Book TV airs on C-Span 2 this weekend from 8 a.m. Saturday to 8 a.m. Tuesday and focuses on political and historical books as well as the book industry. The following are highlights for this coming weekend. For more information, go to Book TV's website.
Saturday, January 14
7:30 p.m. A panel discussion on race relations in the U.S., moderated by Urban Radio Networks Washington bureau chief April Ryan. Participants include:
- Joy-Ann Reid, author of Fracture: Barack Obama, the Clintons, and the Racial Divide (Morrow, $15.99, 9780062305268).
- Mary Frances Berry, author of Five Dollars and a Pork Chop Sandwich: Vote Buying and the Corruption of Democracy (Beacon Press, $18, 9780807061985).
- Wes Moore, author of The Work: Searching for a Life That Matters (Spiegel & Grau, $16, 9780812983845).
- Cornell Belcher, author of A Black Man in the White House: Barack Obama and the Triggering of America's Racial-Aversion Crisis (Water Street Press, $16, 9781621343608).
Hosted by Busboys and Poets in Washington, D.C. (Re-airs Sunday at 3:30 p.m. and Monday at 8:30 a.m.)
10 p.m. Jonathan Chait, author of Audacity: How Barack Obama Defied His Critics and Created a Legacy That Will Prevail (Custom House, $27.99, 9780062426970). (Re-airs Sunday at 9 p.m. and Monday at 12 a.m. and 3 a.m.)
11 p.m. John McWhorter, author of Words on the Move: Why English Won't--and Can't--Sit Still (Like, Literally) (Holt, $28, 9781627794718). (Re-airs Monday at 5 a.m. and 1:30 p.m.)