Authors on the Air: Womenomics; Mercury in Retrograde; The Ramen King and I
Compiled by Diane Patrick -- Publishers Weekly, 6/2/2009 2:30:00 PM
Authors on today’s Good Morning America:
- GMA senior national correspondent Claire Shipman, co-author (with Katty Kay) of Womenomics: Write Your Own Rules for Success (HarperBusiness, 978-0061697180, $27.99; HarperAudio unabridged CD, $34.99), which pubs today. From PW’s review: “Filled with pragmatic and optimistic steps, this book will inspire readers to set in motion a flexibility-driven business revolution that can benefit all women and men, families and workforces.” She returns to the show tomorrow; tonight, co-author Katty Kay visits The Colbert Report.
- Paula Froelich, with Mercury in Retrograde: A Novel (Atria, 978-1416598930, $24).
Tonight on The Daily Show: humorist P.J. O’Rourke with his anthology Driving Like Crazy (Atlantic Monthly Press, 978-0802118837, $24; Brilliance Audio unabridged CD, $24.99), about which PW wrote “Never in neutral, O'Rourke offers laughter on wheels.”
On The Morning Show with Mike & Juliet, Linda Kaplan Thaler and Robin Koval explained The Power of Small: Why Little Things Make All the Difference (Broadway Business, 978-0385526555, $17.95; RH Audio CD, $21).
Authors on today’s Leonard Lopate Show:
- NPR commentator Andy Raskin recounted The Ramen King and I: How the Inventor of Instant Noodles Fixed My Love Life (Gotham, 978-1592404445, $26). PW’s review had this to say “This funny and idiosyncratic Japanese-fast-food memoir and quasi-spiritual autobiography from Raskin contains at its core, despite its oddball title, a deeply human story.”
- David Sedaris, whose When You Are Engulfed in Flames (Back Bay Books, 978-0316154680, $15.99; Hachette Audio unabridged CD, $34.98) comes out in paperback today.
The Diane Rehm Show hosted philosopher and motorcycle repair-shop owner Matthew Crawford, author of Shop Class as Soulcraft: An Inquiry Into the Value of Work (Penguin, 978-1594202230, $25.95; Brilliance Audio CD, $29.99). From PW’s starred review: “Crawford extols the value of making and fixing things in this masterful paean to what he calls 'manual competence,' the ability to work with one's hands. With wit and humor, the author deftly mixes the details of his own experience as a tradesman and then proprietor of a motorcycle repair shop with more philosophical considerations.”
The Bob Edwards Show talked with novelist W.D. Wetherell, whose latest is Yellowstone Autumn: A Season of Discovery in a Wondrous Land (Univ. of Nebraska Press, 978-0803211308, $24.95).
Yesterday on NPR’s Morning Edition: Abby Sallenger, who leads the USGS Extreme Storms research group, marked the first official day of hurricane season and the publication date of Island in a Storm: A Rising Sea, a Vanishing Coast, and a Nineteenth-Century Disaster that Warns of a Warmer World (PublicAffairs, 978-1586485153, $24.95).
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