calvin trillin is here, he what has been a regular contributor to "the new yorker" since 1963. between 1967 and 1982, he wrote a series of pieces from various locations within the united states. he called it u.s. journal. he published a collection of true homicide store hees from the series in 1984. killings has now been reissued and expanded. i am pleased to have val kin tril inback at thisable. welcome, sir. >> thank you, charmie. >> rose: very good to see you. >> thank you. >> rose: you look like you're doing well. >> i'm upright. >> rose: but so tell me about the original book and what's different about this one? >> well, the original back, i think came about because i was doing a piece of ree three weeks from somewhere in the country for those 15 years. and at some point i realized about once a year i was at a murder, or a wrongful death, as the lawyers would call it, something like that. and so we published that in 1984 just after i got through doing a series. and then recently i ask added, i what say, four or five, some what longer pieces but the same sort of story, plus

. ♪ ♪ calvin trillin has been a regular contributor to "the new yorker" since 1963.967 and 1982, he wrote a series of papers throughout the united states. he published true homicide stories in 1984. "killings" has been reissued and expanded. i am pleased to have calvin trillin back at the table. welcome, sir. calvin: thank you, charlie. charlie: you look like you are doing well. calvin: i am upright. charlie: tell me about the original book and what is different about this one. calvin: the original book came about because i was doing a piece every three weeks in different parts of the country for 15 years. at some point i realized once a year i was at a murder, or wrongful death as the lawyers would call it. something like that. so we published that in 1984, just after i got through doing this series. recently, i added four or five longer pieces with the same sort of story, plus a profile of edna buchanan, the homicide writer for "the miami herald." charlie: we now have a television series on cbs that goes through murders every week. a popular series. it is called "4