produced, directed and/or written many programs for pbs. spanning a rich variety of subjects, mount rushmore, the irish in america, transcontinental railroad, robert e. lee and jesse james. he has received the dupont columbia award, the writersa™ guild award and many others. in 2007, he was a writer for the four hour pbs history of the united states supreme court which was awarded the international documentary association s award for outstanding limited series. in 2007, he was a writer for the four hour pbs history of the united states supreme court which was awarded the international documentary association s award for outstanding limited series. in 2008 he was nominated for a prime time emmy in the category of outstanding achievement in outstanding filmmaking and achievement in writing for his pbs program on walt whitman. he s also the author of awill you miss me when i m gone: the carter family and their legacy in american music,a which came out in 2002. it was one of ne
a certain style alive, but just to learn what we do here, and then you can be creative and take it to the next part. sreenivasan: all that and more on tonight s pbs newshour. major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by: collette. and by the alfred p. sloan foundation. supporting science, technology, and improved economic performance and financial literacy in the 21st century. carnegie corporation of new york. supporting innovations in education, democratic engagement, and the advancement of international peace and security. at carnegie.org. and with the ongoing support of these institutions: and individuals. this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. sreenivasan: the white house moved today to put to rest the controversy over president trump s outreach to the families of servicemembers killed in action. chief of staff john kelly, himself a gol
a certain style alive, but just to learn what we do here, and then you can be creative and take it to the next part. sreenivasan: all that and more on tonight s pbs newshour. major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by: collette. and by the alfred p. sloan foundation. supporting science, technology, and improved economic performance and financial literacy in the 21st century. carnegie corporation of new york. supporting innovations in education, democratic engagement, and the advancement of international peace and security. at carnegie.org. and with the ongoing support of these institutions: and individuals. this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. sreenivasan: the white house moved today to put to rest the controversy over president trump s outreach to the families of servicemembers killed in action. chief of staff john kelly, himself a gol
respectively. her prior books are sexual persona, art and decadence which came out in 1990, sex, art and american culture, vamps and tramps, new essays which came out in 1994, the birds, a study of alfred hitchcock, published in 1998, blake [inaudible] camille paglia reads 43 of the world s best poems and glittering images: a journey through art from egypt to star wars. she is here this evening with her seventh book, free women, free men: sex, gender, feminism, a selection of her most notable articles and lectures on these subjects. her third general essay collection will be out a year from this fall from pantheon, the publisher that s been publishing her work. professor paglia was co-founding contributor and columnist for salon.com. she s written numerous articles on literature, poplar culture, religion and politics for publications around the world. it s a pleasure to thank you all for being here tonight, and now please join in welcoming back to seattle camille pagl
authors every weekend. book tv, television for serious readers. good evening, thanks for attending tonight s bookmark with mark zwonitzer, author of the statesman and the storyteller. facilitating tonight s discussion is a friend and former education director, you will notice a camera in the back of the room. tonight s program is being filmed by c-span. we will be offering a q&a at the end. please, if you want to ask a question wait for the microphone to come to you. you want to be heard as well as scene. finally on the way out, if you could please pick up a listing of our upcoming events and information on the mark twain commemorative coin program we encourage you to take a look at those opportunities. thank you for coming tonight. double thank you if you are a twain house member. with that i turn it over to begin the program. thank you. thank you. it s my pleasure to introduce our author, mark zwonitzer who wrote the statesman and the storyteller, john hay, mark twain