Schedules

C-SPAN 1 & 2 (times e.t.)

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On C-Span 1 Q&A. On C-Span 2, Book TV; this week’s Book TV Schedule, including After Words.

Robert Kaplan (a C-span favorite – already an in-depth subject) discusses his new Imperial Grunts.

Tim O’Brien, a powerful writer about Viet Nam, presents Things They Carried. His presence in this (almost always non-fiction) forum reflects, however, the way in which he deliberately blurs the autobiographical and the fictional. In the same week that Wayne Booth has died, O’Brien makes us conscious of the importance of Booth’s arguments about the ethical nature of narrative voice. (Admittedly a knotty tangle; O’Brien has a bit of the “gotcha” in his approach, but his work reflects an extraordinary writing ability.)

Lamb [Q]uestions and Andrew Card [A]nswers on C-Span 1, Sunday at 8 & 11 p.m.

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C-SPAN 1 & 2 (times e.t.)

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On C-Span 1 Q&A. On C-Span 2, Book TV; this week’s Book TV Schedule), including After Words.

Lamb [Q]uestions and Pamela Hess, United Press International, Defense Correspondent {A]nswers on C-Span 1, Sunday at 8 & 11 p.m.
On After Words, Jay Matthews intervierws Chris Whittle, author of “Crash Course: Imagining a Better Future for Public Education” and founder of Edison Schools (in 3 C-span 2 slots – the usual two Sunday at 6 & 9 as well as Saturday at 8:00.

Not surprisingly, two sessions examine the Supreme Court.

C-SPAN 1 & 2 (times e.t.)

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C-Span 1. Book TV. Book TV Schedule. After Words and Q&A on C-Span 1.

On Encore Booknotes (7:00 Sat evening), Lamb interviews one honorary Chicagoboyz (Milton Friedman) about a new edition with his introduction of another Chicagoboyz’ (F. A. Hayek) work, Road to Serfdom

Most of the weekend will be devoted to the 2005 National Festival of Books.
Afterwords features Barbara Slavin interviewing Tony Blankley about his The West’s Last Chance: Will We Win the Clash of Civilizations?.
Lamb [Q]uestions and Jimmy Wales, founder of Wikipedia {A]nswers.