Book TV Schedule: June 16th - 18th

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C-SPAN2's Book TV: June 16-18
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After Words
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Insightful author interviews
Saturday 9 PM, Sunday 6 PM and 9 PM ET
Investigative journalist Ted Gup contends that our current political culture is defined by a misguided desire for secrecy. In his new book, Nation of Secrets: The Threat to Democracy and the American Way of Life, Mr. Gup argues that an ever-growing flood of classified documents undermines the transparency of our democratic institutions. He discusses his new book with Michael Isikoff, Investigative Correspondent for Newsweek.


Weekend Highlights
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Book Expo America Panels
Book TV's coverage of two panel discussions from the annual trade fair in New York, June 1-3, 2007.

Ethics in Book Reviewing Panel with John Leonard, Sam Tanenhaus, Christopher Hitchens, David Ulin, Francine Prose, and Carlin Romano (Saturday 10 PM ET)

Breakfast Panel with Stephen Colbert, Ken Burns, Khaled Hosseini,
and Lisa See
(Saturday 11:30 PM, Sunday 3 PM ET)


Rajan Menon, The End of Alliances
Rajan Menon argues that the U.S. should consider ending the alliances it has developed since the end of World War II. He says that the U.S. should consider creating temporary or limited alliances based on its needs and foreign policy goals. Michael Mandelbaum and Doug Bandow provide commentary.
(Saturday 2:30 PM, Monday 5 AM ET)


David Talbot, Brothers: The Hidden History of the Kennedy Years
David Talbot explores the personal and political relationship between John F. Kennedy and Robert F. Kennedy. The author argues that the Kennedy brothers and their closest advisors continually pushed for a peaceful resolution to the Cold War. Mr. Talbot also proposes that Robert Kennedy spent a great deal of the remainder of his life in search of his own answers to his brother's assassination.
(Saturday 7:00 PM ET)


Peter Irons, God on Trial: Dispatches from America's Religious Battlefields
Constitutional lawyer Peter Irons outlines major court cases involving the separation of church and state. His book focuses on cases involving a cross in a public park; organized prayer at high school football games; Ten Commandment displays in courtrooms; the pledge of allegiance in public schools; and teaching the intelligent design theory in schools. Mr. Irons presents first-person accounts from those involved on both sides of each case.
(Sunday 10:30 AM ET)





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BOOK TV Schedule

Note: Program start times are approximate and all times are Eastern.



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Saturday, June 16

8:00 am Mike Evans, The Final Move Beyond Iraq: The Final Solution While the World Sleeps

9:00 In Depth: Lewis Lapham

11:55 2007 Get Caught Reading: Rep. Tom Petri (R-WI)

12:00 pm Robert Kaufman, In Defense of the Bush Doctrine

1:10 The Caravan Project

1:25 2007 Washington Post Author Meet & Greet: Jackie Spinner "Tell Them I Didn't Cry"

1:30 2007 LA Times Festival of Books - Environment Panel

2:30 Rajan Menon with Michael Mandelbaum and Doug Bandow, The End of Alliances

3:50 Heather Ewing, The Lost World of James Smithson: Science, Revolution, and the Birth of the Smithsonian

4:25 Tom Segev, 1967: Israel, the War, and the Year that Transformed the Middle East

5:40 2007 VA Festival of the Book: Hal Crowther "Gather at the River"

6:00 Encore Booknotes: Harold Bloom, How to Read and Why

7:00 History on Book TV: David Talbot, Brothers: The Hidden History Of The Kennedy Years

8:00 Linda Bridges, Strictly Right: William F. Buckley Jr. and the American Conservative Movement

8:30 Naftali Bendavid, The Thumpin': How Rahm Emanuel and the Democrats Learned to Be Ruthless and Ended the Republican Revolution

9:00 After Words: After Words: Ted Gup author of "Nation Of Secrets: The Threat To Democracy And The American Way Of Life" interviewed by Michael Isikoff

10:00 General Assignment: John Leonard, Sam Tanenhaus, Christopher Hitchens, David Ulin, Francine Prose, Carlin Romano, 2007 BookExpo America: Ethics in Book Reviewing Panel

11:30 General Assignment: Stephen Colbert, Ken Burns, Khaled Hosseini, Lisa See, 2007 BookExpo America: Breakfast Panel



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Sunday, June 17

12:45 am 2007 VA Festival of the Book: Terri Jentz "Strange Piece of Paradise"

1:00 Philip Zimbardo, The Lucifer Effect: Understanding How Good People Turn Evil

2:15 Christopher Finan, From The Palmer Raids To The Patriot Act: A History Of The Fight For Free Speech In America"

3:00 R. Howard Bloch, A Needle in the Right Hand of God: The Norman Conquest of 1066 and the Making and Meaning of the Bayeux Tapestry

3:55 2007 Washington Post Author Meet & Greet: Rajiv Chandrasekeran "Imperial Life in the Emerald City"

4:00 2007 LA Times Festival of Books - 2008 Election Panel

5:00 Andrew Burstein, The Original Knickerbocker: The Life Of Washington Irving

6:05 2007 VA Festival of the Book: Ron Collins "The Trials of Lenny Bruce"

6:25 2007 Get Caught Reading: Rep. Tom Petri (R-WI)

6:30 Leon Aron, Russia's Revolution: Essays, 1989-2006

7:55 2007 Washington Post Author Meet & Greet: Karen DeYoung "Soldier: The Life of Colin Powell"

8:00 Edward Brooke, Bridging the Divide: My Life

9:00 Michelle Keener, Shared Courage: A Marine Wife's Story of Strength and Service

9:30 John Agresto, Mugged by Reality: The Liberation of Iraq and the Failure of Good Intentions

10:25 2007 Get Caught Reading: Rep. Virginia Foxx (R-NC)

10:30 Peter Irons, God on Trial: Dispatches from America's Religious Battlefields

11:45 2007 VA Festival of the Book: Richard Labunski "James Madison and the Struggle for the Bill of Rights"

12:00 pm General Assignment: Leslie Bennetts, The Feminine Mistake: Are We Giving Up Too Much?

1:25 2007 Washington Post Author Meet & Greet: Alec Klein "Stealing Time"

1:30 Raymond Batvinis, The Origins Of FBI Counter-Intelligence

2:30 2007 VA Festival of the Book: Kirk Bloodsworth "Bloodsworth"

2:50 2007 Get Caught Reading: Rep. John Shimkus (R-IL)

2:55 2007 Washington Post Author Meet & Greet: Alec Klein "Stealing Time"

3:00 Stephen Colbert, Ken Burns, Khaled Hosseini, Lisa See, 2007 BookExpo America: Breakfast Panel

4:20 2007 VA Festival of the Book: Kermit Roosevelt, III "In the Shadow of the Law"

4:30 John Lukacs, George Kennan: A Study Of Character

5:40 2007 VA Festival of the Book: Cassandra Pybus, "Epic Journeys of Freedom"

6:00 After Words: After Words: Ted Gup author of "Nation Of Secrets: The Threat To Democracy And The American Way Of Life" interviewed by Michael Isikoff

7:00 John Agresto, Mugged by Reality: The Liberation of Iraq and the Failure of Good Intentions

7:55 2007 Get Caught Reading: Rep. Rush Holt (D-NJ)

8:00 2007 LA Times Festival of Books - Divided America Panel

9:00 After Words: After Words: Ted Gup author of "Nation Of Secrets: The Threat To Democracy And The American Way Of Life" interviewed by Michael Isikoff

10:00 Marcus Mabry, Twice as Good: Condoleezza Rice and Her Path to Power

11:10 2007 VA Festival of the Book: Charles Bowden "Inferno"

11:30 Mark DePue, Patrolling Baghdad: A Military Police Company and the War in Iraq



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Monday, June 18

12:25 am 2007 CPAC: Kevin McCullough "MuscleHead Revolution"

12:30 Thomas Craughwell, Stealing Lincoln's Body

1:15 2007 VA Festival of the Book: Betty De Ramus, "Forbidden Fruit"

1:30 Jennifer Armstrong, The American Story: 100 True Tales from American History

2:20 2007 VA Festival of the Book: Garrett Epps "Democracy Reborn"

2:50 2007 VA Festival of the Book: Adam Harmon, "The Lonely Soldier"

3:05 2007 LA Times Festival of Books: Lucinda Franks "My Father's Secret War: A Memoir"

3:30 Kevin Merida & Michael Fletcher, Supreme Discomfort: The Divided Soul of Clarence Thomas

4:45 2007 VA Festival of the Book: Richard Labunski "James Madison and the Struggle for the Bill of Rights"

5:00 Rajan Menon with Michael Mandelbaum and Doug Bandow, The End of Alliances

6:20 2007 VA Festival of the Book: Kermit Roosevelt, III "In the Shadow of the Law"

6:30 Marcus Mabry, Twice as Good: Condoleezza Rice and Her Path to Power

7:40 2007 Get Caught Reading: Sen. Ben Cardin (D-MD)

7:45 2007 VA Festival of the Book: Lynne Olson, "Troublesome Young Men"


http://www.booktv.org/schedule/

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1. The Final Move Beyond Iraq: The Final Solution While the World Sleeps

f'n nutjobs! they'll get us blown up yet. :scared:


On Saturday, June 16 at 8:00 am
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The Final Move Beyond Iraq: The Final Solution While the World Sleeps
Mike Evans
Watch now - http://www.booktv.org/ram/feature/0607/btv060907_4b.ram

Mike Evans talks to Jim Bohannon about the threat radical Islam poses to the United States. In his new book, Mr. Evans argues against an immediate withdrawal from Iraq and says that the United States should launch a strike against Iran.

Mike Evans is a journalist and documentary filmmaker. His books include, "Beyond Iraq: The Next Move" and "Showdown with Nuclear Iran." For more information, visit: thefinalmovebeyondiraq.com

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2. In Depth: Lewis Lapham

On Saturday, June 16 at 9:00 am
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In Depth: Lewis Lapham
Watch now - http://www.booktv.org/ram/feature/0607/arc_btv060307_4.ram

Lewis Lapham will be our guest for In Depth on Sunday, June 3rd (LIVE from Noon - 3 pm ET). Mr. Lapham was the editor of Harper's magazine for nearly thirty years and is currently a national correspondent and editor emeritus who writes a bi-monthly essay. He is also the editor of Lapham's Quarterly, a journal of history. He is the author of several books including "Theater of War," "Pretensions To Empire," "30 Satires," "Waiting for the Barbarians," and "Gag Rule." Call Mr. Lapham with your questions during the program.

Lewis Lapham is the author of "Fortune's Child" (1980), "Money and Class in America" (1988), "Imperial Masquerade" (1990), "The Wish for Kings" (1993), "Hotel America" (1995), "Waiting for the Barbarians" (1997), "The Agony of Mammon" (1998), "Lapham's Rules of Influence" (1999), "Lights, Camera, Democracy!" (2001), "Theater of War" (2003), "30 Satires" (2003), "Gag Rule" (2004), "With The Beatles" (2005), "Pretensions to Empire" (2006). Lewis Lapham’s Favorite Books House of Mirth, Edith Wharton; Moby Dick, Herman Melville; Son of the Morning Star, Evan Connell; Notes Found in a Bottle on a Beach in Carmel, Evan Connell; Sentimental Education, Gustave Flaubert; Rameau's Nephew, Denis Diderot; The Hundred Years, Philip Guedall; 1846: Year of Decision, Bernard DeVoto; Pale Fire, Valdimir Nabokov; The Distant Mirror, Barbara Tuchman; Stories, Raymond Chandler; Fables, James Thurber; Letters, Seneca; Collected Works, William Shakespeare; Essays, Michel de Montaigne; Speeches and Sketches, Mark Twain; Poetry, W. H. Auden, John Donne, A. E. Houseman, Emily Dickinson Lewis Lapham’s Favorite Writers W. H. Auden, George Elliot, Philip Guedalla, Patrick O'Brian, Honoré de Balzac, Alan Furst, Evan Connel, Maurice Collis, Eduardo Galeano, James Thurber, Vladimir Nabokov, Raymond Chandler, Denis Diderot, Barbara Tuchman, Edith Wharton, Bernard DeVoto, Voltaire, Rudyard Kipling, F. Scott Fitzgerald, Edmund Wilson

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3. In Defense of the Bush Doctrine

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On Saturday, June 16 at 12:00 pm
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In Defense of the Bush Doctrine
Robert Kaufman

Robert Kaufman talks about President Bush's foreign policy and argues that pre-emptive war is defensible when fighting terrorism. Mr. Kaufman spoke about these and other matters at the Heritage Foundation in Washington, DC.

Robert Kaufman, an adjunct scholar at the Heritage Foundation, is the author of "Henry M. Jackson: A Life in Politics." His work has appeared in Weekly Standard, The Washington Times, the Baltimore Sun, and other publications.

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4. 2007 LA Times Festival of Books - Environment Panel

On Saturday, June 16 at 1:30 pm
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2007 LA Times Festival of Books - Environment Panel

Sue Horton, an editor at the Los Angeles Times, moderates a panel discussion among four environmental activists. The panel discusses environmental issues facing the planet and how to motivate Americans to become involved in environmental activism. Participating in the discussion are authors Jenny Price, Rebecca Solnit and Bill McKibben and filmmaker Randy Olson.

Sue Horton is the Los Angeles Times deputy editor for enterprise reporting. Jenny Price is a freelance writer based in Los Angeles. Randy Olson is a marine biology lecturer at the University of Southern California. He is also a documentary filmmaker. Rebecca Solnit is an activist and author based in San Francisco. Bill McKibben is a scholar in residence at Middlebury College.

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44. the only thing worth watching till tonight...

kickin now cause I'm off to work


The Magdalen Reading
Rogier Van Der Weyden

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5. The End of Alliances

On Saturday, June 16 at 2:30 pm and Monday, June 18 at 5:00 am
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The End of Alliances
Rajan Menon with Michael Mandelbaum and Doug Bandow

Rajan Menon argues that the U.S. should consider ending the alliances it has developed since the end of World War Two. He says that the U.S. should consider creating temporary or limited alliances based on its needs and foreign policy goals. Michael Mandelbaum and Doug Bandow provide commentary. This event was hosted by the Cato Institute in Washington, DC.

Rajan Menon is a professor of international relations at Lehigh University and a fellow at the New America Foundation. He is the author of "Soviet Power and the Third World."

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6. The Lost World of James Smithson: Science, Revolution, and the Birth of the Smithsonian

On Saturday, June 16 at 3:50 pm
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The Lost World of James Smithson: Science, Revolution, and the Birth of the Smithsonian
Heather Ewing
Watch now - http://www.booktv.org/ram/history/0507/btv052007_1.ram

Historian Heather Ewing recounts the life of James Smithson, the benefactor of the Smithsonian Institution. Mr. Smithson was the illegitimate son of the Duke of Northumberland and made his name in the field of science. Upon his death in 1829 he left his fortune to create "an establishment for the increase and diffusion of knowledge among men" in Washington, D.C. He left no further instructions and to this day it is not known why he made this request as he had never set foot in the United States. The Smithsonian Institution was founded in 1846 after great debate in Congress as to how to use Smithson's gift.

Heather Ewing is an architectural historian that has worked for the Smithsonian Institution and the Ringling Museum of Art.

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7. 1967: Israel, the War, and the Year that Transformed the Middle East

On Saturday, June 16 at 4:25 pm
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1967: Israel, the War, and the Year that Transformed the Middle East
Tom Segev
Watch now - http://www.booktv.org/ram/feature/0607/btv061007_4.ram

June 5th marked the 40th anniversary of the start of the June 1967 War (also known as the Six Day War) between Israel and three of its neighbors - Egypt, Syria, and Jordan. Tom Segev looks at the background and events that influenced the Israeli government in the lead-up to its attack on Egypt. The talk was hosted by Busboys & Poets bookstore in Washington, DC.

Tom Segev is a columnist for the Israeli newspaper Ha'aretz. His previous books include "The Seventh Million: Israelis and the Holocaust" and "One Palestine, Complete: Jews and Arabs Under the British Mandate."

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8. How to Read and Why

On Saturday, June 16 at 6:00 pm
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How to Read and Why
Harold Bloom

Harold Bloom sat down for a Booknotes interview in 2000 to discuss "How to Read and Why"

Harold Bloom is the Sterling Professor of Humanities and English at Yale. He is the author of many books including "The Western Canon: The Books and School of the Ages," "The American Religion," and "Shakespeare: The Invention of the Human."

[Kurovski]

9. Howdy and thanks, vivala! And RECOMMENDED!

:hi: :hug:

[EFerrari]

15. Show off!

:loveya:

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31. ...

:hi:

:hug:

[Kurovski]

35. Well! I'm certain that I do not know WHAT you are talking about.

:loveya:

[EFerrari]

41. You're looking mighty fine this evening.

:)

[Kurovski]

42. No more pain. Only a little fatigue from the pain.

And a little giddy with finally being done with a few hours of tedious research. I'm so bad at it.

Thanks for noticing. :hug:

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26. ...

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10. Brothers: The Hidden History Of The Kennedy Years

On Saturday, June 16 at 7:00 pm
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Brothers: The Hidden History Of The Kennedy Years
David Talbot

David Talbot explores the personal and political relationship between John F. Kennedy and Robert F. Kennedy. The author argues that the Kennedy brothers and their closest advisors, Kenneth O'Donnell, Robert McNamara and Theodore Sorensen, continually pushed for a peaceful resolution to the Cold War. Mr. Talbot also proposes that Robert Kennedy spent a great deal of the remainder of his life in search for his own answers to his brother's assassination. David Talbot presents his book at Book Passage bookstore in San Francisco.

David Talbot is the founder and former editor-in-chief of Salon. He was formerly an editor at the San Francisco Examiner magazine and Mother Jones.

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11. Strictly Right: William F. Buckley Jr. and the American Conservative Movement

On Saturday, June 16 at 8:00 pm
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Strictly Right: William F. Buckley Jr. and the American Conservative Movement
Linda Bridges

"Strictly Right" is an account of William F. Buckley Jr.'s influence in the modern conservative movement. In the book, co-authors Linda Bridges and John Coyne describe the importance of Mr. Buckley's first book, "God and Man at Yale," and detail how he gained the political and financial support necessary to launch the National Review in 1955.

Linda Bridges was managing editor of National Review for ten years and is now an editor at large at National Review. She co-authored "The Art of Persuasion: A National Review Rhetoric for Writers" with William Rickenbacker. "Strictly Right" was co-authored by John Coyne, a former associate editor, feature writer, and Washington correspondent for National Review. Mr. Coyne was a White House speechwriter, writing speeches for Spiro Agnew and Richard Nixon.

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12. The Thumpin': How Rahm Emanuel and the Democrats Learned to Be Ruthless and Ended the Republican ...

On Saturday, June 16 at 8:30 pm
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The Thumpin': How Rahm Emanuel and the Democrats Learned to Be Ruthless and Ended the Republican Revolution
Naftali Bendavid

Naftali Bendavid discusses the political strategy of Congressmen Rahm Emanuel, and his role in the Democrats reclaiming of the House of Representatives in 2006. Mr. Bendavid shares personal anecdotes and colleagues’ impressions of the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee Head.

Naftali Bendavid is the deputy Washington bureau chief for the Chicago Tribune. He has served as Justice Department and White House correspondent since 1997. Mr. Bendavid has also written for the Miami Herald and Legal Times.

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13. After Words: Ted Gup interviewed by Michael Isikoff

On Saturday, June 16 at 9:00 pm and Sunday, June 17 at 6:00 pm and at 9:00 pm
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After Words: Ted Gup author of "Nation Of Secrets: The Threat To Democracy And The American Way Of Life" interviewed by Michael Isikoff

Investigative journalist Ted Gup contends that our current political culture is defined by a misguided desire for secrecy. Mr. Gup argues that an ever-growing flood of classified documents undermines the transparency of our democratic institutions. The author examines the role of the journalist in navigating this terrain and the general public’s access to information that he argues has become increasingly limited. Ted Gup discusses his new book with Michael Isikoff, Investigative Correspondent for Newsweek.

Ted Gup is currently a journalism professor at Case Western University. He was formerly a staff writer at the Washington Post and correspondent at Time magazine. He is the author of "The Book Of Honor: The Secret Lives And Deaths Of CIA Operatives." Michael Isikoff is Investigative Correspondent at Newsweek. He is the co-author of "Hubris: The Inside Story of Spin, Scandal, And The Selling Of The Iraq War."

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14. 2007 BookExpo America: Ethics in Book Reviewing Panel

On Saturday, June 16 at 10:00 pm
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2007 BookExpo America: Ethics in Book Reviewing Panel
John Leonard, Sam Tanenhaus, Christopher Hitchens, David Ulin, Francine Prose, Carlin Romano

A panel of book reviewers and book review editors talk about what is and what is not ethical when reviewing books. The discussion, based on a survey conducted by the National Book Critics Circle, addressed such issues as: should a reviewer be assigned to review an author that she/he knows?, should a reviewer review a book that she/he hates?, should an editor publish heavily critical reviews of first-time or unknown authors?, etc. The participants are: John Leonard (The Nation, Harper's), Francine Prose (New York Times), Christopher Hitchens (Atlantic Monthly), Sam Tanenhaus (New York Times Book Review), David Ulin (Los Angeles Times), and Carlin Romano (Philadelphia Inquirer).

BookExpo America: bookexpoamerica.com

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16. 2007 BookExpo America: Breakfast Panel

On Saturday, June 16 at 11:30 pm and Sunday, June 17 at 3:00 pm
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2007 BookExpo America: Breakfast Panel
Stephen Colbert, Ken Burns, Khaled Hosseini, Lisa See

Stephen Colbert ("I Am America and So Can You"), Ken Burns ("The War"), Khaled Hosseini ("A Thousand Splendid Suns"), and Lisa See ("Peony in Love") present their new books at BookExpo, held this year in New York City.

BookExpo America: bookexpoamerica.com

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17. The Lucifer Effect: Understanding How Good People Turn Evil

On Sunday, June 17 at 1:00 am
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The Lucifer Effect: Understanding How Good People Turn Evil
Philip Zimbardo

In "The Lucifer Effect" psychologist Philip Zimbardo explains how particular situations and group dynamics can lead normal, moral people to behave in immoral ways. He cites the treatment of prisoners at Abu Ghraib as an example. Mr. Zimbardo draws on the findings of his Stanford Prison Experiment, in which a group of student volunteers were arbitrarily divided into "guards" and "inmates" and then placed in a simulated prison environment.

Philip Zimbardo is professor emeritus of psychology at Stanford University. He has also taught at Yale University, New York University, and Columbia University. He is the author of "Shyness" and co-author of "Psychology and Life." In 2004, he was an expert witness in the court-martial hearings of one of the American army reservists charged with criminal behavior at Abu Ghraib prison in Iraq.

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18. From The Palmer Raids To The Patriot Act: A History Of The Fight For Free Speech In America"

On Sunday, June 17 at 2:15 am
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From The Palmer Raids To The Patriot Act: A History Of The Fight For Free Speech In America"
Christopher Finan

Christopher Finan traces the history of free speech in the United States from the deportation of 800 people during the Palmer raids of 1919 for "radical thinking" to the establishment of the Patriot Act following September 11, 2001. The author contends that it is during times of war that our right to free speech is most threatened and details the political battlefield that represents the 1st Amendment. Mr. Finan is introduced by Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-VT.

Christopher Finan is the president of the American Booksellers Foundation for Free Expression and chair of the National Coalition against Censorship. He is the author of "Alfred E. Smith: The Happy Warrior."

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59. Bernie!

Kick!


Lord Leighton Frederics
Woman with Book

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19. A Needle in the Right Hand of God: The Norman Conquest of 1066 and the Making and Meaning of ...

On Sunday, June 17 at 3:00 am
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A Needle in the Right Hand of God: The Norman Conquest of 1066 and the Making and Meaning of the Bayeux Tapestry
R. Howard Bloch
Watch now - http://www.booktv.org/ram/history/0507/btv052807_1.ram

The Bayeux Tapestry was created almost 1000 years ago and tells the story of events leading up to the Battle of Hastings and William the Conqueror's defeat of the English in 1066. The 230 foot long, 18 inch wide cloth was almost destroyed during the French Revolution and nearly fell into the hands of the Nazis during WWII. Using a digital version of the embroidered history, professor R. Howard Bloch guides the audience through the tapestry while explaining symbols, scenes, and events.

R. Howard Bloch is Director of Humanities Division and Sterling Professor of French at Yale. He has written numerous books and received Fulbright and Guggenheim fellowships.

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20. 2007 LA Times Festival of Books - 2008 Election Panel

On Sunday, June 17 at 4:00 am
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2007 LA Times Festival of Books - 2008 Election Panel

Patt Morrison, a columnist for the Los Angeles Times, moderates a panel discussion between authors John Powers, Peter Wallsten and Hugh Hewitt. The panelists offer their takes on the 2008 presidential race and the media coverage of the contest.

John Powers is the film critic for Vogue magazine and a columnist at L.A. Weekly. He's also a pop culture critic for National Public Radio. Peter Wallsten is a staff writer for the Los Angeles Times based in the newspaper’s Washington Bureau. He covers the White House. Hugh Hewitt is a radio talk show host, blogger and law professor at Chapman University.

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21. The Original Knickerbocker: The Life Of Washington Irving

On Sunday, June 17 at 5:00 am
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The Original Knickerbocker: The Life Of Washington Irving
Andrew Burstein

Andrew Burstein examines the life of Washington Irving the first American author to claim the craft as his profession. Irving was best known for his fictional work, "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow" and "Rip Van Winkle" but as Mr. Burstein relays he was also the first English-language biographer of Christopher Columbus and wrote a multi-volume biography of George Washington. Outside of his writing Washington Irving served as the ambassador to Spain in the 1830's and traveled throughout the American west. Mr. Burstein delivers his talk at Washington Irving's home, Sunnyside, in Tarrytown, New York.

Andrew Burstein is a professor of 19th-century U.S. history at the University of Tulsa. He is the author of six books including, "The Passions of Andrew Jackson" and "Jefferson's Secrets."

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61. I Loved This! On a Great, Now-Generally-Forgotten Author

This program was on a few weeks ago, and was so fab that I waited for it to come back again, and here it is. I am going to buy this book; this was great.

Washington Irving was probably the first great, famous American author, as famous a wit and philosopher as Ben Franklin at one time, at a time when America was still almost all wilderness, and there was considered to be no real culture here at all (I still remember the title of an essay I read years ago, from the early 1800s--by Charles Lamb?--called "Who Reads an American Book?" meant seriously). Irving is the author of a story I still love to read, because the descriptions of the countryside and farming, birds, the lake, food, the haunted night, the small town, are so fabulous, "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow." This program was about re-intoducing people to the great, now-forgotten writer, and a possble explanation of why Irving is no longer among the famous early American greats. As someone who loves the 19th century, (pre-corporate) style of writing--Walt Whitman and Emerson are two favorites--Washington Irving's strangely simple-yet-densely-imaginative style, is the ideal to me.

The author referred several times to the hallmarks of Irving's writing style, and the descriptions were all good: imaginative, dream-world, political satire, whimsy, "comic exaggeration combined with a sentimental picture of halcyon days," an attacker and puncturer of pretenses and arrogance, a lover of history, yet with a "timeline...(that) was mostly abstract and dreamlike," like many popular cultural historians. Irving's whole style was of nostalgia, preservation of culture, the loss of time, the haunting by the departed of places, and an opinion that "memory is both fragile and powerful, and that we can lose time without losing the past," that it is a delusion that we can ever really lose the past, but that we can commune with it anytime, by thinking and reading, and dreaming. The complete descriptions of Irving, of place and work and countryside, keep the past vividly alive as an almost lived thing for readers. The story of Ichabod Crane and "Sleepy Hollow" is a brilliant example of it. The premise of "Rip Van Winkle," that of somebody who goes to sleep before the American Revolution, sleeps 20 years, and wakes up after it has happened, unaware of it, is another.

Washington Irving was a very shy person, life long, who actually studied the law for a while, and really took up writing by being bored at work as a law clerk. Because most of Irving's stories involve non-social males, shyness and social ineptness, a overactive, haunted dream-life, sympathy for those who are misunderstood and abandoned (as Irving's acqauntance Aaron Burr, left to die in jail), the author addressed the question as to whether Irving was actually gay, and not a life-long bachelor because of losing the "one true love" early on, (once the accepted explanation). There is not enough evidence for that or anything else, such as general social phobias, etc., and so it was referred to but not much further, as there is not enough proof going any which way. Irving's political opinions are also hard to pin down, sometimes very left-wing (a friendship with Martin Van Buren, etc.), sometimes conservative, especially as regards a total lack, until the very end, of any references against slavery, and a gradual change of opinion going against Indians, a loss of earlier sympathy, as Irving became more enthralled with the "hardy males" of the Westward expansion, wagon trains, etc. Irving satirized Puritans and their claim of being "original" Amercians, yet also came to dislike New York City because it was "too modern," eventually moving to Tarrytown, to be near a nephew, and to own a house for the first time, over the age of 50. The move from the big city also suited Irving's very shy personality and style of life.

Washington Irving's writing style, described as a descendant of Dutch thinking and writing, built up a huge cultural/nostalgic love for holidays, especially Christmas and Halloween, and a storybook "haunted, magical" countryside, with vivid descriptions, that were an escape from the modern, increasingly built-up industrial world. "If the Garden of Eden were now on Earth, they would not hesitate to run a railroad through it"--mystical, yet observational, optimistic yet awkward and often defeated, these things were Washington Irving's wrtings. A popular historian who feared the forgetting and oversimplifying of the past, Irving wrote a brilliant, poetic essay called, "The Mutability of Literature," that the author quoted from, but that is so wonderful that people should just print up the whole thing (six pages) and read it: http://www.bartleby.com/109/6.html . This essay is on the great books being forgotten for the new, is hauntingly written, and the new author points out that the same thing would then happen to Irving. Even the greatest get set aside; it reminds me of an episode of "The Mary Tyler Moore Show," where Mary and Lou Grant are talking, and Lou Grant quotes Winston Churchill, referring to Churchill as one of the towering giants of the 20th century, then asks, after all of Churchill's achievements, "When was the last time you heard someone mention Winston Churchill during a conversation?" like that. Of course--never.

The author attributes the forgetting of Irving, to the "lazy" lack of historical reference of America itself, and a vituperative, "scholarly" book by an "expert," during the 1930s I think it was, a Professor regarded as an authority, who with this one book destroyed Irving's reputation and esteem by readers. This is apparently the first large biography since then, on a writer once considered one of the most famous in the world, adored by Charles Dickens. This was a great talk, the author is Professor of American History at the University of Tulsa, and this book, I think, restores the rightful place of one of the great storytellers of early America, and today. I don't know how well it will sell, I hope it does well, and I think a writer like this, kind of cut off from the world even while moving around successfully in it, fits the modern tenor of thought better than almost any other type from the era.

[Viva_La_Revolution]

22. Russia's Revolution: Essays, 1989-2006

On Sunday, June 17 at 6:30 am
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Russia's Revolution: Essays, 1989-2006
Leon Aron

In a collection of essays, Leon Aron paints a picture of the new Russia and its political, economic and cultural transformation since the waning days of Communism. Mr. Aron reviews recent Russian history: Mikhail Gorbachev's policies of glasnost and perestroika; the fall of the Soviet Union and new economic and political systems under Boris Yeltsin; and the current day's increasing government control under Vladimir Putin.

Leon Aron is a resident scholar and director of Russian studies at the American Enterprise Institute. He was born in Moscow and immigrated to the United States in 1978.

[Viva_La_Revolution]

23. Bridging the Divide: My Life

On Sunday, June 17 at 8:00 am
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Bridging the Divide: My Life
Edward Brooke

Edward Brooke was the first popularly elected African American to the United States Senate. A Republican, Senator Brooke represented Massachusetts from 1967 to 1979. In his memoir he recounts his personal and political life. This event is hosted by Books & Books in Coral Gables, Florida.

Edward Brooke served as the Republican senator from Massachusetts from 1967 to 1979. He was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 2004.

[Viva_La_Revolution]

24. Shared Courage: A Marine Wife's Story of Strength and Service

On Sunday, June 17 at 9:00 am
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Shared Courage: A Marine Wife's Story of Strength and Service
Michelle Keener
Watch now - http://www.booktv.org/ram/feature/0507/btv052607_4.ram

Michelle Keener discusses what it is like to be the spouse of a Marine serving in Iraq and what military families do to help each other. The talk was hosted by the Marine Corps Association in Quantico, VA.

Michelle Keener is a freelance writer and the Virginia state coordinator for Operation Special Delivery, an organization that supports wives of deployed servicemen.

[Viva_La_Revolution]

25. Mugged by Reality: The Liberation of Iraq and the Failure of Good Intentions

On Sunday, June 17 at 9:30 am and at 7:00 pm
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Mugged by Reality: The Liberation of Iraq and the Failure of Good Intentions
John Agresto

John Agresto was sent to Iraq in 2003 to help rebuild Iraq's higher education system. During this talk hosted by the Hudson Institute in Washington, DC, he discusses what he learned from that experience.

John Agresto served as deputy chairman of the National Endowment for the Humanities during the 1980s and as president of St. John's College in Santa Fe from 1989 to 2000. He is currently president of John Agresto & Associates, an education consulting firm.

[Viva_La_Revolution]

27. God on Trial: Dispatches from America's Religious Battlefields

On Sunday, June 17 at 10:30 am
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God on Trial: Dispatches from America's Religious Battlefields
Peter Irons

Constitutional lawyer Peter Irons outlines major court cases involving the separation of church and state in his book "God on Trial: Dispatches from America's Religious Battlefields." The book focuses on cases involving a cross in a public park; organized prayer at high school football games; Ten Commandment displays in courtrooms; the pledge of allegiance in public schools; and teaching the intelligent design theory in schools. Mr. Irons presents first-person accounts from those involved on both sides of each case.

Peter Irons is a civil rights attorney and college professor. He has taught at Boston College, the University of Massachusetts and the University of California-San Diego.

[Viva_La_Revolution]

28. The Feminine Mistake: Are We Giving Up Too Much?

On Sunday, June 17 at 12:00 pm
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The Feminine Mistake: Are We Giving Up Too Much?
Leslie Bennetts

In an event at the New York Public Library, Leslie Bennetts and Elissa Schappell debate the premise of Leslie Bennetts's new book, "The Feminine Mistake." Ms. Bennetts asserts that women cannot afford to quit their jobs to be stay-at-home moms, because becoming financially dependent on their husbands makes them vulnerable to economic hardship in the event of divorce or the death, illness, or unemployment of their husbands.

Leslie Bennetts is a contributing editor at Vanity Fair magazine. Earlier in her career, she was a reporter at the Philadelphia Bullletin and The New York Times. She was the first woman to cover a presidential campaign for the New York Times. Elissa Schappell is a contributing editor to Vanity Fair magazine and is co-founder and editor-at-large of Tin House. She is the author of "Use Me" and co-editor of "The Friend Who Got Away" and "Money Changes Everything."

[Viva_La_Revolution]

29. The Origins Of FBI Counter-Intelligence

On Sunday, June 17 at 1:30 pm
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The Origins Of FBI Counter-Intelligence
Raymond Batvinis

Former FBI agent Raymond Batvinis studies the origins of the FBI's counter-intelligence department from the 1930's to the lead-up to World War II. The author contends that the United States faced the threat of losing military and industrial secrets to foreign spies and the result was the birth of the counter-intelligence unit.

Raymond Batvinis was a special agent of the FBI from 1972 to 1997.

[Viva_La_Revolution]

60. kick!

John Singer Sargent
Lady in the Alps

[Viva_La_Revolution]

30. George Kennan: A Study Of Character

On Sunday, June 17 at 4:30 pm
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George Kennan: A Study Of Character
John Lukacs
Watch now - http://www.booktv.org/ram/history/0507/btv052007_1c.ram

Historian John Lukacs recounts the life of George Kennan (1904-2005) who assisted in the development of the Truman Doctrine and the drafting of the Marshall Plan; Kennan's writings were integral in the shaping of American foreign policy in the 1940's.

John Lukacs is a member of the Royal Historical Society of the United Kingdom and a past president-elect of the American Catholic Historical Association. He is the author of over twenty books including "Five Days in London: May 1940."

[Viva_La_Revolution]

32. 2007 VA Festival of the Book: Cassandra Pybus, "Epic Journeys of Freedom"

On Sunday, June 17 at 5:40 pm
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2007 VA Festival of the Book: Cassandra Pybus, "Epic Journeys of Freedom"

Historian Cassandra Pybus discusses her book "Epic Journeys of Freedom: Runaway Slaves of the American Revolution and Their Global Quest for Liberty," during this interview at the 2007 Virginia Festival of the Book.

Cassandra Pybus holds the Australian Research Council Chair of History at the University of Tasmania. She is a frequent Fulbright professor and international fellow at American universities. Her other books include, "The Devil and James McAuley," "American Citizens, British Slaves," and "The Woman Who Walked to Russia: A Writer's Search for a Lost Legend."

[Viva_La_Revolution]

33. 2007 LA Times Festival of Books - Divided America Panel

On Sunday, June 17 at 8:00 pm
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2007 LA Times Festival of Books - Divided America Panel

From the 2007 Los Angeles Times Festival of Books, a panel on issues that divide America. Participating are: Douglas Brinkley ("The Great Deluge"), Edward Humes ("Monkey Girl"), Eyal Press ("Absolute Convictions"), and Krista Tippett ("Speaking of Faith"). Matt Miller moderates the panel.

Los Angeles Times Festival of Books: latimes.com/festivalofbooks/

[Viva_La_Revolution]

67. kick!

Interrupted Reading
1870 Corot

[Viva_La_Revolution]

34. Twice as Good: Condoleezza Rice and Her Path to Power

On Sunday, June 17 at 10:00 pm and Monday, June 18 at 6:30 am
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Twice as Good: Condoleezza Rice and Her Path to Power
Marcus Mabry

In his biography of Condoleezza Rice, journalist Marcus Mabry brings together the public persona and the private side of the Secretary of State. The book, "Twice As Good," chronicles Secretary Rice's beginnings in the segregated South, where as a child she excelled as a pianist, to her rise as a noted academic and eventually top U.S. foreign policy official. Mr. Mabry also reviews her tenure in the Bush administration and her role in planning and executing the war in Iraq.

Marcus Mabry is senior editor of Newsweek. He has worked for the magazine since 1989 and has been based in Washington, Paris and Africa. He is a former fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations.

[Kurovski]

39. I unnerstanz that she plays the pieana purty good.

an thas reel hARD ta do! don go theenken it ayn't.

[Viva_La_Revolution]

36. Patrolling Baghdad: A Military Police Company and the War in Iraq

On Sunday, June 17 at 11:30 pm
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Patrolling Baghdad: A Military Police Company and the War in Iraq
Mark DePue
Watch now - http://www.booktv.org/ram/feature/0407/btv042207_4d.ram

Mark DePue tells the story of the Army National Guard's 233rd Military Police Company, which was assigned to patrol Baghdad just after the invasion of Iraq. Members of the Springfield, Illinois-based 233rd talked to Mr. DePue about their experiences, both good and bad, for his new book "Patrolling Baghdad." Mr. DePue shares their stories in this event hosted by Barnes & Noble Booksellers in Springfield, Illinois. He is joined by 1st Sgt. Robert Elmore of the 233rd, who provides first-hand accounts of his time in Iraq.

Mark DePue served with both the U.S. Army and the Army National Guard. He is currently director of oral history at the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library in Springfield.

[Viva_La_Revolution]

37. Stealing Lincoln's Body

On Monday, June 18 at 12:30 am
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Stealing Lincoln's Body
Thomas Craughwell
Watch now - http://www.booktv.org/ram/history/0607/btv060907_1.ram

Author Thomas Craughwell tells the story of the attempted theft of the 16th president's remains on the eve the 1876 election in "Stealing Lincoln's Body." Several Chicago counterfeiters planned to hold Lincoln's corpse ransom in exchange for the release of a counterfeiting cohort who was imprisoned. Mr. Craughwell details how the plan was hatched and how it was foiled.

Thomas Craughwell has written several historical books, focusing on the Catholic Church and American popular culture. Among his works are "Saints Behaving Badly," "The Wisdom of Popes" and "Urban Legends."

Publisher: Belknap Harvard

[Viva_La_Revolution]

38. The American Story: 100 True Tales from American History

On Monday, June 18 at 1:30 am
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The American Story: 100 True Tales from American History
Jennifer Armstrong

Jennifer Armstrong describes her writing process and how she picked several of the stories included in her latest book for young readers. "The American Story" features stories about John Chapman, Carrie Nation, Typhoid Mary, Babe Ruth, and Maya Lin. This event was hosted by the Blue Willow Bookshop in Houston, TX.

Jennifer Armstrong is the author of more than 100 books, including "Photo by Brady: A Picture of the Civil War," "Magnus at the Fire," "Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World: The Extraordinary True Story of Shackleton and the Endurance," "In My Hands: Memories of a Holocaust Rescuer," co-authored by Irene Gut Updyke and "Steal Away."

[Viva_La_Revolution]

40. Supreme Discomfort: The Divided Soul of Clarence Thomas

On Monday, June 18 at 3:30 am
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Supreme Discomfort: The Divided Soul of Clarence Thomas
Kevin Merida & Michael Fletcher

"Supreme Discomfort" is a portrait of Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas, describing his childhood in rural Georgia, his education at Holy Cross and Yale, his contentious Supreme Court appointment, and his subsequent service on the Court. The authors describe Justice Thomas as a man who is uncomfortable in white society and not accepted by many African-Americans because of his political views.

Kevin Merida is an associate editor at the Washington Post. During his tenure at the Post, he has been a national political reporter, a feature writer, and a columnist for the paper's Sunday magazine. He was named Journalist of the Year by the National Association of Black Journalists in 2000. Michael Fletcher covers the White House for the Washington Post. He has also reported on education and race relations for the paper.

[EFerrari]

53. Wouldn't that be predicated on HAVING a soul?

:crazy:

[Kurovski]

56. He lost his soul,

but does he still have that porn collection of his?

[Bozita]

43. Thanks, Viva

R#4

[Kurovski]

45. Kick. (nt)

[Viva_La_Revolution]

47. omg See #46

we're psychiatrically bonded!




:rofl:

[Kurovski]

48. I think you mean "psychically"

But your way works too, if ya know what I mean. :silly:

Madame Kurovska was having also having her coffee at the same time! What are the chances!? :-)

[Viva_La_Revolution]

49. I do know what you mean.

[Viva_La_Revolution]

46. cause I'm sitting here getting wired on coffee waiting for my co-worker to show up...

I think I'll kick this. :)


Mary McEvoy
Girl Reading

[EFerrari]

52. Thank you, Viva and thank you, coffee!

lol

[EFerrari]

50. kick

[Viva_La_Revolution]

51. Hal Crowther - great comments on the current political situation and candidates...

"70% of the people who run for President run for reasons that frankly, should be treated by a Psychiatrist, unfortunately."


On Saturday, June 16 at 5:40 pm
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2007 VA Festival of the Book: Hal Crowther "Gather at the River"
Description: At the 2007 Virginia Festival of the Book in Charlottesville, Book TV interviewed Hal Crowther, author of "Gather at the River."

[EFerrari]

54. LOL! Ouch!

:)

[Kurovski]

55. I'm taking that as a sign that I should run for president.

Even though I already keep forgetting that I'm running for vice president of The United States of America under the Wetzelbill/Kurovski ticket.

What did he say about vice-presidents? Are we out-patient or what?

[EFerrari]

57. In an undisclosed therapeutic location.

lol

[EFerrari]

58. I f you haven't caught the Zimbardo segment, try to. It's really good.

:hi:

[lonestarnot]

62. Cool! Whole schedule!

[Viva_La_Revolution]

63. Where ya been? I've been doing this thread every weekend for months and months

Welcome! :hug:

[Kurovski]

64. Months? Ten years, at very least!

Good morning, my dear and tender love.

[Viva_La_Revolution]

65. good morning my sunshine!

[EFerrari]

66. I have a bone to pick with Ken Burns. He films a world without

Latinos.

He's systematically excised us from all his work -- notably his jazz doc and now the WW2 doc. I don't get it. It's sort of weird.

My brother is a working jazz musician and it's weird to me that Burns sort of can't see the immense contribution of Latinos to jazz. And for him to white out Latinos that served in WW2 is more than strange, especially when one of the focal points of his new WW2 doc is SACRAMENTO.

:shrug: