please join me in welcoming joy harjo. i know he sprained his ankle. thank you.or modo in our muskogee language, i am so honored to standing here with you and before you in person to accept this for a lifetime of mischief i mean writing. of course the best writing makes for a kind of mischief that is it runs counter to the expected opens doors of inside that upset the status quo makes a pathway for justice to have its say. i've always had the greatest respect for this organization for who read closely and pay attention to literary witness in the story field. the national book critics circle was founded in 1974. this means next year. it will be 50 years since its founding. my poems were published in 72 when i was an undergraduate student at the university of new mexico. so i have come of age a poet writer alongside the national book critics circle. our generation about making historical adjustment and covering the stories and cultural knowledge that had been a place at the table of american literature. we are all witnesses to history, to the unfoldment and reshapi

tazbah chahavez, sterlin harjo i know i'm going to forget a few other people, but like, they just --he independndent film world, so he had a really, really strong background in justst sort of dog things that you want to do, as opposed to things that will make money. and i just think like this just felt like people were doing this because they were really connected to do it and i've been really lucky in my career. i don't know if you've noticed, i have paratrooped into some of the best stuff out there i never created it it wasn't my idea. i didn't write it. but i come in for likeke half an episode, rub up against it, and people think i know what i'm doing. but it's not me, it's been everybody -- all the vince gilligan-type people out there. >> seth: well, you have been a perfect fit in every one of them, and it is always just a delight to have you here thanks so much, bill >> all right, seth thank you, buddy >> seth: of course the vinyl release of bill burr live from madison square garden is available at amoeba.com on september 23rd we'll be right back with keith momorrison ♪ i'm your