We were thrilled to have dan sinykin with us for a discussion of big fiction how changed the Publishing Industry and American Literature dan santat is an assistant professor of english at Emory University with a courtesy appointment in, quantitative theory and methods. Hes the author of American Literature and the long downturn neoliberal apocalypse and his writing has appeared in the new york times. The washington, the los angeles review of books, the rumpus and other publications joining dan in conversation is coeditor and publisher of nw plus mark krotov. So without further ado, please join me in welcoming dan and mark to the stage. Hello. Thanks so much for being here. Theres so many places to start. Ill start with myself. How about that . I one of the things that is very exciting to me about talking to you about this book is that i, in some have lived it or have lived a little piece of it working at end. Plus one obviously weve written about about pop, ive written about publishing
investigating donald trump s role in the january six insurrection has finally secured the testimony of former vice president, mike pence. i will talk to one of pence s former top aides and the day after i last spoke with volodymyr carr moussa, the russian opposition figure was arrested for speaking out against russia s invasion of ukraine. he has now been sentenced to 25 years in prison. his wife, the afghan-y tara bosa, goings me this morning. today s meeting of the velshi book club futures award-winning author, lauren broths, who is acclaimed story of marriage and identity with was removed from public shelves in her home state of. florida chill talked me about the book and the ban. velshi starts now. good morning to, you it is saturday april 29th and i m ali velshi. back in 2020, most of the country had not heard of his always ever. but as the montana legislature was in session that, year she was playing close attention to the bills that were being introduced. and she was
country hadn t heard of so we zephyr, but as the montana legislation was in session that year, she was paying close attention to the bills that were introduced, and she was fervently tweeting about them. zephyr is a trans woman. she was enraged by something called s b to 80, a piece of legislation which would ve made it difficult for transgender people to update their birth certificate. she commented on twitter, quote, having my birth certificate updated, and having it remove my that name, meaning the name that a transgender was given at birth, but no longer goes by, is one of the greatest joys i ve experienced. moments later, the bill passed the state senate by the slimmest of margins with a vote of 26 to 24. zephyr took note and wrote, quote, it would only take one person to have protected my community from discrimination. if that doesn t make it clear that we need trans representation and government, i don t know what will. ten minutes later, she tweeted again, quote, i am
Top nonfiction books and authors every weekend. Book Tv Television for serious readers. And now here is a look at some of the offerings that are said to have the bookstore shelves this fall. Including several from current and former members of congress. Kentucky republican senator rand paul is set to release deception, the great covid coverup that is coming out october 10. The book explores the origins of coban and federal funding for bioengineering and dana function research. Senator paul is also doctor pol he is a medical doctor and ophthalmologist to graduate from Duke Medical School andmed of course you remember his highprofile clashes with doctor Anthony Fauci during the coban crisis. His his publisher, this is doctor pauls sixth book. Also landed texas republican senator ted cruz cultural marxism in america. That comes out november 7. According to the publishers blurb in this hardhitting new book senator ted cruz delivers a realistic battle plan for defeating the woke assault on
Publishing industry experts. Well also give you updates on current nonfiction authors and books. The latest book reviews. And well talk about the current nonfiction books feature on cspan book tv. And welcome to about books. This week, were focusing on some of the most anticipated nonfiction books released this fall. In a few minutes, well chat with the Tampa Bay Times book editor Collette Bancroft about what shes looking to in the coming months. But heres some news items from, the publishing world. Well, National Book foundation has rescinded drew barrymores invitation to serve as host of this years National Book awards. This is after ms. Barrymore announced that she would resume production of her talk show despite the ongoing hollywood writers strike. Miss barrymores announcement was criticized by writer union groups who promised to picket outside her production studio. Quote, the National Book awards is an evening dedicated to the power of literature and the incomparable contributio