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More books we hope to cover. Number one, Richard Orton smith who has written dozens of books has a brandnew biography coming out on gerald ford. It is entitled in ordinary men, the surprising life and historic residency of gerald ford. It took about a decade for him to write this book. Another book coming out is called letters to trump. This is Donald Trumps book and in this book he puts some of the letters that were written to him prior to becoming president. He makes editorial comments as well. Its a brandnew book published by a price that is run by his son, donald trump, jr. Those are two books that are coming out. Another program is called about books. And that we look at the bids business of publishing. One interview we did was with Michael Knowles, the book reviewer for prager university. We talked him about some of the books that he looks at. Here is a snippet of that interview. Recently on about books, Michael Knowles discussed his program the book club. It is on the books that have shaped western civilization. Michael knowles, is it a fair critique to say that the book club focuses on dead, white, european males . [laughter] i suppose so. The greatest writers in history in our civilization tend to be dead. Its an old civilization. They tend to be white, mostly from europe. I happen to come from the sicilian people which is ethnically ambiguous. They tend to be men, although not all of them, we have covered many women writers on the show. I just mentioned one of them who happens to have a mans name, which elliott. George eliot. They are christian, although not expose of the christian. One that we just featured touches on history, psychology, philosophy. Thats another important point because the opponents of the western canon as you point out, they will write the whole thing off and say its just a bunch of dead white men. To which i would reply dead white men arent so bad, they have done a lot of great things in the past. They will write it all off. As if they were a monolith. When you engage with the works, you will realize that they cut across all sorts of categories and the works themselves will cut across all of these categories. How would you categorize mans search for meaning . Symposium . Divine comedy . Tolstoy . Is it fiction, novel, philosophy, elegy . It is kind of a little bit of all of these things including the scientific work by galileo a dialogue between philosophers and it touches on philosophical esons as well. In our age, we have increasingly become specialized. Watch the full interview anytime at booktv. Org. You can watch the full interview with Michael Knowles at booktv. Org. One of the most enjoyable things we do here at book tv is when we find out and ask you what you are reading. Thats what we want to do for the next few minutes while we are waiting for the next author discussion to begin. We have discussed two or 300 books this year already on book tv. We want to know what youre reading, heres how you can dial in. Call the numbers on your screen. You can also text us what you are currently reading or looking forward to. This is for Text Messages only. Please include your first name and your city, what are you reading . Now, we are live in los angeles. Asked mom, we were live at the tucson book festival. While there, we did our indepth program one author, two hours, his or her body of work. We talked to an historian. Heres a portion of that. Recently, jeff gwynn was a guest on indepth. He has written books on subjects from bonnie and clyde to charles manson. He recalls meeting manson family members as you research is book. What was it like sitting across the table from leslie van hound and patricia karen winkle knowing what they had done . You are not allowed in that prison if youre visiting them to bring in a pad and pen or recording device. You have to remember leslie van helton was 20 years old and she still has a little girl gestures. When she talks to you, she giggles, she reaches out to touch her hand just like the pretty girl in high school would. They would talk and i would have to respect my hotel and it out my laptop and try to write it down. Patricia will not remind you of anybody dangerous. She worked to train guide dogs for the blind. She talked to me about stabbing Abigail Folger on the lawn of the first murders. She is from ever and how it doesnt hurt your hand when you stab less you hit bone. Then your hand really hurts. I was trying to transpose as best i could and i try to go to sleep and i couldnt. For years, i would wake up every night with nightmares screaming because i was having a nightmare about women with knives coming toward me. You have to listen to what they are saying. If theyre honest enough to really come out and tell you these things, then you better not go i dont want to hear it. You have to hear it and you have to write it in such a way that the reader is sitting there with you. Hearing someone tell you these things. You want the reader emotionally invested because that is what history coun. Thats when it matters when its not a high school tk. Watched the full Program Online on booktv. Org. Again, you can watch the full interview with jeff gwynn online on booktv. Org. What are you reading . We want to hear about the books you are reading. Call one of the numbers on your screen. If you want to text your list, we are getting some of those as well. Please include your first name and your city if you would. Speaking of tax texts, this is someone reading cloud poo poo land and the hebrew bible. Mike in detroit, whats on your list . Im reading a book called storming the heavens, i cannot produce pronounce the authors name. I was surprised to find out a couple of things because the religious are notorious during the imperial time. The Roman Republic, i was surprised to read this your first duty is to the republic and the constitution and to defend the republican constitutions against all enemies foreign and domestic. That was the focus. Another focus i thought was interesting was in order to qualify to be a senator, you had to have been effective in a position of responsibility in the public or private sector. You also had to have serious military experience as a tribune on the front and so on. Especially when it came to the early republican Roman Republic allegiance, it reminded me of our west point or air force or navy academy. Its been that throughout history instilled in them first and foremost to defend the republic now we have this crt and nonexistent the rest of it they are being indoctrinated. Mike, once again whats the name of the book . Its called storming the heavens. Storming the heavens. We appreciate your time. Zachary, you are in california. Good afternoon, whats on your reading list . I am a longtime audience member, thank you very much. One of my favorite writers is a woman named gwen strauss. She is has a Nonfiction Book out called the nine. I am reliving one of her previous books that is out of print. Its a fairytale book. Its called trail of stones. It is for all ages. It is illustrated by a fellow named anthony brown. I love the story tells because it can take us other places and this particular book that i am reliving rereading, from time to time we all find ourselves at a crossroad and we have to make these decisions in flight. I want to say that i would like to see more authors like gwen strauss and illustrators as well. I dont see too many illustrators on tv, are there any plans to bring more of these types of writers and illustrators to book tv . Zachary, what is the topic of her newest book the nine . The nonfiction has to do with , its a story of a band of women who survive in nazi germany. I believe it is based on the life of her aunt. Thank you very much, we appreciate that. I love the idea of the illustrators as well. Our next guest from california. Whats on your reading list . Hold on for a second. I have tom brokaw the greatest generation. Thats at least 20 years old. Why are you reading it now westmark . Every time i read it, i read the stories of heroes that have fought in the war, dday, pearl harbor, greatest generation and every time you hear these stories, you are inspired to hear their stories and Great Stories of what they did and stuff. Tell us a little bit about it. I am history person. I met you on the 20 anniversary of 9 11. You are familiar. Thank you for calling in. Stephanie from illinois, whats on your reading list . I have to be honest, i am calling for my husband who is passionate about the book he is reading, but he has had several strokes so he doesnt speak as well, i am speaking for my husband. He loves he wants other people to know about this book. Its called the enlightenment and why it still matters. The enlightenment and why it still matters. The enlightenment and why it still matters. Stephanie, im going to suggest something. We are going to put up the text number. Its hard to understand you, but we are going to put the text number up, sent out text quickly and will be able to read that much easier. Lets try jesse in panama city beach, florida. Thank you for having me on. Whats on your reading list . I am reading a series of books by michael hearn. The first one is called trust no one. It, attention. I started reading that and the other two books he is putting out. Its a riveting tale of miami detective. Nonfiction or fiction . It is fiction. The author was a detective in miami. Now he is retired and he is writing these books. Theyre very interesting and it has a central character and he is an undercover miami detective and he gets really embroiled in serious situations. Its interesting, because you are seeing it from firstperson. He talks about the cases in miami with Drug Trafficking and murder. If you are a crime book reader, have you ever read james elroy based here in los angeles . Fax yes he is the juggernaut. They are both Los Angelesbased people. Its good to see the geography that they do and i also feel that Michael Hearns puts a lot of geography in his books about miami and they are very authentic. Thank you and at the l. A. Times book award last night, james elroy was there and he won an award and he spoke for about 10 minutes. We take it for book tv and you will be able to see that in the near future. Text message ron is reading we were the mulvaneys by joyce carol oates. It is featured in oprahs book club. Another caller bo in gainesville, georgia. I just finished a book called shadow country. Its a calculation as i understand it of three books that he did. Regarding its a little bit of a thriller. As you may now, he had a big interest in the ecology and so forth. Its also an interesting harry about the development and ruination of florida by that development and so forth. Thank you for calling in. Gail, las vegas. Good afternoon. Good afternoon. Recently, i read the aftermath. I was interested in him because i am a baby boomer. That was his focus although it tended to lean more toward a lot of statistics talking about all the different recent generations although i did appreciate what he had to say about our generation and the contributions that we have made that have been lasting. Recently, i finished 12 notes on life and creativity by quincy jones. Theres been a lot done recently on quincy jones autobiography. This one mainly focused on being an inspiration for youth that have aspirations for the music industry. That was the narrow, the key focus. He talked about his life a little bit. That was a little surprised at a few things that i read from him. This one is a little dated, but for research purposes, i am looking at still i rise by Henry Louis Gates and kevin burke. They cover the Civil Rights Movement between 1965 and 2015 from Martin Luther king, the revolutionary movement with the panthers and all. Right up until president obama. Thats where i am at right now. That is pretty much a coffee table book. I appreciate that. I have seen the quincy jones book as well. I dont of you were watching earlier, we had Mark Whitaker talking about his new book about 1966 and the rise of black power. I dont know if you saw that, but it sounds like it is in the genre that you enjoy. Take you for calling in. If youre still on the line, hang on we will try to get your calls in just a minute. We are pleased to be joined by the executive editor of the Los Angeles Times. What is your role when it comes to this book festival . Fax to enjoy it. To enjoy it. I had a session earlier called asked the reporter asked the editor. Taking questions from the community and that was a lot of fun about the l. A. Times. Walk around, enjoy it, be inspired by it. Im glad we could host it, its a Big Community event. A big literary event nationally. Its a great time, a way to connect people with each other. What were some of the questions you got today . There were questions including what is different between the media in los angeles and the east coast media in terms of is there anything different than what people are consuming and walking and how have you adapted to los angeles being from the east there were a lot of Great Questions, Great Questions about tourism, coverage. It was a fantastic session. How did you answer that question now that you have been executive editor of the Los Angeles Times for two years . Espn, Washington Post is his background. The thing is the largest News Organization west of the potomac river, we are in a big vibrant place. Hard to understand and get your arms around it. Second largest city in the country, 100 languages spoken here. The largest diasporas that exist outside of the native country, whether it is large chinese community, armenian community, mexican community. It adds to the richness. One in four californians in the absolute richness of the place, diversity, how eclectic it is. Capital of the entertainment industry. We often consume entertainment of some kind. A lot to get your arms around. It is a great challenge and a great gift to have such a rich place to cover. 20 13 i believe your last book came out, supreme discomfort. Did Clarence Thomas sit down for an interview . He did not. I had occasional conversations with him that were informal at events. Places i would see him. He ultimately did not agree to interview with us formally. If someone picked up that book with the news about Clarence Thomas we have seen, would they learn something . I think they would. Harlan crow mentioned in the pro public story, we have a section where we talk about his relationship with the justice in which he was trying to fund a library that is getting renovated. He offered to fund it. They would rename the library in the name of Clarence Thomas. It is how the justice kind of learned and saw the world. An avid book reader. Very dear to him. Harlan crow thought we can renovate the library, but it became a very controversial, politically charged issue. Ultimately, a lot of protests against renaming the library. There was a compromise to rename a wing, a section of it. He financed part of it. Not at the same level he would have had he been willing to rename the library. Has it been a Culture Shock to be out here after being on the east coast . I love it, im an outdoor person, i love the walks and the hikes, the ocean. It is invigorating out here. It helps spur the creativity. I understand why we say the creativity is it is a creative place, and i love being out here. You had two years to define the role of the Los Angeles Times in the southland. What is its role . To be an essential guide and irresistible place to connect people to each other. To be essential to navigating, living here. It is a very eclectic place. We are dominant in a lot of areas. Some of the areas of coverage include entertainment, the multiculturalism, the environment, housing is a big issue. So we are the dominant News Organization here. Also an irresistible guide to live here. Paper copies of the newspaper arrive on my doorstep every morning. Am i a dinosaur . No, you are not a dinosaur. The physical paper is a beautiful thing. It is curated, put together by men and women every day. We call it a daily miracle in the newspaper business. The population consuming it is not the present future population. Newspapers as a print circulation are declining everywhere. So we have to take the journalism and build a new kind of newspaper where we are trying to reinvent what that is here. What is one thing you can do to reinvent that . Give people a different range of storytelling. Go where people are, show your journalism in other platforms. We have Los Angeles Times doing narrative podcasts and taking the journalism to the documentary form, the scripted form. We can events and go to places and do popups and say we can publish we can produce the soundtrack of l. A. There is no limit to the work we can do. We have a new social content Creation Team called the 404 that includes a puppeteer. Theres many ways to reach people and storytelling. Hops on news that we need and really swarms it and elevates it. So there is a lot to bring to people on a day to day basis. When is your next book . My agent is saying that all the time. Where is your next book . Kevin merida is executive editor of the Los Angeles Times, which puts on this book festival every year for the past 43 years. We appreciate you spending a few minutes with us. Coming up next, another author discussion. This one focused on policing and prisons

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