Authors on the Air: Inside the Michael Jackson Case; Who Moved My Soap? The Bernie Madoff Edition; Public Art for Public Schools
Compiled by Diane Patrick -- Publishers Weekly, 6/29/2009 8:26:00 PM
On Saturday, The Early Show talked with TV anchor Diane Dimond, who covered Michael Jackson for years for Court TV and whose book is Be Careful Who You Love: Inside the Michael Jackson Case (Atria, 978-0743270922, $22.95).
Authors on today’s Leonard Lopate Show:
- New Yorker and NPR humorist Andy Borowitz marked Bernie Madoff’s sentencing day with Who Moved My Soap? The CEO's Guide to Surviving Prison: The Bernie Madoff Edition (S&S, 978-0743251426, $9.95). PW said of the original edition “Borowitz gives a pitch-perfect rendition of the vacuities of some business books… his smart little book hardly seems like a parody.”
- Michele Cohen, director for the Public Art for Public Schools program of the New York City School Construction Authority, exhibited Public Art for Public Schools (The Monacelli Press, 978-1580932158, $50).
Journalist Paula Span, who wrote When the Time Comes: Families with Aging Parents Share Their Struggles and Solutions (Springboard Press, 978-0446581134, $23.99).
Bob Edwards hosted Peter Carlson, still promoting K Blows Top: A Cold War Comic Interlude Starring Nikita Khrushchev, America's Most Unlikely Tourist (PublicAffairs, 978-1586484972, $26.95; Blackstone Audio unabridged CD, $24.95).
This evening, The Daily Show talks with neurologist and professor Oliver Sacks, whose book is Musicophilia: Tales of Music and the Brain, Revised and Expanded Edition (Vintage, 978-1400033539, $14.95; RH Audio abridged CD, $29.95).
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).
