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books. the latest book reviews. and we'll talk about the current nonfiction books feature on c-span book tv. and welcome to about books. this week, we're focusing on some of the most anticipated nonfiction books released this fall. in a few minutes, we'll chat with the tampa bay times book editor collette bancroft about what she's looking to in the coming months. but here's some news items from, the publishing world. well, national book foundation has rescinded drew barrymore's invitation to serve as host of this year's national book awards. this is after ms. barrymore announced that she would resume production of her talk show despite the ongoing hollywood writer's strike. miss barrymore's announcement was criticized by writer union groups who promised to picket outside her production studio.

quote, the national book awards is an evening dedicated to the power of literature and the incomparable contribution of writers to our culture. the national book foundation said in a statement on twitter. our commitment is to ensure that the focus of the awards remains on celebrating writers and books. and we are grateful to ms. barrymore and her team for their understanding of this situation. the national book awards, which booktv will be covering, will take place this year in new york city on november 15th. and in other book news, the pulitzer prize board has expanded eligibility for its book awards beyond the current us citizenship requirement. going forward, permanent residents of the united states and quote those who have made the us their long time primary home will be eligible fothe pulitzer prize in writing. but there is no change in the

requirement that entries be originally published in english in the us. now th change will go into effect with the 2025 award cycle. and now here's a look at some of the offerings that are set to hit the bookstores shelves this fall, including several from current and former members of congress. kentucky republican senator rand paul is set to release deception. the great covid up that's coming out october 10th. the book explores the origin of covid and federal funding for and gain function research. senator paul is also dr. paul. he's a medical doctor and ophthalmology just who graduated from duke medical school. and of course, you remember his high profile clashes with dr. anthony fauci during the covid crisis. regnery is his publisher. this is dr. paul's sixth book. and regnery landed texas

republican senator ted cruz's latest book, unlock how to defeat cultural marxism in america. that comes out november 7th. now, according to the publisher's blurb in this hard hitting new book, senator ted cruz delivers a realistic battle plan for defeating the woke assault on america. it's senator cruz's fourth book and second, in the last two years, he released justice corrupted how the left our legal system last year also through regnery. and two former members of congress republicans, liz cheney and adam kinzinger also have books this fall. mbs cheney mr. kinzinger, of course, served together as the only republicans on house january 6th. select mr. cheney's book, oath, honor, a memoir and a warning will be released on december 5th. publisher hachette describes her book as a firsthand account of

january six, 2021 and its aftermath both by the house republican leader who dared to stand up to it. ms. cheney was defeated in republican primary for her wyoming seat in 2022. now, adam kinzinger is a air force who held a suburban chicago seat in the house for six terms until he decided not to run again in 2022. his new book is title renegade defending democracy and liberty in our divided country. mr. kinzinger, this book will be released october 17th. it's been published by the penguin imprint, the field, which is run by former california first lady and journalist maria shriver. and speaking of former president trump in the house january six select committee, cassidy hutchinson, the former special assistant to. the president will soon release her memoir enough. ms.

hutchinson became a key witness during house january 6th hearings. her book is expected to be a tell about her time in the white house and her decision to testify on capitol hill. that's coming out september 26th, and that's the same day that another high profile trump administration staffer will release the book. kash patel was an adviser to president trump and chief of staff to the secretary of defense. his book is entitled governme gangsters the deep the truth and the battle for our democracy. two more high profile figures with books in the coming months. democrat presidential candidate robert kennedy jr. is releasing the wuhan up and the terrifying bio weapons arms race. october and former washington state high schoofootball coach joe kennedy will release average joe on october 24th. joe kennedy was at the ceer of

the supreme court after losing his job, following his onield prayers players. mr. kennedy won the case and reinatement in a63 decision. he stepped down from coaching earlier this season while former president trump is the subject of several books coming out this fall. abc news chief washington correspondent jonathan karl is releasing tired of winning donald trumpnd the end of the gran old party november 14th. the mr. karl written two other books about president trump entled betrayal and front row at the trump show and former washington post executive editor marty bar will release collision of power, trump, bezos and the washington post that comes october 3rd. msnbc anchor ali velshi is releasing a book that compiles e chargesormer president trump faces in his four ongoing

criminal. anit's entitled the trump indictments. the 91 criminal counts against the president of the united states. september 25th is its release date. well, as we continue to look at some of the fall books that are coming out, there are, several as well, about biden and the democratic party. on october 3rd, breitbart in chief alex marlow will release breaking biden, exposing the hidden forces and money machine behind joe biden, his family and his administration and radio host and political commentator mark levin will release his latest. the democrat party hates america. on september 19th, other members of the news media are coming out with books this fall. october 10th, fox news host brett baer will release rescue constitution. george washington and the fragile american experiment

october 17th, msnbc's host rachel maddow has. her latest out prequel, an american fight against fascism. and on october 24th, the atlantic journalist mckay coppins is a book on the political career of retiring utah republican and senator mitt romney. it's called romney a reckoning and two books about the media are coming out soon, both about fox news. journalist michael wolff is releasing the fall, the end of fox newsnd the murdoch dynasty. september 26 and former cnn brian stelter is releasing a network of lies the ep saga of fox news, donald trump and the battle american democracy that comes out on november 14th. and here are a few other nonfiction books to keep an eye out for this fall. journalist walter isaacson is out with a book about tesla founder elon musk.

historian h.w. brands will release his latest book on november 7th entitled the founding hamilton madison, adams and the brawling birth of american politics. and journalist tim alberta is releasing the kingdom the power and the glory. american evangelicals in an age of extremism that out in early december. it's on november 14th. that journalist garrett graf's latest ufo. the inside story of the us government search for alien life and out ther will be avaable that same day. stanford historian jennifer burns is set to release milton friedman, the last conservative and the blind side author michael lewis's latest book will focus on the rise and fall crypto billionaire sam bankman-fried. it's entitled going infinite. it's coming out october 3rd. and finally, as we preview some

the books that are coming out this fall, i want to tell you about, one that'soming out september 26th. it's called american gun. it's abt the history of the ar 15. it's two wall street journal reporters cameron mcwhorter and sasha ellenson. and you're watching about books on booktv. and we're giving you a preview some of the books that are coming out this fall. joining us now is collette banks. the tampa bay times book. since 2007. and now joining us on booktv is collette banks. she is the book editor for, the tampa bay times. miss bancroft, we just a whole bunch of political that are coming out this fall many dealing with the 24 election and and former president trump etc. do you look at political books down in florida? yes. we're sort of awash in politics here in florida. and i do, i have one book that's

definitely on my list that i am looking forward to, and that's martinborough and my book collision of power trump, bezos and. the washington post. barron was he retired as executive editor of the washington post, but he took on the job not long before jeff bezos bought paper. and then, of course, shortly thereafter, trump became president. and i'm really looking forward to an inside look at that that political era, which, of course, continues into the present day from someone who is that kind of an insider and a legendary journalist as well. and i'm also very happy he's going to be my newspaper's book event in november to talk about the book. but probably of the political books i'm looking at, that's the one i'm most excited to start.

so the tampa bay times do you sponsor a book festival or are you just holding individual events? we sponsor a book festival. it's in its 31st year and it's called the tampa bay times festival of reading. and this year we have nine authors besides marty baron. we have michael connelly and dave barry and lauren groff and a number of other really terrific authors. and i'm really looking forward to it. i do a lot of on stage interviews with those authors, and it's a ton of work, but also highlight of my years. well, that's something that booktv should look at coming down to and and attending. but one of the authors that's going to be on the book festival circuit, i think, is walter isaacson with his new biography of elon musk. have you had a chance to review that? i have not yet. i am.

i am both. really in it and really i'm not sure how much i'll enjoy it. you know, i'm not sure if i'll love it or be kind of scared by it. is very controversial figure, but a very powerful figure. and and isaacson, of course, is an old pro at handling that kind of person and looking at their lives and their impact. so i am looking forward to reading it. as i said. it's a fascinating subject musk is a fascinating character for, for good or ill. so, colette bancroft, how long have been doing this and how did you get into the business? i have been the book editor at the times for 16 years and before i was the book editor at the morning newspaper in tucson, arizona, daily star for a few years. and i've had many other newspaper jobs in between.

but before i was a journalist, i was an english and an english teacher here in in universities. and just, you know, i'm the kid whose mother said, put that book down. and outside and play. i've always loved books and it's sort of eventually led into this this path of journalism of being a book editor and book reviewer. and i very lucky to have this job because a, we're a vanishing breed and. i was going to say, i think we should applaud the tampa bay times for maintaining a book section in its paper. absolutely. absolutely. yeah. there are two other books coming out fall that i wanted to ask you about before we go to your list. ruth simmons former president of brown and smith and prairie university and drew gilpin faust, the former president of harvard, both came out memoirs.

now, is that something that you'll be looking at? yes, it is. and they're both, you know. the cliche of the glass ceiling. but but they broke. they broke lot of those. and again, it's having an insider's view. and they've had interesting ordinary lives, both of them. so, yes, am i am looking forward to to reading both of those. i think they're going to be, you know, not am i interested in women in education, but education as a subject is is compelling the moment. it's it's in some ways in crisis. so collette bancroft, what is on your list to review this fall? well, i am interested in a cat mohanan book, which is called eve how the female body drove

200 million years of human evolution. and she said that the book, the idea of the book was sort of sparked when she talked to a friend about scientific and learned that in all kinds of scientific research, whether it's with human research subjects or animals the norm, is male. how does affect men or male you know, lab rats or whatever? and what we've discovered recently that that is not a great way to approach scientific research, because women's bodies, female bodies, are different in so many ways. and as she began to look at human evolution, there's evidence that women use tools. before men did of course. producing milk is what defines mammals and had a huge on human

evolution and all sorts of things. and so i'm interested in looking at evolution from that physical point of view and women's role in it. so that's one that i am excited about, looking forward to reading. i'm i'm interested. the new biography by tracey of larry mcmurtry called larry mcmurtry a life. one of my longtime favorite novelists, lonesome dove, of course, which is, you know, some people put it on that great american novelist, and it's certainly a great american novel, whether it's the great american novel or. and and also just, he was so prolific, but he also, outside of writing novels, he had an extreme really interesting life as a screenwriter, as a antique books dealer, as all kinds of things. and so i am looking forward to

that biography. i'm looking forward to a new book by benjamin moser moser won the pulitzer prize a few years back for his biography of susan sontag, and he has a new called the upside down world meetings with the dutch masters as he lives in netherlands. and he moved there when he was quite young in his early twenties, i think. i moved into he's he's an american. he's i believe he grew up in texas and he moved into a culture and a language that, you know, he knew little about and found himself increasingly engaged with the the huge collections of old masters paintings in dutch museums and going back to them and back to them. and so this book is both a memoir about how that sort of helped him find himself, but also a kind of group biography

of those painters of vermeer and, you know, rembrandt, people like that and. and and from a kind of new perspective and, i, i, i love art. i paint myself. i'm particularly love some of those painters and i am really looking forward to this, especially because moser is, you know, really excellent biographer so that's another one that is on my list. so collette bancroft, you've listed three books that you're looking forward to. have you ever been disappointed, pointed in a book that you've been looking forward to and had to review it at the same time? yeah, of course. i mean, that happens. and i don't i won't name names, but but i am sometimes and and that usually happens. it's an author who i've read

before and whose work i've liked before. and has a kind of, you know, reputation or standing. and sometimes times, you know, people produce a book that's an, you know, not every book a great one, especially for people who have long careers. and i've had happen and i have had to write negative about them if i tend not to write reviews about like debut books or you know, books that by authors that are not already familiar to people, but if someone is really well known and the book has a lot of buzz and it's letdown, i feel an, you know, to write a negative review. so so. so yeah, i do have to do that. what are some of the what are some of the reviews and what is in a that seems to connect to with your readers.

i. you know it varies so much from reader to reader. one thing i've learned as a book reviewer is that everybody's approach to books different and there is no such thing as a book that everybody loves. there just isn't. i find it hard to recommend books to individually, to people. i can recommend them to people at large, but it's hard to do one on one. but i think like i think they like a sense of voice. if you are either praised or criticizing a book, i think people like to know why. and i do my best when i review books to to give reader a sense of what kind of book that this is so that they can decide whether they want to read it or not, whether i like it or not. it's to me kind of secondary.

it's more important to give the reader, a clearer idea that this this kind of book, you know, this is a serious scientific analysis this or this is a hilarious light novel to, you know, to read at the beach and and to kind of judge books on their own terms to tell the reader, this is a book is trying to do this x, y and z and it does it well or it does, but but describe and to me is as important more important than prescription in a book review. collect bancroft of the tampa bay times. we have time for one more book that you're looking to reviewing. i am. i am looking forward to tracy k smith book to free the captive, a plea for the american soul. she's a former u.s. poet laureate. but this is this book is prose and it's a combination of

memoir. her family, her own family history and the history, racism in america. and she's such a she's so brilliant as a writer or language or so beautiful and so thoughtful about that. this this combination of memoir and cultural criticism and history really sounds intriguing to me. and i'm looking forward to them when. what do you read for? pleasure. i love crime fiction. i read a lot of crime fiction and. i like nonfiction and i read a lot of nonfiction as well. collette bancroft is the book editor at the tampa times, and we appreciate spending a few with you. my pleasure. thanks so much. and you're watching about books, a program and podcast by c-span's booktv.

well, coming up, it's our afterwards program. in new book the sixth journalist lauren grush detailed the history and experiences of the six women selected in 1978 to become america's first female astronaut. she was interviewed by former nasa deputy administrator lori garver. here's a preview. when i i think about women in this industry, you know, i kind of was drawn to the women who came first, you know, who are the first female space reporters in in this field, and then also who were the first women and in the space industry. and that ultimately led me to this group of six women. and i think i was like most probably most in the public. you know, i had known sally ride, obviously, because was the first american woman in space, but i really didn't have much of a sense of who the other five women were. and when i learned about them and just how easily i could have gone to say judy resnick or anna fisher or of the other six women

i was, you know, very fascinated by their stories. and a lot of what if's kept into my head of thinking, you know, oh, what if it had been somebody else? what if it hadn't been sally? and how that would have changed the history books. and so, you know, it really was a way for me to learn more about them as it as it was to tell their story to everyone else. and a reminder that afterwards airs every at 10 p.m. on booktv. well, thanks for joining us for about books a program and podcast by c-span's book tv booktv will continue to bring you publishing news and author programs and a reminder that you can get this podcast on the c-span now app. you can also watch all booktv programing online. any time at booktv dot org.

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