dave barry. amy chan. my contemporaries. >> you can do contemporary or people who are long dead. >> too many people that i like. >> who do you love? you know you will run out and get their book. the people you love, every time they write a book you will run out and get that book. >> morrison. so many new writers that i like. >> you talk about other people. >> you want me to say who i don't like? >> to the dead people. >> i will get in trouble. >> who do you love? >> contemporary people, they had a book coming out, i would get very excited, i love jennifer egan, one of my favorite books, that is my favorite book of hers and goon squad is fabulous and what is jennifer egan doing? looking at a book right now, don't know what is going to be, jumps around or something, that excites me. if i heard ben lerner had a new book coming out i would be excited. i love edward saint alban, somebody i recommend a lot. i like zinc, but haven't read the last two books, didn't she have two books come out on one day, that is c

dave barry. amy chan. my contemporaries. >> you can do contemporary or people who are long dead. >> too many people that i like. >> who do you love? you know you will run out and get their book. the people you love, every time they write a book you will run out and get that book. >> morrison. so many new writers that i like. >> you talk about other people. >> you want me to say who i don't like? >> to the dead people. >> i will get in trouble. >> who do you love? >> contemporary people, they had a book coming out, i would get very excited, i love jennifer egan, one of my favorite books, that is my favorite book of hers and goon squad is fabulous and what is jennifer egan doing? looking at a book right now, don't know what is going to be, jumps around or something, that excites me. if i heard ben lerner had a new book coming out i would be excited. i love edward saint alban, somebody i recommend a lot. i like zinc, but haven't read the last two books, didn't she have two books come out on one day, that is c

dave barry. [applause] >> thank you. thank you. thank you all for coming out, and thanks to the miami book fair which is the best book fair in the united states, and it's -- yeah. [applause] >> thank you all for coming out. there will be no concert by the rock bottom remainders this year. >> oh! >> the people booing never heard of the rock bottom remainders. [laughter] no, we are -- we have played here more than any place else, which is not really a tribute to -- [laughter] no other city will have us that many times. we play, it's a genre we call hard listening music. [laughter] but it just, it's the logistics. it's difficult to get everybody, people can roam all over the country that are in this band, which is why we sound the way we do. we never -- other bands, i've been told, practice the songs ahead of time. [laughter] and we don't. we go and play the songs, and then we go, we should have practiced that song, you know? [laughter] which is not the same thing. but what we do, the reason we're still together after 27, 26 years, an

to victory ♪ >> and just in case you're wondering, he got his nickname from his younger brother dave. barryhim the hatchet after he saw him take down an opposing player on the basketball court and the name just stuck. coming up next, tomorrow is the busiest day of the year for something holiday related, can you guess what it is? find out if you're right when we come back. >>> get ready, if you're sending cards and gifts this holiday season, according to the u.s. postal service, tomorrow is the busiest mailing day of the entire year for greeting cards and packages and most of it will be delivered on thursday, the busiest delivery day of the year. to avoid a shipping glitch, the post office says remove batteries from toys an never get the zip code, include to and from information on packages and only on one side and select a box that's strong enough to protect the contents. priority mail and priority express boxes are free at the local post office. >> we'll leave you with this. there's a place in philly where you can get your coffee and cat fix in one place. the kitty cafe is one of the the f

let's give a round of applause to dave barry.>> >> thank you. >> thank you very much. >> thank you all. [applause] [inaudible conversations] you can purchase dave barry'sbok book. thank you. [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] >> okay. thank you everybody for coming. c-span booktv is going to be here recording tonight on the q&a portion i will pass the microphone around. we can make sure we get that captured. but culture is pleased to host lewis lapham in a conversation with terry mcdonell. the new book, "age of folly" and terry mcdonell's new book also and editors notes on writing. we encourage you to pick up one or two or three so we can continue to be a community space on the upper west side. a quick show of hands if you have been here before. okay, well welcome all of the new faces. 20 years ago this was lost to the upper west side. many other wonderful independent bookstores over the airport a couple of years ago but culture in partnership with parker magazine opened up of this space to celebrate the important written word. might not get the attention it deserves.

. >>> sky6 taking a live look at the commodore barry bridge. daveat's left of yesterday's rain showers and what is coming next. >>> a baby jesus is stolen in christmas city. bethlehem police release surveillance video of the woman wanted for the nativity theft. those stories plus the former temple football coach being introduced at a new school today. it's all next. >> ♪ from irving, texas, made some history this holiday becoming the first black santa at the mall of america in minnesota. >> yeah, and the job actually made him somewhat of a celebrity. bradley blackburn with our dallas station has his story. >> how are y'all doing? >> reporter: it could be the twinkle in his eye. or his jolly voice. >> merry christmas. >> reporter: but when you meet santa lara it's easy to believe. >> how did you know? >> i enjoy being santa claus. >> reporter: larry jefferson calls north texas home but now he's known nationwide. just back from mall of america in minnesota where he was their first ever african-american santa chosen after a national search. >> here i a