Book TV airs on C-Span 2 this weekend 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, June 2
5:30 p.m. Sam Kleiner, author of The Flying Tigers: The Untold Story of the American Pilots Who Waged a Secret War Against Japan (Viking, $28, 9780399564130), at Kramerbooks and Afterwords in Washington, D.C. (Re-airs Sunday at 11:10 p.m.)
6:30 p.m. Ted Dintersmith, author of What School Could Be: Insights and Inspiration from Teachers across America (Princeton University Press, $24.95, 9780691180618).
9 p.m. Salena Zito and Brad Todd, authors of The Great Revolt: Inside the Populist Coalition Reshaping American Politics (Crown Forum, $28, 9781524763688).
10 p.m. Jonah Goldberg, author of Suicide of the West: How the Rebirth of Tribalism, Populism, Nationalism, and Identity Politics Is Destroying American Democracy (Crown Forum, $28, 9781101904930). (Re-airs Sunday at 9 p.m. and Monday at 3 a.m.)
11 p.m. Senator Bernie Sanders, author of Where We Go from Here (Thomas Dunne, $27.99, 9781250163264), at BookExpo America. (Re-airs Sunday at 4 p.m.)
Sunday, June 3
12 a.m. John Sedgwick, author of Blood Moon: An American Epic of War and Splendor in the Cherokee Nation (Simon & Schuster, $30, 9781501128714).
12 p.m. Live In-Depth q&a with Gish Jen, author of Typical American (Vintage, $15.95, 9780307389220) and Mona in the Promised Land (Vintage, $15.95, 9780679776505). (Re-airs Monday at 12 a.m.)
7:45 p.m. Blondy Baruti, co-author of The Incredible True Story of Blondy Baruti: My Unlikely Journey from the Congo to Hollywood (Simon & Schuster, $26, 9781501164996), at Changing Hands Bookstore in Tempe, Ariz.
10 p.m. Michael Pollan, author of How to Change Your Mind: What the New Science of Psychedelics Teaches Us About Consciousness, Dying, Addiction, Depression, and Transcendence (Penguin Press, $28, 9781594204227).
