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, May 4
2 p.m. Tom Wheeler, author of Mr. Lincoln's T-Mails: How Abraham Lincoln Used the Telegraph to Win the Civil War (Harper Business, $18.99, 9780061129803).
3:05 p.m. Brady Crytzer, author of The Whiskey Rebellion: A Distilled History of an American Crisis (Westholme Publishing, $30, 9781594164002).
4:05 p.m. Presentation of the 2024 Bancroft prize to winners Elliott West and Carolyn Eisenberg at Columbia University.
Sunday, May 5
8 a.m. Stephen Breyer, author of Reading the Constitution: Why I Chose Pragmatism, Not Textualism (Simon & Schuster, $32, 9781668021538). (Re-airs Sunday at 8 p.m.)
9:05 a.m. W. Joseph Campbell, author of Lost in a Gallup: Polling Failure in U.S. Presidential Elections (University of California Press, $27.95, 9780520397781). (Re-airs Sunday at 9:05 p.m.)
10 a.m. David E. Sanger, author of New Cold Wars: China's Rise, Russia's Invasion, and America's Struggle to Defend the West (Crown, $33, 9780593443590). (Re-airs Sunday at 10 p.m.)
2 to 6 p.m. Coverage of the National Black Writers Conference at Medgar Evers College in Brooklyn, N.Y. Highlights include:
- 2 p.m. A discussion on race, technology and social media with Emily Raboteau, author of Lessons for Survival: Mothering Against the Apocalypse, Christina M. Greer, author of Black Ethnics: Race, Immigration, and the Pursuit of the American Dream, and Bettina Love, author of Punished for Dreaming: How School Reform Harms Black Children and How We Heal.
- 2:57 p.m. A discussion on the healing power of literature with Patricia Spears Jones, author of The Beloved Community, Marita Golden, author of The Strong Black Woman: How a Myth Endangers the Physical and Mental Health of Black Women, and Kevin Powell, author of The Kevin Powell Reader: Essential Writings and Conversations.
- 4:19 p.m. A discussion on writing Black history with Victoria Christopher Murray, co-author of The First Ladies, Pamela Newkirk, author of Diversity, Inc.: The Fight for Racial Equality in the Workplace, and Khalil Gibran Muhammad, author of The Condemnation of Blackness: Race, Crime, and the Making of Modern Urban America.
6 p.m. Kara Alaimo, author of Over the Influence: Why Social Media Is Toxic for Women and Girls--And How We Can Take It Back (Alcove Press, $29.99, 9781639106684).
7 p.m. Leah Payne, author of God Gave Rock and Roll to You: A History of Contemporary Christian Music (Oxford University Press, $29.95, 9780197555248), at Joseph-Beth Booksellers in Lexington, Ky.