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Authors/Writers

  • P. D. James talks about her award-winning book "A Taste for Death"

    Oct. 31, 1986
  • Langston Hughes, John Sellers, James Cotton and Otis Spann discuss blues music

    Jul. 15, 1960
  • Bill Ayers discusses his book "To Teach"

    Jun. 23, 1993
  • Discussing the book "State Of The Art" with author and film critic Pauline Kael

    Dec. 5, 1985
  • Discussing the book, "Before the Mayflower," with Lerone Bennett, Jr. ; part 3

    1964
  • Micheál Mac Liammóir discusses his show "The Importance of Being Oscar"; part 2

    Nov. 17, 1961
  • Toni Morrison

    Toni Morrison discusses her book "Song of Solomon"

    Oct. 7, 1977
  • Carl Vigeland discusses his book about the Boston Symphony Orchestra

    Feb. 8, 1990
  • Barbara Kingsolver discusses her book "Holding the Line: Women in the Great Arizona Mine Strike of 1983"

    Sep. 17, 1990
  • Discussing the book "Parallel Time: Growing up in Black and White" with the author, journalist Brent Staples

    Mar. 1, 1994
  • David Halberstam discusses his book, "The Fifties"

    Jun. 11, 1993
  • Laurence Shoup discusses his book, "The Carter Presidency and Beyond: Power and Politics in the 1980s"

    1970
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