Authors on the Air: Peter Jennings, Unwrapped; The Star Wars Vault; The Year of Living Biblically
by Diane Patrick -- Publishers Weekly, 11/6/2007 6:57:00 AM
Both The Daily Show with Jon Stewart and The Leonard Lopate Show talk with former labor secretary Robert Reich, whose latest is Supercapitalism: The Transformation of Business, Democracy, and Everyday Life (Knopf, $25; Tantor Media unabridged CD, $34.99), which PW called a “compelling and important analysis of the triumph of capitalism and the decline of democracy.”
Good Morning America interviewed Kayce Freed (Mrs. Peter) Jennings, co-editor of the oral history Peter Jennings: A Reporter’s Life (Public Affairs, $27.95). Tomorrow she’ll be on The View.
Authors on The Early Show:
LucasFilm fan relations head Steve Sansweet, with rare items featured in The Star Wars Vault: Thirty Years of Treasures from the Lucasfilm Archives (HarperEntertainment, $85).
Sam Jones, author of The Here and Now: The Photography of Sam Jones (HarperEntertainment, $39.95).
Authors on the Today show:
Caroline Kennedy, with her story collection A Family Christmas (Hyperion, $26.95; CD, $29.95).
Nigella Lawson boarded Nigella Express: 130 Recipes for Good Food, Fast (Hyperion, $35). She’ll return to the show tomorrow.
On The Bob Edwards Show, young environmentalists Ted Nordhaus and co-author Michael Shellenberger explained Break Through: From the Death of Environmentalism to the Politics of Possibility (Houghton Mifflin, $25; Blackstone Audio unabridged CD, $19.95).
Authors on The Leonard Lopate Show:
Charlotte Mosley on The Mitfords: Letters Between Six Sisters (Harper, $39.95), just out today. PW wrote: “Peppered with colorful nicknames, filled with love, encouragement, jealousy and gossip, and written primarily to amuse the recipients, the letters testify to the bonds of sisterhood. Diana's daughter-in-law has diligently edited the mammoth correspondence, although readers will need to fill in the gaps with Mitford biographies and memoirs.”
Former news anchor Tom Brokaw, whose new one is Boom! Voices of the Sixties Personal Reflections on the ‘60s and Today (Random House, $28.95; Random House Audio CD, $29.95). Tomorrow he’ll be on The Bob Edwards Show.
Artist and author Christopher Finch, who's analyzed Chuck Close: Work (Prestel, $85).
Journalist Akiva Eldar discussed Lords of the Land: The War for Israel's Settlements in the Occupied Territories, 1967-2007 (Nation Books, $29.95).
On Fox Business Network's Happy Hour, comedian and Essence columnist Finesse Mitchell, author of Your Girlfriends Only Know So Much: A Brother's Take on Dating and Mating for Sistas (Simon Spotlight, $21.95).
Tonight on The Colbert Report: A.J. Jacobs recounts The Year of Living Biblically: One Man's Humble Quest to Follow the Bible as Literally as Possible (S&S, $25; S&S Audio abridged CD, $29.95). PW starred its review, calling it a “hilarious, quixotic, thought-provoking memoir… with absurdly funny cultural commentary as well as nuanced insights into the impossible task of biblical literalism.”
Tavis Smiley talks with John Lithgow, whose most recent is Mahalia Mouse Goes to College (S&S Children's, $17.95).
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Authors on the Air is compiled by Diane Patrick. To be included in the compilation, email DPatrickPW@aol.com.
