Book TV Interviews on Video

Each week C-SPAN airs and podcasts their After Words program which features the authors of the latest nonfiction books being interviewed by journalists, public policy makers, and legislators.

Mr. Bloom talked about his book, How to Read and Why, published by Scribner.

In this three-hour long streaming video from C-SPAN's BookTV, Tom Wolfe talks about his career as writer from "The Kandy-Kolored Tangerine-Flake Streamline Baby" which he wrote back in the 1960s all the way up to his latest novel "I Am Charlotte Simmons".

Mr. Foote conducted a tour of his home. Then, sitting at the desk where he does all his writing, talked about his entire body of work, described his writing process, and responded to audience telephone calls and electronic mail.

Angela Davis presents a critical edition of Frederick Douglass' memoir, Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass - An American Slave Written by Himself.

Christopher Hitchens was interviewed about his life, his career, and his body of writing. Topics included his religious and political opinions.

With her talk on Muhammad: A Prophet for Our Time, Armstrong first takes on the definition of Jihad, explaining that as opposed to Holy War, the term more appropriately describes a "struggle" all believers must wage on their way to spiritual clarity.

Rev. Smith talked about his book The Illustrated World's Religions and how various forms of religion view the forces of good and evil. Although the book was published forty years ago, it is still widely used as a college text.

Mr. Bryson read passages from his new book, Notes from a Small Island: An Affectionate Portrait of Britain, which details his trip around the nation before returning to the United States.

Professor West talked about his career and his entire body of work and responded to audience telephone calls, faxes and electronic mail. Professor West has written or edited more than twenty books.