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A Word on Words: The Best of John Seigenthaler's Interviews

A Word on Words: The Best of John Seigenthaler's Interviews


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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



Table of 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


    About the Author :
    Frye Gaillard, writer-in-residence at the University of South Alabama, is the author of seventeen other works of non-fiction, including Prophet from Plains: Jimmy Carter and His Legacy; The Dream Long Deferred: The Landmark Struggle for Desegregation in Charlotte, North Carolina; Cradle of Freedom: Alabama and the Movement That Changed America; and Watermelon Wine: The Spirit of Country Music.

    Andrew Maraniss is the New York Times–bestselling author of Strong Inside, the only sports-related book ever to win two prestigious civil rights awards—the Lillian Smith Book Award and the Robert F. Kennedy Book Awards Special Recognition Prize. Andrew is a contributor to ESPN's sports and race website, TheUndefeated.com, and helps run Vanderbilt University's Sports & Society Initiative. He also writes nonfiction for young readers.

    Marshall Chapman moved to Nashville in 1967 to attend Vanderbilt University, and wrote her first song in 1973. Her songs have been recorded by Conway Twitty, Jimmy Buffett, and many others. She is a contributing editor for Garden & Gun magazine and the author of Goodbye, Little Rock and Roller, which was a finalist for the 2004 SEBA Book Award and Book Critics Circle Award.

    Review :
    Only Seigenthaler could get these esteemed writers to open up and loosen up to discuss writing, art, and their life experiences."—Beverly Keel, Dean of the College of Media and Entertainment, Middle Tennessee State University

    “This book captures my father’s passion for literature and highlights his interviews with some of the most famous authors of our time. He used A Word on Words to encourage his viewers to ‘keep reading,’ a message that is as important today as it was when he started the program more than four decades ago."—John M. Seigenthaler


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    Product Details
    • ISBN-13: 9780826505736
    • Publisher: Vanderbilt University Press
    • Publisher Imprint: Vanderbilt University Press
    • Height: 229 mm
    • No of Pages: 346
    • Spine Width: 30 mm
    • Weight: 730 gr
    • ISBN-10: 0826505732
    • Publisher Date: 31 Mar 2023
    • Binding: Hardback
    • Language: English
    • Returnable: Y
    • Sub Title: The Best of John Seigenthaler's Interviews
    • Width: 152 mm


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