27:15,600 --> 00:27:18,766 BOOKS TO COME OUT FOR BOOK 894 00:27:17,533 --> 00:27:20,266 THEMED TRIVIA. 895 00:27:18,766 --> 00:27:22,033 AND THEN WITH COMMERCE 896 00:27:20,266 --> 00:27:23,333 LEXINGTON, WE'LL HAVE A 897 00:27:22,033 --> 00:27:25,733 SPOTLIGHT BREAKFAST ON FRIDAY 898 00:27:23,333 --> 00:27:27,900 MORNING WITH JAMES HARDYMAN AND 899 00:27:25,733 --> 00:27:29,433 TERRY BIRDWHISTLE DISCUSSING THE 900 00:27:27,900 --> 00:27:31,766 MEMOIR ABOUT BECOMING A 901 00:27:29,433 --> 00:27:33,066 SUCCESSFUL BUSINESSMAN AND, 902 00:27:31,766 --> 00:27:34,900 SATURDAY, OF COURSE, IT IS THE 903 00:27:33,066 --> 00:27:35,200 BIG BOOK FESTIVAL AT JOSEPH 904 00:27:34,900 --> 00:27:36,433 BETH. 905 00:27:35,200 --> 00:27:38,000 >> WELL, IT IS A GREAT LINEUP 906 00:27:36,433 --> 00:27:40,500 AND CONGRATULATIONS TO YOU ALL 907 00:27:38,000 --> 00:27:43,666 AND MY FORMER COLLEAGUE, BILL 908 00:27:40,500 --> 00:27:44,600 GOODMAN WHO RUNS THE KENTUCKY 909 00:27:43,666 --> 00:27:45,400 HUMANITYS. 910 00:27:44,600 --> 00:27:47,233 SARA WORDS, THANK YOU. 911 00:27:45,400 --> 00:27:48,300 I KNOW YOU PUT A LOT OF EFFORT 912 00:27:47,233 --> 00:27:49,233 INTO THIS BOOK FESTIVAL AND 913 00:27:48,300 --> 00:27:50,166 THANK YOU FOR MAKING SO IT 914 00:27:49,233 --> 00:27:51,433 SUCCESSFUL AS WE KNOW IT WILL BE 915 00:27:50,166 --> 00:27:52,466 THE FIRST WEEK IN NOVEMBER. 916 00:27:51,433 --> 00:27:52,733 THANKS SO MUCH FOR BEING WITH 917 00:27:52,466 --> 00:27:54,466 US. 918 00:27:52,733 --> 00:27:55,433 >> THANK YOU. 919 00:27:54,466 --> 00:27:56,833 >> THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME. 920 00:27:55,433 --> 00:27:58,266 >> AND THANK YOU FOR JOINING US 921 00:27:56,833 --> 00:27:58,700 FOR THIS EDITION OF 922 00:27:58,266 --> 00:28:00,266 "CONNECTIONS." 923 00:27:58,700 --> 00:28:03,766 YOU CAN LOG ON TO OUR WEBSITE TO 924 00:28:00,266 --> 00:28:04,333 SEE PROGRAMS FROM THE PAST, AT 925 00:28:03,766 --> 00:28:05,600 KET.ORG/CONNECTIONS. 926 00:28:04,333 --> 00:28:07,366 LISTEN TO PODCASTS AND FOLLOW ME 927 00:28:05,600 --> 00:28:08,066 ON TWITTER AND OTHER SPACES AND 928 00:28:07,366 --> 00:28:09,466 I'M THERE.