in other news, poet diane diprima has died at the age of 86, she was the author of 50 books of poetryn san francisco in the 1950s. editor daniel medicare has also died he was 79. mr. medicare was a longtime fiction editor at the new yorker before becoming executive editor-in-chief of random house where he worked with salman rushdie, alice monroe and daniel silva to name just a few. he also authored several books including a novel and men were. also in the news, mpd bookscan reports print book sales continue their strong year up 13 percent set for the week ending october 24. adult nonfiction sales were up over six percent set for the week. in november is national novel writing month according to linnell raimo, nonprofit organization that has been promoting the writing exercise for 21 years the goal is to write up to 50,000 words by the end of the month in the hopes of producing a novel, more information can be found at Ãb booktv will continue to bring you new programs and publishing news. you can also watch all of our past programs any time at booktv.org. >> booktv in primetime starts

in other news poet diane diprima has died at the age of 86 she was the author of 50 books of poetry and part of the beat movement in san francisco in the 1950s. editor daniel medicare has also died, he was 79, he was a longtime fiction editor before becoming executive editor-in-chief of the random house where he worked with alice monroe and daniel silva to name a few. he also authored several books including a novel in a memoir. also in the news bookscan reports that they continued their strong year up 13% for the week ending october 24. adult nonfiction sales were up over 6% for the week in november is national model writing month according to a nonprofit organization that has been promoting the writing exercise for 21 years, the goal is to write up to 50000 words by the end of the month in hopes of producing a model, more information can be found on the website. but to be will bring you new programs and publishing news, you can watch all of our past programs anytime of booktv.org. >> now and c-span2 book tv, more television for serious readers. >> next on but tvs "after words", the wa

poet diane diprima has died at the age of 86, she was the author of's 50 books of poetry and was part of the beat movement in san francisco in the 1950s. daniel medicare died at 79, he was a longtime fiction editor at the new yorker before becoming executive editor in chief of random house where he worked with salman rushdie, alice munro and daniel silva to name a few. he also authored several books including a novel and a memoir. also in the news, in pd bookscan reports print book sales continued their strong year up 13% for the week ending october 20 fourth. adult fiction sales up 6% for the week. november is national novel writing month, a nonprofit organization that has been promoting the writing exercise for 21 years, the goal is to write up to 50,000 words by the end of the month in hopes of producing a novel. booktv will continue to bring new programs and publishing news, and the past programs any time, booktv.org. >> tonight on booktv in prime time, a critique of liberalism in the west. nancy grace weighs in on how citizens can protect ourselves and avoid becoming a victim of