Full Description
For years the legendary John Seigenthaler hosted A Word on Words on Nashville's public television station, WNPT. During the show's 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
Contents
Introduction to the Collection
Frye Gaillard
Civil Rights
Introduction
1. Arna Bontemps: Frederick Douglas. Great Slave Narratives.
2. John Egerton: Speak Now Against the Day.
3. John Lewis: Walking Against the Wind.
4. David Halberstam: The Children.
5. Frye Gaillard: Cradle of Freedom.
Literature
Introduction
1. Jesse Hill Ford: The Liberation of Lord Byron Jones.
2. Pat Conroy: The Death of Santini.
3. Ann Patchett: The Patron Saint of Liars.
4. Dori Sanders: Clover.
5. Alice Randall: Wind Done Gone.
6. Nikki Giovanni: Chasing Utopia.
Music
Introduction
1. Marshall Chapman: Goodbye, Little Rock n' Roller.
2. Marty Stuart: Country Music: The Masters.
3. Rodney Crowell: Chinaberry Sidewalks.
4. Waylon Jennings: Waylon: An Autobiography.
5. Kinky Friedman: Love Song of J. Edgar Hoover.
Sports
Introduction
1. Charles Fountain: The Life and Times of Grantland Rice.
2. William Marshall: Baseball's Pivotal Era, 1945-1951.
3. William Price Fox: Satchel Paige's America.
4. Pat Toomay: On Any Given Sunday.
The Presidency
Introduction
1. Jon Meacham. Thomas Jefferson: The Art of Power.
2. Doris Kearns Goodwin: Team of Rivals and The Fitzgeralds and the Kennedys.
3. David Maraniss: Barack Obama: The Story.
4. John Seigenthaler Sr. interviewed by son John Michael Seigenthaler: James K. Polk.
Closing/Epilogue
Andrew Maraniss, son of David: Strong Inside: Perry Wallace and the Collision of Race and Sports in the South. Singled Out: The Story of Glenn Burke
