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CSPAN2 Book TV Encore Booknotes October 5, 2013

Churchill said to kennedy he held out his hand and he said i am so sorry for your loss. Joe junior had died during the war and churchill was sincere and he said to churchill, what good was it all . Churchill looked at him unbelieving world war ii had destroyed in churchills mind hitler and mussolini and the dictators. It had saved democracy. It had saved western civilization so churchill thought. Kennedy lazed hatred at him. As booktv looks back at our 15 years on cspan2 we bring you programs from our archives. Erik larson appeared on booknotes in 2003 to talk about the devil in the white city. In the book mr. Larson tells the story of two men architects Daniel Burnham and. Or henry h. Holmes who played prominent roles in the history of 1893 chicago worlds fair. This is about an hour. Cspan erik larson, author of the devil in the white city, you write early in your book that this book is about the evanescence of life. Whats that m ....

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CSPAN2 2014 Harlem Book Fair July 13, 2014

He was definitely an engaging teacher and as you mentioned his experiments influence a lot of people including including you. [inaudible] this is a bit of a followon and im still trying to formulate what is probably a very elementary question but you talk about all the research you did and obviously he mixes in real historical characters with his primary fictional characte characters. Was he primarily using fiction to illuminate history and historical forces or using history to illuminate human nature . Yes and yes. [laughter] i mean thats a huge question. One of the criticisms that this book has received is that tolstoy intentionally distort historical facts for his own purposes so for instance he creates in the character could to save us a far more salt of the earth kind of character than he actually was. He was apparently much more widely, much more questionable in terms of his morals so historians have accused the full story of using history and distorting it for his own ends. I do ....

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CSPAN2 2014 Harlem Book Fair July 12, 2014

This month. Three or four books that i think particularly good. I wish i could take credit. And the Brilliant Communications director came up with this. No one is going to be interested in what i am reading. Surprisingly has become quite a bit. They like it. Interestingly, the kind of like to know what your thinking about. It is kind of refreshing. It actually reads a little class action. Thank you. It was fun. What are you reading this summer . Tell us what is on your Summer Reading list. Postage your Facebook Page or send us a name of. Her. You can watch panels and multicultural Book Publishing, the black Arts Movement, and more first, founder Max Ro ....

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CSPAN2 Book Discussion On Letter Composed During A Lull In Fighting April 19, 2014

I think that may be a perfect way to end the afternoon. Thank you. No, no, no. Thank you for your patience. Im aware of the fact that we live in an age with fewer and fewer readers, fewer people who have taken on the difficult text. Aware for you are if you are more my age than the age of the young and you dont exactly belong to that civilization Steve Johnson was more my age than he was your age. Whatever there is in this room that still holds references to the text remember those of us who are christians, jewish, muslims we are people of the book and if i ever go to a bar mitzvah where the kid comes in with a kindle i am leaving. [laughter] thanks very much richard rugg rugg richard rodriguez. We will be signing books upstairs. [applause] [inaudible conversations] iraq war veterans kevin powers is next on booktv. From the 2014 san antonio book festival treat you presents second book of poetry, letter composed during a lull in the ....

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CSPAN2 Panel Discussion August 10, 2014

Up next on booktv a panel on impact and influence of the black Arts Movement from the 2014 harlem book festival. [inaudible conversations] scheme welcome back to the harlem book fair. My name is Marc Anthony Neil professor of africanamerican studies at Duke University and the moderator for the next panel. The panel is a new urban aesthetics of black Arts Movement in which we will have a conversation to talk about the connections between the black Arts Movement and what we see now as new forms of urban aesthetics. I am joined to my right my colleague who is doing double duty today. Professor terry from princeton university. To her right we have Melissa Casti ....

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