About the Program
Book TV is LIVE from the 11th annual National Book Festival from the National Mall in Washington, DC. Our first day of programming includes event coverage from the history and biography pavilion,author interviews, and national viewer phone calls with authors that include:
Eugene Robinson, Disintegration: The Splintering of Black America
Sarah Vowell, Unfamiliar Fishes
Eric Foner, The Fiery Trial, Abraham Lincoln and American Slavery
Jim Lehrer, Tension City: Inside the Presidential Debates, from Kennedy-Nixon to Obama-McCain
Candice Millard, The Destiny of the Republic: A Tale of Madness, Medicine, and the Murder of a President
Justin Martin, Genius of Place: The LIfe of Frederick Law Olmsted
Sylvia Nasar, Grand Pursuit: The Story of Economic Genius
Isabel Wilkerson, The Warmth of Other Suns: The Epic Story of America's Great Migration