Today we know that these three writers are gifts to the english language. This morning, the first author that i will be introducing nonother than dave barry. Lets give him a round of applause before he comes out. [applause] we all know that you cannot do justice to his talents and there he is. [applause] you just cant do justice by reading has lengthy biography or saying that his new work, insane city, his first adult novel in more than a decade. He is an individual for over 25 years have appeared in 25 newspapers, winner of the Pulitzer Prize and its pretty cool. Like every other kid in the 305, i grew up relishing reading him and today we are hearing from a hometown favorite in dave barry. In our next author is roy blount. Come on out and lets give him a round of applause. [applause] a master of language and the humorist to boot. He has authored 22 books in a wide range from robert ely to the Pittsburgh Steelers if you are an npr nerd, and you may also know him as a regular panelist
There he found an exclusive campus he. It he resented it as an undergraduate and came to resent it as a professor there. He then became president of the college. And it was at this time he decided now i have the ability to change what this college is. Wilsons predecessor in the presidency of princeton was a man who used to brag he ran the finest country club in america. [laughter] he did. There was no question about it. It was an enclave for the sons of the very, very rich. Wilson tried to tear that down. It was in doing that, he began writing about what he was doing and speaking about what he was doing. This is how the most immediate oric rise in American History occurred. People began to look at wilson, who used the princeton campus as a great metaphor for america. He believed Higher Education should be the great catapult for people. Anybody from any class in a country that has no classes but in such a country, anybody who is educate and works hard should be able to leapfrog. It shou
Host on your nomination for the internal enemy. Where did you come up with that name . Guest well, this was the term that virginians of the early republic used to describe their slaves, particularly when they felt threatened by a Foreign Invasion as they did during the revolution. And be they would comment that they faced two great dangers, an external enemy and be an internal enemy. It was a very different way of thinking about slavery than were used to encountering. Were used to thinking that southerners thought of slavery as a positive good. But in the early republic, we knew their slaves wanted to be free. So they feared there would be the day when they would rise up this rebellion and kill their mast pers to claim their freedom. Host now, in your subtitle youre very specific about the years youre covering. First of all, what are the years, and why are you so specific . Guest well, its 173728 17721832. At the start is something called the somerset decision, a legal decision in engl
Im talking with David Steinberger about a companion book to knowing your value which is my second book which is great for women. Were looking for a knowing your value millennial edition. So hopefully, ill be back next year. Ladies and gentlemen, mika bear zip sky. Good evening. Hows everyone tonight . The beautiful. Im Mika Brzezinski, cohost of morning joe, and im deeply honored to be here tonight. Im also very excited to say this to you uninterrupted. Welcome to the 64th National Book awards. I got through it. Its the oscars of the book world, or as Fran Leibowitz once called them, the oscars without money. But well take em. [laughter] so i have a very close connection to this evenings awards. Just last month we had the honor of having David Steinberger, the chairman of the National Book foundation, on our show, on morning joe, to announce the National Book foundation finalists. As a threetime author myself, i know firsthand what an incredible undertaking it is to write a book and th
Back to Claremont Mckenna college. Host wendy lower, thanks for spending a few minutes with us on booktv, and good luck tonight. Guest thank you very much. Host all right, thank you. There are there are. [inaudible conversations] guest how are you . Host thanks for joining us here on booktv. Going clear. First of all, whered you get the title . Guest well, its a term from scientology. L. Ron hubbard came up with the concept that if you could purge one side of your mind of all the knew row cease and fears and so on through scientology, you would become clear. In other words, youd be kind of a superhuman. You would no longer get colds, your intelligence would be higher, and, you know, live forever. It was an interesting concept, but there werent any actual clues he could produce to prove his case. Host how much time did you spend on this book, and what was it like researching the church of scientology . Guest you know, just as a repeated task it was really difficult because there were a