For years the legendary John Seigenthaler hosted A Word on Words on Nashville's public television station, WNPT. During the shows four-decade run (1972 to 2013), he interviewed some of the most interesting and most important writers of our time. These in-depth exchanges revealed much about the writers who appeared on his show and gave a glimpse into their creative processes. Seigenthaler was a deeply engaged reader and a generous interviewer, a true craftsman. Frye Gaillard and Pat Toomay have collected and transcribed some of the iconic interactions from the show.
Featuring interviews with:
Arna Bontemps Marshall Chapman Pat Conroy Rodney Crowell John Egerton Jesse Hill Ford Charles Fountain William Price Fox Kinky Friedman Frye Gaillard Nikki Giovanni Doris Kearns Goodwin David Halberstam Waylon Jennings John Lewis David Maraniss William Marshall Jon Meacham Ann Patchett Alice Randall Dori Sanders John Seigenthaler Sr. Marty Stuart Pat Toomay
A collection of some of the most interesting interviews from A Word on Words
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Only Seigenthaler could get these esteemed writers to open up and loosen up to discuss writing, art, and their life experiences."Beverly Keel, Dean of the College of Media and Entertainment, Middle Tennessee State University
This book captures my fathers passion for literature and highlights his interviews with some of the most famous authors of our time. He used A Word on Words to encourage his viewers to keep reading, a message that is as important today as it was when he started the program more than four decades ago."John M. Seigenthaler
| Introduction: TheBreadth, Depth, and Passion of John Seigenthaler |
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Free at Last: The Life of Frederick Douglass and Great Slave Narratives |
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3 | (9) |
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Speak Now against the Day |
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39 | (19) |
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The Liberation of Lord Byron Jones |
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71 | (9) |
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The Patron Saint of Liars |
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111 | (18) |
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129 | (16) |
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145 | (78) |
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Goodbye Little Rock and Roller |
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147 | (22) |
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Country Music: The Masters |
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190 | (19) |
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The Love Song of J. Edgar Hoover |
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209 | (14) |
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Sportswriter: The Life and Times of Grantland Rice |
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223 | (12) |
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Baseball's Pivotal Era, 1945-mi |
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235 | (10) |
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245 | (11) |
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256 | (11) |
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Thomas Jefferson: The Art of Power |
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285 | (12) |
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297 | (10) |
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307 | (20) |
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Frye Gaillard, writer-in-residence at the University of South Alabama, is the author of seventeen other works of non-fiction, including Prophet from Plains: Jimmy Carter and His Legacy; The Dream Long Deferred: The Landmark Struggle for Desegregation in Charlotte, North Carolina; Cradle of Freedom: Alabama and the Movement That Changed America; and Watermelon Wine: The Spirit of Country Music.
Andrew Maraniss is the New York Timesbestselling author of Strong Inside, the only sports-related book ever to win two prestigious civil rights awardsthe Lillian Smith Book Award and the Robert F. Kennedy Book Awards Special Recognition Prize. Andrew is a contributor to ESPN's sports and race website, TheUndefeated.com, and helps run Vanderbilt University's Sports & Society Initiative. He also writes nonfiction for young readers.
Marshall Chapman moved to Nashville in 1967 to attend Vanderbilt University, and wrote her first song in 1973. Her songs have been recorded by Conway Twitty, Jimmy Buffett, and many others. She is a contributing editor for Garden & Gun magazine and the author of Goodbye, Little Rock and Roller, which was a finalist for the 2004 SEBA Book Award and Book Critics Circle Award.
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