Welcome to book tvindepth program, this is our special year of fiction on indepth. You see authors such as david baldacci, jody people, Walter Mosley, last month we had david ignatius, Washington Post columnist and thriller writer who writes about the cia and such. This month we are pleased to have Pulitzer Prize winning author Colson Whitehead as our guest with the most recent book is the underground railroad. Mister whitehead, whats the appropriate response when your book are are praised by oprah, president obama, you win the pulitzer and National Book award, whats the appropriate response . It took the pain away. This book is taking off in a way that is startling and wonderful so mostly i just thank my lucky stars and i sleep a little better, im in a better mood generally. And i tried to enjoy it. Its my best effort. Why does that put you in a better mood . Ive been writing for 20 something years, doing fiction for 20 years and you know, sometimes you write a book and people digging
Program. This is our special your fiction on in depth. Youll see authors this month we are pleased to have Colson Whitehead as our guests. His most recent book is the underground railroad. Whats the appropriate response when its praised by oprah, president obama, was the appropriate response . Guest this book is taken off in a way thats unexpected and wonderful. Mostly i thank my lucky stars and i sleep a little better, im in a better mood generally i try to enjoy it despite my best efforts. Host what is up regina better food . Ive been writing for 20 some years. Sometimes you read a book and people understand and sometimes you write it and nobody cares. And it disappears. So ive the pride and thinking i did a good job with the book. The bonus of other people liking it as well. Host your first book was intuition us. How do you sell a book like that . Guest exactly. With that book either when i send it to my age in either you dig the concept of the two groups or you dont. Further along
Jackson, iii. Please welcome charletta sudduth, coauthor of the book i just mentioned here. Your mother will join us a little later here on the program, too. She actually was one of the maids that youre talking about in your book. Yes. Lets talk first of all, it is black History Month and charletta, for you, what does that mean after all these years of looking back at the struggles that africanamericans have yoefr overcome and have still overcome sng overcoming . What does it mean to you . It reminds me of my heritage, how far weve come but how far we have to go and part of me getting involved with this book is just wanting to make sure that we begin to pass on this legacy of stories and the trials, the triumphs that my people have had to endure to get us to this point. Itself to carter wood son, 1926 so the idea for this book, katherine, you collaborated with a broader look at recruiting her. Youre from new orleans and you lived at a lot of times when black maids were in your neighbor
This is the steele report. Our top thick week on the steele report, black History Month and a fascinating new book written by some local authors. Our questioning begins right now. Now from kwwl, this is the steele report. Welcome to this week he is weeks edition of the steele report. I would like to introduce them to you right now, dr. Katherine vam wormer is a professor of social work at the university of Northern Iowa in cedar falls, shes also an addiction specialist and author of several books, including the book were going to talk about here today which is entitled, the maid narratives, black domestics and white families in the jim crow south. Coauthored with Charletta Sudduth and also david w. Jackson, iii. Sudduth, coauthor of the book i just mentioned here. Your mother will join us a little later here on the program, too. She actually was one of the maids that youre talking about in your book. Yes. Lets talk first of all, it is black History Month and charletta, for you, what do
Senator cindy hydesmith, who faces off against Democrat Mike Espy in a Runoff Election tomorrow. A runoff that has at times felt like an outofbody experience in terms of how many times it made you shake your head and say did that really happen . Whether it was the republican candidate saying that shed be in the front row of a public hanging or the republican candidates robotic almost comical nonapology for those offensive remarks, or her debate performance in which she seemed to say her greatest selling point is donald trump, as if all of that werent surreal enough, today on the eve of the runoff, there were this, nooses seen hanging on trees outside the Mississippi State capitol. This runoff is shaping up to be an mri of the soul of mississippi. The next 24 hours are critical, and ill have a lot more on that in just a moment. But first, to that breaking news from special Counsel Robert Mueller and the president s Campaign Chairman Paul Manafort. The first Trump Campaign official to re