Authors on today’s Leonard Lopate Show:
David Mitchell talked about his latest novel, The Thousand Autumns of Jacob de Zoet (Random House, 978-1400065455, $26). In a starred review, PW declared it a “majestic historical romance set in turn-of-the-19th-century Japan. It's certainly no Cloud Atlas, but it is a dense and satisfying historical with literary brawn and stylistic panache.”
Historian James McWilliams, whose Just Food: Where Locavores Get It Wrong and How We Can Truly Eat Responsibly (Back Bay Books, 978-0316033756, $14.99) is recently out in paperback. PW’s review had this to say: “McWilliams's perspective acts as a welcome foil to folksy, romanticized notions of the food revolution, using sound rhetoric and research to synthesize an examination fit for anyone who takes seriously the debate over a sustainable food system.”
The Diane Rehm Show interviewed Emmy-winning writer, director, and producer Mary McDonagh Murphy, author of Scout, Atticus, and Boo: A Celebration of Fifty Years of To Kill a Mockingbird (Harper, 978-0061924071, $24.99). PW thought “Readers should turn (or return) to To Kill a Mockingbird before bothering to dip into this disappointing collection.”
Tonight, Tavis Smiley talks with tennis champ Venus Williams, co-author of Come to Win: Business Leaders, Artists, Doctors, and Other Visionaries on How Sports Can Help You Top Your Profession (Amistad, 978-0061718250, $25.99).
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