LIVE! in Los Angeles: "Money Tree" by Nalo Hopkinson

LeVar Burton Reads

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Arts, Performing Arts

4.9 • 17K Ratings

🗓️ 22 May 2018

⏱️ 46 minutes

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A young man sets out to uncover sunken treasure and make his fortune, and his sister must pick up the pieces. Recorded on the LeVar Burton Reads LIVE! tour. With accompaniment by vibraphonist Justin Thomas, and featuring a conversation with the author. This story appears in Nalo Hopkinson's collection SKIN FOLK.

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0:00.0	Hi, I'm Lavar Burton and this is Lavar Burton Reads.
0:09.5	In every episode, I handpick a different piece of short fiction and I read it to you.
0:15.0	The only thing these stories have in common is that I love them and I hope you will too.
0:23.9	Continuing with our spring and summer live episodes, y'all, I have an incredible story
0:28.7	for you today written by the great Nalo Hopkinson.
0:33.8	Nalo is an acclaimed writer of science fiction and fantasy tales and now teaches science
0:37.7	fiction at the University of California at Riverside.
0:41.0	She has won the John W. Campbell Award, the World Fantasy Award and Canada's Sunburst
0:48.0	Award.
0:49.4	She is one of our neighbors from the North, lives here with us now in the South, but she
0:55.2	is Canadian, y'all.
0:56.6	And she has won the awards and the most important points for that.
0:57.6	She skillfully weaves Nalo does together elements of folk tales, myth, horror and science
1:02.7	fiction in her stories.
1:04.7	The collection that I'm reading from today is entitled Skin Folk and just a heads up
1:08.7	if you stay tuned after the story ends.
1:12.2	You will get to hear my conversation on stage with Nalo from our event in Los Angeles.
1:18.1	Now, as with all of our live episodes, I have had the opportunity to read with live musical
1:24.0	accompaniment.
1:25.0	I love this part of the tour.
1:29.1	Today's musician is the composer and vibraphonist Justin Thomas.
1:33.4	Justin has shared this stage with all of the greats.
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