Cover story. Mcdonalds franchise worker and her two children barely get by on her fast food wages this is how you thought you would be living . I cant even buy them a toy from mcdonalds because i dont have the dollar. With their purchasing power in decline workers are leaving the burger line for the picket line. Can low wage workers have it their way . Our sunday morning cover story just ahead. Osgood unlikely pair of chefs from the middle east have pit upon just the recipe for success in lone son. Well pay a visit to their kitchen. The food bursts with the flavor of their native israel. Wonderful. Superstar chefs a palestinian on how their partnership depends on their middle eastern roots but steers well clear of its politics. They go like, are you guys poster boys of peace in the middle east . We have to say, look, we are what we are. Well bring you that story later on sunday morning. Osgood bruce dern is a veteran screen actor who is enjoying a big success. You told the sheriff that
Were on the red carpet. Finalist in poetry, young adult literature, nonfiction, and fiction books, and of course being booktv, we focus on the nonfiction. We want to let you know who some of the nine fiction finalist are. Domingo martinez, his book is boy kings of texas. His fourth volume on the lbj legacy, and robert caro appeared on q a and at the National Book festival in september. The late Anthony Shadid has been nominated. He died in syria while covering syria for the Washington Post. His wife will be here representing him, and thats nada bachary. Katherine boo has been nominated, behind the beautiful forever, about mumbai, and Anne Applebaum has a book out and is scheduled on our q a show in september. So well be interviewing those authors as we go. Well be watching the red carpet here as some of the authors have their picture taken. Right now we want to talk to the chairman of the National Book foundation, and this is david steinberger. Mr. Steinbergers is also head of the beco
I would watch her finger go across the page and eventually, because the reading level of true romance was fairly low, i could pick out the words and by the time i reached the age of five, i could read to her as she a parent and as she worked. I never knew she was giving me something. I never knew she was teaching me a skill, but today i know it. Walter you want onto school for a few years, right . Right. And you are in school until what age . I was in school until i was 15. I did fairly well in school until i was 14. When i was 14 my family began to disintegrate. Had an uncle that was murdered and my father went into depression and my mom, who was became an ahca holick. Thats so completely filled my mind that my grades plummeted, but i had looks. I had the new york Public Library. Thank god for the new york Public Library. And i had books. When i had the difficulties with my mom, i found my emotional voice and portrait of the artist as a young man. His mother asked him to pray with her
Of time. I doubt if the same decisions on extending copyrights through the ages would pass in todays environment. Whether it is pared back as a matter for legislators and the one making process to look at, but clearly the copyright itself should be maintained. Whether it should be maintained exactly in this framework is an open question. Access where do you stand on this . Spending money on the book. [talking over each other] a lot of books [talking over each other] there are materials that are locked up, the orphan works or things that libraries all over the world find, and that is why we are very hopeful that the Digital Public Library of america will help with the digitization of materials and also the projects that are going on so that you can unleash these things. We would love to think about it, and millions and millions, also think about the digitization that is going to take. That [talking over each other] they have a lousy deal on the publishing side. But still in process. The
Seven or eight and may be taught his parents or caretakers are grandparents to reading skills. I could have done that. I think i could make a difference. Obviously as your continuing motivation, hopes he can make a difference. I tried to correspond with them. The system does not make it easy to correspond with these people because they are not allowed typewriters. There are only allowed a small list. Its difficult. Part of your second year as well. Travelling ambassador. Were also making an effort to send altered to other parts of the country. I heard a rumor youre going to making your first trip to south dakota. Of never been. Of the cut of book festival. And that will be a center. We also have you going to florida just to keep you on the east coast for part of this. In between each stop is a chance to try to see and people in some of the detention centers. I have another question for you. I see you are wearing a rather handsome metal. Would you . You can touch it. But it means we are