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Political Columnist Michael Gerson On Coping With 'Insidious' Depression
Michael Gerson is a political columnist for the Washington Post and a regular contributor to the NewsHour. But this past weekend, he delivered a sermon at the Washington National Cathedral that focused on a more personal topic: his...
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Heart' Author Sandeep Jauhar Answers Your Questions
Sandeep Jauhar, author of our January pick for the NewsHour-New York Times book club, Now Read This, joins Jeffrey Brown to answer reader questions on "Heart." Plus, Jeff announces the February book selection.
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"Trust Exercise" Author Susan Choi On Power Dynamics And Timely Fiction
Susan Choi’s novel “Trust Exercise” takes place in a high school for the performing arts in an unnamed southern city. But the subjects examined, including consent, power and memory, are universally relevant. “Trust Exercise” won the 2019...
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"Heart Berries" Author Terese Marie Mailhot Answers Your Questions
Terese Marie Mailhot, author of our January pick for the NewsHour-New York Times book club, Now Read This, joins Jeffrey Brown to answer reader questions on “Heart Berries,” and Jeff announces the February book selection.
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Taylor Branch: At Canaan's Edge
Taylor Branch, author of "At Canaan's Edge", the final installment of his three-volume biography of Martin Luther King Jr., discusses the civil rights leader's life and legacy.
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Melinda Gates on her foundation’s work and the need to ‘lift up women’ worldwide
The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation is the world's largest private philanthropic organization, with an endowment of $50 billion. Melinda Gates plays a huge role in shaping its work, and her new book, The Moment of Lift: How Empowering...
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Sen. Duckworth writes of resiliency, healing in her book that’s a ‘love letter’ to America
Sen. Duckworth Writes Of Resiliency, Healing In Her Book That Is A ‘Love Letter’ To America
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Stephen King wants to reach out and grab you - with his writing
Novelist Stephen King is best known for his works of horror, but he says what scares him the most is not being able to write. Jeffrey Brown spoke with him at the Library of Congress National Book Festival about his latest novel, "End of...
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Peter Strzok On Why He Believes Trump Is 'Compromised' By Russia
Former FBI official Peter Strzok has been a target of President Trump's ire for his role in investigations of Hillary Clinton’s emails and the 2016 Trump campaign’s connections with Russia -- as well as his extramarital affair. Now...
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Judy Blume, Honored by the National Book Foundation for 'Distinguished Contribution to American Letters' (Dec. 13, 2004)
Judy Blume, honored by the National Book Foundation for "distinguished contribution to American letters" (Dec. 13, 2004) (Author Interview)
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Rahm Emanuel, Author of "The Nation City"
Rahm Emanuel has served as a top adviser to Presidents Clinton and Obama, a three-term congressman from Illinois and a two-term mayor of Chicago. But in his new book, “The Nation City,” the longtime Democrat argues that mayors are...
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The Value Of Writing Our Way Through A Tumultuous 2020
This has been a year of huge events and milestones, from the coronavirus
pandemic to the election of the first woman vice president. How will 2020
be remembered and analyzed in the years to come? Biographer and historian
Janice Nimura...
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The Remarkable Political And Diplomatic Legacy Of James Baker
Former Secretary of State James Baker’s distinguished career and service to every Republican president from Gerald Ford to George W. Bush has elevated him to elder statesman status. Now, his life, career and legacy are examined in a new...
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Stephen Ambrose (with George McGovern) (Author Interview) (August 16, 2001)
Book: The Wild Blue: The Men and Boys Who Flew the B-24s Over Germany
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Kevin Wilson’s Novel “Nothing To See Here” Makes Fun Of Your Child’S Meltdown
A new, acclaimed novel takes a young child's meltdown and turns it into a surreal satire of modern life. In "Nothing to See Here," author Kevin Wilson uses a universal experience of parenthood to explore some incendiary family dynamics....
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Navigating Seattle's ever-evolving streets through poetry
How do you capture Seattle’s complications, quirks and ever-changing population? A new digital project is mapping out the evolving city by collecting poems that tell unique stories, from growing up in an affluent neighborhood to memories...
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Looking Back at Vietnam War with Author, Veteran Tim O'Brien (Apr. 28, 2010) (7:15)
Thirty five years after the conclusion of the Vietnam War, Tim O'Brien's collection of stories about an American platoon, "The Things They Carried," is being reissued as it celebrates its own 20th anniversary. Jeffrey Brown talks to the...
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John Banville Adopts Pen Name, Famous Protagonist to Reboot Chandler's Iconic Crime Series (March 21, 2014)
Irish writer John Banville slips into Raymond ChandlerÂs voice for a new crime novel starring one of the great characters in American fiction: private detective Philip Marlowe. 1950Âs Los Angeles, the femme fatale, Hollywood stars:...
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Laila Lalami’s “The Other Americans” Explores The Experience Of Being An Outsider
Jeffrey Brown caught up with the National Book Award fiction finalist Laila Lalami at the Miami Book Festival. Her latest work of fiction, "The Other Americans," explores issues of immigration and identity, part of our ongoing arts and...
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Michael Beschloss (2007 Author Interview)
Book:Presidential Courage: Brave Leaders and How They Changed America, 1789-1989
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Dr. Jerome Groopman (2000 Author Interview)
Book: Second Opinion: Stories of Intuition and Choice in the Changing World of Medicine
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How Abraham Lincoln Shaped American Politics, Popular Culture (Feb. 20, 2012)
On this Presidents' Day, Hari Sreenivasan and historian Richard Norton Smith discuss President Lincoln's influence on American politics and popular culture as they tour the Ford's Theatre's new Center for Education and Leadership...