Publishers Weekly attempts to unravel the tangled web of literary influence by talking with the great writers of today about the writers of yesterday who inspired them. This month, they spoke with acclaimed journalists Michael Pollan (A World Appears, How to Change Your Mind) and Elizabeth Kolbert (Life on a …
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The Willie Morris Awards are housed at the University of Mississippi and overseen by its Department of Writing and Rhetoric. The awards honor Yazoo City native Morris, former editor-in-chief of Harper’s Magazine, renowned author and a longtime instructor and writer-in-residence at Ole Miss. “Willie Morris believed in all that was …
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David Kessler discusses the dangers of ultra processed foods that are categorized as “Generally Recognized as Safe.” In the segment, he outlines the public-health risks associated with the dramatic rise of UPFs, arguing that their impact may even exceed that of tobacco. 60 Minutes notably juxtaposes his interview with RFK …
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C-SPAN Booknotes+ with Brian Lamb McNamara at War is “a portrait of a man at war with himself,” say the authors. “It’s riven with melancholy, guilt, zealous loyalty, and profound inability to admit his flawed thinking about Vietnam before it was too late.” Echoes of the Vietnam War Podcast The Taubmans …
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“The War Hawk Who Wasn’t,” an excerpt in The Atlantic that shares Philip Taubman and William Taubman’s writing on the newly discovered documents that reveal Robert McNamara’s private doubts about Vietnam. Air Mail’s “Passion on the Potomac” excerpts the book’s various hints at an affair between Jackie Kennedy and Robert …
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