Robert caro has appeared on q a and is also appeared through the National Book festival in september. House of stone, you remembered that Anthony Shadid died in syria while covering syria for the Washington Post. His wife will be here representing him and that is not a lottery. Katherine boo has been nominated in the nonfiction category, behind a beautiful forevers about a slum in mumbai india and finally Anne Applebaum has been nominated for iron curtain. That book is just out and she is scheduled to appear under q a and show in december, so you will be able to see her as well and robert caro will be interviewing those others as we go and we will be watching the red carpet here as some of the authors have their pictures taken that right now we want to talk to the chairman of the National Book foundation and this is david steinberger. David steinberger is the head of the Perseus Book Group. If you would, tell us for those who dont know what is the National Book award . The National Boo
Thinking out loud on the personal, the political, the public and the private. In her book ms. Quindlen discusses her book on a wide range of topics for what she calls a special lens of her gender. She includes commentary on such things as moral hypocrisy bigotry lying and violence. This interview is an hour. Cspan Anna Quindlen, in your new book, thinking out loud, you say that the i was trying to look at the words here that the best line in anything thats ever appeared under your byline is, could you get up and get me a beer without writing about it . Question mark. Who said that and why did you write it . Guest my husband said it to me one night. And i must say, its so embarrassing to have this kind of mindset about everything, but the moment he finished that sentence, i said to him, can i use that . I just thought it was the best thing id ever heard about what i do for a living, which is that everything becomes grist for the mill. Cspan how much have you told the public in your colu
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