Book TV airs on C-Span 2 from 8 a.m. Saturday to 8 a.m. Monday 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, November 21
10:15 a.m. Patrick J. Carr, co-author with Maria J. Kefalas of Hollowing Out the Middle: The Rural Brain Drain and What it Means for America (Beacon Press, $26.95, 9780807042380/0807042382), contends that the departure of young people from small towns is leaving behind a largely immigrant, segregated population. (Re-airs Sunday at 12 a.m. and 3 p.m.)
6 p.m. Encore Books. For a segment that first aired in 1995, Norman Mailer discussed his book Oswald's Tale: An American Mystery (Random House, $15.95, 9780345404374/0345404378).
8 p.m. Coverage of the 60th annual National Book Awards from New York City. (Re-airs Sunday at 10 a.m.)
10 p.m. After Words. Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders interviews former managing director at Goldman Sachs Nomi Prins, author of It Takes a Pillage: Behind the Bonuses, Bailouts, and Backroom Deals from Washington to Wall Street (Wiley, $25.95, 9780470529591/0470529598). (Re-airs Sunday at 9 p.m., and Monday at 12 a.m. and 3 a.m.)
Sunday, November 22
9 a.m. The History channel's resident historian, Steven Gillon, talks about his book The Kennedy Assassination--24 Hours After: Lyndon B. Johnson's Pivotal First Day as President (Basic Books, $25.95, 9780465018703/046501870X). (Re-airs Sunday at 8 p.m. and Monday at 4 a.m.)
5:45 p.m. For an event hosted by Joseph-Beth Booksellers, Cincinnati, Ohio, Book TV covers the signing by Sarah Palin, author of Going Rogue: An American Life (HarperCollins, $28.99, 9780061939891/0061939897), and discusses preparations for the event with the store's marketing and event coordinator. (Re-airs Monday at 7:30 a.m.)
6:30 p.m. Matthew Continetti discusses his book, The Persecution of Sarah Palin: How the Elite Media Tried to Bring Down a Rising Star (Sentinel, $25.95, 9781595230614/1595230610). (Re-airs Monday at 5:30 a.m.)
10 p.m. James Bennett, author of Not Invited to the Party: How the Demopublicans Have Rigged the System and Left Independents Out in the Cold (Springer, $24.50, 9781441903655/1441903658), argues that the two-party system is an artificial creation.