Authors on the Air: The Real Real; Lost Boy; The Billionaire's Vinegar
Compiled by Diane Patrick -- Publishers Weekly, 5/21/2009 3:06:00 PM
Authors on today’s Good Morning America:
- The Nanny Diaries authors Emma McLaughlin and Nicola Kraus, whose The Real Real (HarperTeen, 978-0061720406, $16.99) is their debut title for teen readers.
- Brent Jeffs, nephew of imprisoned FLDS leader Warren Jeffs and author of Lost Boy (Broadway, 978-0767931779, $24.95). He also appeared on The Leonard Lopate Show.
Authors on this morning’s Today show:
- Clinical and sports nutritionist Christine Avanti, co-author of Skinny Chicks Don't Eat Salads: Stop Starving, Start Eating and Losing (Rodale, 978-1605299976, $24.95).
- Neuroscientist Dr. Gary Small and his wife Gigi Vorgan discussed iBrain: Surviving the Technological Alteration of the Modern Mind (Collins Living, 978-0061340338, $24.95).
Authors visiting with Leonard Lopate today:
- Food historian and bestseller Mark Kurlansky served up The Food of a Younger Land: A Portrait of American Food--Before the National Highway System, Before Chain Restaurants, and Before Frozen Food, When the Nation's Food Was Seasonal (Riverhead, 978-1594488658, $27.95; Tantor Media CD, $34.99), his abridged version of a never-published WPA-era guide to American food and food traditions. PW’s review declared it “A genuine culinary and historical keepsake… this extraordinary collection — at once history, anthropology, cookbook, almanac and family album — provides a vivid and revitalizing sense of the rural and regional characteristics and distinctions that we've lost and can find again here.”
- Wine journalist Benjamin Wallace passed around The Billionaire's Vinegar: The Mystery of the World's Most Expensive Bottle of Wine (Three Rivers Press, 978-0307338785, $14.95). PW found it “a piquant journey into the mirage-like world of rare wines. Investigating wines so old and rare they could taste like anything, he playfully questions the very foundations of connoisseurship.”
- Talk show host Larry King continued My Remarkable Journey (Weinstein Books, 978-1602860865, $27.95; CD, $34.95).
Authors on The Bob Edwards Show:
- Ruth Reichl, whose new book is Not Becoming My Mother: and Other Things She Taught Me Along the Way (Penguin, 978-1594202162, $19.95; Penguin Audio unabridged CD, $24.95). PW’s starred review promised “Reichl has created a masterful portrait of a mother-daughter relationship that will resonate with readers across generations.”
- Michael Schaffer, author of One Nation Under Dog: Adventures in the New World of Prozac-Popping Puppies, Dog-Park Politics, and Organic Pet Food (Henry Holt, 978-0805087116, $24). PW’s starred review had this to say: “A Fast Food Nation for dog lovers, this astute and amusing investigative report offers a 'journey into the $41-billion-a-year world of the modern American pet.' The total effect is reminiscent of Tom Wolfe's New Journalism essays on the sociology of pop culture.”
The Diane Rehm Show hosted Elizabeth Edwards, with Resilience: Reflections on the Burdens and Gifts of Facing Life's Adversities (Broadway, 978-0767931366, $22.95; RH Audio unabridged CD, $25).
Ellen Degeneres chatted with Kevin Nealon, whose Yes, You're Pregnant, but What About Me? (Harper, 978-0061215216, $13.99) is just out in paperback.
Due to the nature of live programming, scheduling is subject to change.
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Authors on the Air is compiled by Diane Patrick. To be included in this compilation, email author appearance information to DPatrickPW@aol.com (at least TWO days in advance, please).
