From the Jill Schwartz Memorial Library here in Soltry, Savannah, Georgia. This is obscure season 4 in American

tragedy. I'm your host, your friend, your ear lover, and literary Mansplainer

in chief, Michael Ian Black, returned from Tur, the state Tur has now concluded,

happily I will add, I'm not necessarily happy that it's over just it concluded happily we had a happy

conclusion two shows one in Nashville one in Austin both were good fun and

now that is done. My sister-in-law is visiting this week, my wife's younger sister.

So that'll be nice to have her here for a few days and then on what is it Monday I go to Atlanta to conclude

Shooting the movie that I'm in that will probably be out I would guess next summer.

So you know that I mean that catches you up to my comings and goings was a good time after well I guess I neglected a coming and going

because after Austin I did go to LA for a couple of days to visit my daughter

and to play in a charity poker tournament in which I did

terribly. It didn't matter. You know, it's charity. What do I care, right? I care. Obviously I care very much.

But I knew some people there, which was fun. I sat next to my poker friend, Maria Ho, who I once took a, I mean, what am I going to say?

Was it a $100,000 pot from?

Yeah, he was.

But you'll find out all about that at some future point.

Anyway, now I'm back. I'm here to read a book I guess to you in

American Tragedy I mean that is the book. We have been slowly digesting over low these past many months.

And last time I thought was kind of interesting,

they introduced this new character.

Walter Dillard, I believe is his name, who has the makings of a grifter.

I think somebody who's just pawing and clawing and trying to ingratiate himself with Clyde because he thinks Clyde will help him

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