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

edited by Pat Toomay and Frye Gaillard

contributions by Charles Fountain, William Price Fox, Kinky Friedman, Nikki Giovanni, Doris Kearns Goodwin, David Halberstam, Waylon Jennings, John Lewis, David Maraniss, William Marshall, Jon Meacham, Ann Patchett, Alice Randall, Dori Sanders, John Michael Seigenthaler, Marty Stuart, Arna Bontemps, Marshall Chapman, Pat Conroy, Rodney Crowell, John Egerton and Jesse Hill Ford

epilogue by Andrew Maraniss

Vanderbilt University Press, 2023

Cloth: 978-0-8265-0573-6 | eISBN: 978-0-8265-0574-3 (ePub) | eISBN: 978-0-8265-0575-0 (PDF)

Library of Congress Classification PS138

Dewey Decimal Classification 973.099

ABOUT THIS BOOK

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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