. >> cary goldstein, eminent outlaws. >> this book is a group biography of the gay writers who changed america. and what's fascinating about is the first half of this book covers writers like capote, james baldwin, some british writers. and what's amazing to me about this book is that those riders are no longer thought about gay writers, but they are writers. and ironically the second half of the book which goes from stonewall and larry kramer, edmund white and others, what you find is sort of more gay literature and become somehow more insular and reaches actually that audience. but it gives a very broad raised active -- perspective on gay history. how it affected our political culture as well. >> i want to also ask about eric weiner's namesake scott spent we publish his first book i believe it was late 2008, 2009 called the geography of lit. "new york times" bestseller. in that book eric went around the world looking for the happiest places on earth. in this book, eric begins with an ailment which later turned out to be indigestion caused by unreasonable deadline put on them by an ed

it publishes 12 books a year, and the new publisher and editor-in-chief is cary goldstein. first of all, cary, how are you liking your new job? >> love it. i love it. as you know, i was with 12 from the very begin anything 2006, so -- beginning in 2006, so it's wonderful. >> let's talk about some of your upcoming books. last year you published a book by christopher hitchens, his a autobiography. tell us about, arguably essays. >> this is christopher's first collection since 2004. we'll publish this in september, and it, basically, tracks essays christopher's been publishing since about 2002, run up to the iraq invasion. covers all sorts of territory, literary criticism, general political commentary, profiles, annoyances, ranting and other amusements, international affairs with a section we're calling offshore accounts. it's fantastic, and it gives a real sense of the scope of christopher's, you know, purview as a social commentator. >> and right next to that is "republic lost." >> yeah. lawrence less nick was at stanford, probably best known as an authority on intellectual c

cary goldstein, mn outlaws. probably best known as a novelist. the other frankenstein. this book is a group barratry. what is fascinating to me is that the first half of this book covers capote, baldwin, british writers. what is amazing to me is that those riders are now no longer really thought about as gay writers. ironically the second half of the book because and stonewall and larry kramer, a red-and-white, what you find is a more specific generalization of gay literature. becomes more insular and reaches a narrow audience with the few exceptions. but it gives a very broad perspective on the history of the literature and of these writers in particular have impact that went beyond the literary and affected our political culture as well. >> late 2008, early 2009 called the geography of lift. and that but he went around the world looking for the happiest places onerous. he begins with an element with literature and that to be caused by an unreasonable deadline imposed by an editor. nevertheless when he is in the hospital it occurs to him when the doctor asked him if he