Calvin Trillin

Thursday 12/18/2008

Humorist Calvin Trillin presents his new book "Deciding the Next Decider: The 2008 Presidential Race in Rhyme."

Category: Politics Books
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Person of the Year: Rick Stengel; Calvin...
Politics, Books, History, Media
Air Date 12/18/2008
Stengel chooses Obama as Person of the Year; Trillin on his new book; Gordon-Reed shares "The Hemingses of Monticello." 53:44
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Reynolds Price
Books
Air Date 05/21/1997
Author Reynolds Price on his book, "The Collected Poems," which gathers his poems during his battle with spinal cancer. 18:01
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Poetry Panel; Derek Walcott; Voices from...
Books, History
Air Date 04/27/2000
On contemporary poetry. Holocaust survivors on the documentary "Witness." Nobel Laureate Derek Walcott on his book "Tiepolo's Hound." 51:53
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Sherwin B. Nuland; Griffin Dunne; Reynolds...
Entertainment, Books, Health
Air Date 05/21/1997
Dr. Nuland, the author of "The Wisdom of the Body." Dunne, the film director of "Addicted to Love." Price, author of "The Collected Poems." 53:53
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Jim Rutenberg
Politics
Air Date 10/29/2008
New York Times political correspondent Jim Rutenberg on Barack Obama's unprecedented infomercial. 06:58
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