Dave Barry, author of Insane City, Roy Blount, Jr., author of Alphabetter Juice: or, The Joy of Text, and Brad Meltzer, author of History Decoded: The 10 Greatest Conspiracies of All Time, s…
430 viewsBook TV was live at the Miami Book Fair International, held on the campus of Miami Dade College on November 23-24, 2013.
567 viewsRoy Blount, Alphabet Juice: The Energies, Gists, and Spirits of Letters, Words, and Combinations Thereof; Their Roots, Bones, Innards, Piths, Pips, and Secret Parts, ... With Examples of The…
308 viewsHumorist and author Roy Blount, Jr., talked about his book Alphabet Juice: The Energies, Gists, and Spirits of Letters, Words, and Combinations Thereof; Their Roots, Bones, Innards, Piths, P…
623 viewsDave Barry is the author of thirty books and was a syndicated humor columnist for twenty-five years. His latest book, Dave Barry’s History of the Millennium (So Far), is a collection of revi…
1,272 viewsGuests examined the history of post-Civil War Reconstruction, the Gilded Age, and race relations through the writings of Mark Twain. Ms. Fishkin is the author of Lighting Out for the Territo…
4,442 viewsThe panel talked about the works of Pulitzer and Nobel Prize winning Southern writer William Faulkner. They focused on his first successful novel, The Sound and the Fury published in 1929. T…
771 viewsRoy Blount and Calvin Trillin talked about Mark Twain and his newly discovered book, A Murder, A Mystery, and a Marriage published by W.W. Norton & Company. Mr. Blount wrote the foreword and…
275 viewsFrom Stratford Hall Plantation, the birthplace of Robert E. Lee, Author, Roy Blount, talked about his biography of "Robert E. Lee". Mr. Blount described the contradictions in Robert E. Lee…
483 viewsAt the Nashville Public Library, Roy Blount, Jr. talked about the foreword and afterword he wrote for A Murder, A Mystery, and A Marriage, a manuscript written by Mark Twain that had never b…
180 viewsIn a panel discussion to celebrate a new edition of Huckleberry Finn, which contains previously unpublished portions of the manuscript, participants discussed the literary and historical sig…
1,393 viewsRoy Blount, Jr. reflected on his writing experiences and various interviews he had conducted. After his prepared remarks he answered questions from reporters. Scenes of his book signing we…
36 viewsDuring a breakfast Mr. Roy Blount, Author of "Be Sweet: A Conditional Love Story", Ms. Adrieene Rich, Author of "Midnight Salvage: Poems, 1995-1998", and Mr. Barry Lopez, Author of "Lessens…
47 viewsParticipants in a panel hosted by Random House Publishing discussed the current uses and abuses of the English language. They shared stories about the importance of word choice and the ease …
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