Chicago was good!

We have missed y'all, but allow us to rectify that.

So we are coming your way for our very first live show

since the pandemic shut everything down.

So we have some very special guests, including a special musical guest.

So come rock with us.

November 2nd at the Studio Maker Theatre.

Say your mama, say your friends, say your people.

They and you can get tickets at mprpresents.org.

We'll see y'all soon.

I'm B.A. Parker.

I'm Karen Gookswee-Bates.

And this is Co-Switch from NPR.

Karen, have you ever been to the National Book Festival?

I did.

For the first time last year, Parker, because of COVID, it was virtual.

Despite that, though, I had a great time.

For those of you who don't know, the National Book Festival is this book event in Washington,

Tennessee, created by the Library of Congress at the behest of Vin First Lady Laura Bush.

It really runs the gamut.

I mean, this year they had Janelle Monet.

They had black women who write about their sewing.

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