LIVE! in Chicago: "The Winds of Harmattan" by Nnedi Okorafor

LeVar Burton Reads

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Arts, Performing Arts

4.9 • 17K Ratings

🗓️ 24 April 2018

⏱️ 61 minutes

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A young woman discovers her destiny as a Windseeker. Recorded on the LeVar Burton Reads LIVE! tour. With accompaniment by the legendary instrumentalist and kalimba player Kahil El'Zabar, and featuring a conversation with Nnedi Okorafor. This story appears in Okorafor's collection KABU KABU.

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0:00.0	Hey, yo, do you have your tickets for LaVar Burton Reads Live yet?
0:07.7	That's right, I am coming out to do this thing in front of a live audience near you.
0:12.3	I'll read a story with live music and talk to the author and you can be a part of it.
0:18.5	And since people have been tweeting me and asking, yes, I give you full permission to wear
0:24.9	your pajamas if that's how you want to roll.
0:27.7	Get comfy and come out or send a friend to one of these cities.
0:32.7	San Francisco, I'm with you this Sunday, April 29th with the science fiction author and
0:39.0	I-09 co-founder Charlie Jane Anders.
0:42.1	I'm in Los Angeles on May 2nd with the author Nalo Hopkinson to hear a fantastic and
0:46.6	spooky Caribbean tale.
0:48.4	I'm going to be in Portland on May 4th and the story.
0:52.4	Well, I'm keeping that one a secret just a little while longer.
0:57.2	And finally, I will finish this thing out in Seattle on May 6th with the wonderful writer
1:03.4	Nisi Shaw.
1:05.0	That's going to be a real treat.
1:07.0	I'll have tickets available for special meet and greets after the show in every city
1:11.2	as well.
1:12.5	Tickets are selling out quickly.
1:13.9	As I record this, there are still a couple of places where they are nearly sold out.
1:18.4	So don't wait.
1:20.1	For the WWW, LovarBertonpodcast.com slash tour and get you some.
1:26.7	Hi, I'm LovarBerton and this is LovarBerton Reads.
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