Host author Mary Eberstadt, where why are there two versions of your book . Mary there are actually two books. The first was written about 10 years ago called adam and eve after the pill. It is about about a decade later, i published adam and eve after the pill, revisited which looks at society and christianity itself. We are taking in the biggest possible terrain. Host what are some of those macro trends that you have noticed . Mary it is a big story, but lets try to do the short version. I have been interested in tracing the faultlines that are beneath society as we know it. I am not a reporter. I tried to get underneath at the big things that are transforming our world. One of these things is the sexual revolution and the collapse of christianity, which begins in the early 1960s. Now, what is the effect of these trends . One thing that has happened is that emilys have gotten smaller. Families are more broken than they used to be. Many people live alone, who did not used to. This has
Chicago tribune. [applause] that is enough of that. Does anybody in here not know who erik larson is . You walk in saying that looks like an interesting name . He is, without argument and you can argue if you want to the finest nonfiction writer alive. [applause] he is also a terrific human being and you unfortunately have to listen to larson and kogan. This is the first time we are having a conversation without cocktails. You describe this as a floating village in steel. You get 15 minutes to ask specific questions so i will not focus too much on the book. My editor has specific questions. But i want to talk more about the process in a sense. You are now in what you call the dark country of no ideas. That is a term i didnt come up with. My good friend and publicist came up with it when i am looking for a period to describe my next book. When i finish a book i have no other idea on my plate and start from scratch. It is a longish process taking about a year before starting the next pro
Chicago tribune. [applause] that is enough of that. Does anybody in here not know who erik larson is . You walk in saying that looks like an interesting name . He is, without argument and you can argue if you want to the finest nonfiction writer alive. [applause] he is also a terrific human being and you unfortunately have to listen to larson and kogan. This is the first time we are having a conversation without cocktails. You describe this as a floating village in steel. You get 15 minutes to ask specific questions so i will not focus too much on the book. My editor has specific questions. But i want to talk more about the process in a sense. You are now in what you call the dark country of no ideas. That is a term i didnt come up with. My good friend and publicist came up with it when i am looking for a period to describe my next book. When i finish a book i have no other idea on my plate and start from scratch. It is a longish process taking about a year before starting the next pro
President ial campaign, and books on the decline of intellectual habits, a movement by former gang members to rebuild their families and lives and a dual biography of Andrew Jackson and cherokee leader john ross. All this and more this weekend on booktv. For a complete television schedule, visit booktv. Org. Booktv, 48 hours this weekend of nonfiction books and authors. Television for serious readers. Historian Sally Mcmillen is next on booktv. She recounts the life of abolitionist and suffragist lucy stone who she contends should be celebrated amongst the likes of susan b. Anthony and Elizabeth Cady stanton for her activism. Its now my distinct honor and privilege to introduce dr. Sally mcmillen who is the Mary Reynolds babcock professor of history at Davidson College in North Carolina. She earned her ph. D. At duke university, and along the way we learned today got a degree in library science. She has been one of the most important and productive scholars of 19th century womens histo
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