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A Word on Words : The Best of John Seigenthaler's Interviews, Hardback Book

A Word on Words : The Best of John Seigenthaler's Interviews Hardback

Edited by Patrick Toomay, Frye Gaillard

Hardback

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For years the legendary John Seigenthaler hosted A Word on Words on Nashville's public television station, WNPT.

During the show’s four-decade run (1972 to 2013), he interviewed some of the most interesting and most impor­tant writers of our time.

These in-depth exchanges revealed much about the writers who appeared on his show and gave a glimpse into their creative pro­cesses.

Seigenthaler was a deeply engaged reader and a generous interviewer, a true craftsman.

Frye Gaillard and Pat Toomay have collected and transcribed some of the iconic interactions from the show. Featuring interviews with: Arna Bontemps • Marshall Chapman • Pat Conroy • Rodney Crowell • John Egerton • Jesse Hill Ford • Charles Fountain • William Price Fox • Kinky Friedman • Frye Gaillard • Nikki Giovanni • Doris Kearns Goodwin • David Halberstam • Waylon Jennings • John Lewis • David Maraniss • William Marshall • Jon Meacham • Ann Patchett • Alice Randall • Dori Sanders • John Seigenthaler Sr. • Marty Stuart • Pat Toomay

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