Community as he posed at the first conference in 1986 . What then is that question for us . Are we still beholden to that responsibility to writing to black communities . Professor hill, i know you are on the fly. So i am going to allow you to hit that first before going on to the rest of our colleagues. I appreciate that. Im in the airport trying to get back. A little emergency. When i dip off, thats why. I think the answer is yes. We still have a responsibility to black people, to black readers, to black audiences. You know, i dont think we are the exact same responsibility or at least not the exact same role but i think as black writers, we dont have the luxury to just write about whatever. It doesnt mean we shouldnt create space for joy and for experimentation and for creativity and selfindulgence. We can do that. I write some stuff that dont got nothing to do with none of yall. But in terms of the overall project, i feel like when i write im thinking how will this improve the cond
And interact with guests and authors such as librarian of congress carla hayden, journalist david maraniss, writer clint smith, and more. The library of Congress National book festival Live Saturday beginning at 9 30 a. M. Eastern on cspan2. It is my pleasure to introduce today dr. Albert berula, the chairmanma and ceo f pfizer, nowadays a household name the last couple of years. Dr. Borio has worked advisor for more than 25 years and has become the companies ceo in january of 2019 right before the pandemics of the timing was pretty incredible there. In his new book called moonshot inside pfizers ninemonth race to make the impossible possible, it really takes us behind the scenes during the pandemic, the historic development, the testing and manufacturing o of e Companies Cope vexing. Dr. Bourla recently named ceo yf the year by cnn business and the 2022 genesis prize laureate. We will be discussing about in the next hour but its not going to be a conversation between the doctor and i.
Is the best time to be doing comedy and to be making comedy in current social environment. Are some jokes off limits . Well, the funny thing is, i dont think any joke is off limits. The fact that its a joke, it has to work. You know, there are so many people who you know, will try a joke, you know, because its like, you know, quote unquote, edgy and nobody laughs and theres a tendency to say, like, oh, guys, must be snowflakes, as opposed i know you just didnt craft a good joke. So i think any joke or any topic is is up for grabs. But, you know, obviously, the more serious the subject matter, the more it has to be treated, or at least i think that it, you know, just natural. You have to have to leave a better, better web. That be that does that does that work for you . Give us an example of a better web of of a give you potentially a sensitive or topic a top. Yeah, i think well, i think like cancer is probably a pretty serious thing. Um, and, you know, a few years back, like my mother
First Lady Laura Bush along with then library of librarian of congress and the current librarian of congress has continued. Carla it is so delightful to see people line up outside waiting to hear authors and get their books signed and all of these things. There is just so much excitement. After two years of being virtual, that was good for when we all had to hunker down, but being in person is just delightful. What is your role today . Carla my role is head cheerleader, and also to open up the main stage to actually get a chance to moderate a panel of young adult authors. This year we are having a stage for the young and young at heart, teenagers, specifically. The interesting part is we had a Youth Advisory Committee which could all happen during a pandemic, and they zoomed in through the country and gave us advice about authors they would like to hear from. They recommended the books and so i am just being led on to the stage but young people will be interviewing some of their favori
In current social environment. Are some jokes off limits . Well, the funny thing is, i dont think any joke is off limits. The fact that its a joke, it has to work. You know, there are so many people who you know, will try a joke, you know, because its like, you know, quote unquote, edgy and nobody laughs and theres a tendency to say, like, oh, guys, must be snowflakes, as opposed i know you just didnt craft a good joke. So i think any joke or any topic is is up for grabs. But, you know, obviously, the more serious the subject matter, the more it has to be treated, or at least i think that it, you know, just natural. You have to have to leave a better, better web. That be that does that does that work for you . Give us an example of a better web of of a give you potentially a sensitive or topic a top. Yeah, i think well, i think like cancer is probably a pretty serious thing. Um, and, you know, a few years back, like my mother was diagnosed with cancer and the first thought that i was l