The New York Times Book Review, Part I

About the Episode

Biographer and editor Sam Tanenhaus discusses contemporary writing and books.

Aired: 10/22/06 | Expires: | Runtime: 27m 56s

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Extras

Kenneth Clark and Brown v. Board of Education

Guest: Clark, Kenneth B.

27:40
Criminal Justice

Guest: Morgenthau, Robert

28:07
Nuclear Freeze Hype

Guest: Bartley, Robert L.

27:53
Censorship and School Libraries

Guests: Levine, Alan; Lipp, George

28:03
Walter Lippmann

Guest: Steel, Ronald

27:11
Film vs. Print

Guest: Smith, Anthony

27:24
Affluenza

Psychriatry professor Dr. Michael H. Stone discusses "the poverty of the rich."

28:38
Another View of the Business of America

Guest: Smith, Roger

27:28
Free Speech Issues

Floyd Abrams discusses Chief Justice Berger's address to the American Bar Association.

28:12
The Children of War

Roger Rosenblatt of Time Magazine discusses recounts his journey to five war zones.

28:17

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