can i call you colson or mr. whitehead?>> guest: colson is great. >> caller: i told him i was on the next room i was watching. i did not know if this is prerecorded. i am 73. and i've had books in my head for years. i've had people tell me, you get busy trying to make a life. feed a family and you get distracted. but i wrote little stories. one of them when my mother was alive. she passed away last year. at 92. i told her i was going to write about her because she had an impact on me like her father had an impact on her. the title, i was going to have call me mother. do not call me mom. that is the only thing i remember calling her. because my dad always called her a nickname. and i had older lady that took me to church in the neighborhood and they said that's horrible call for that. why don't you call her mother? and every time i did, she would say, you are pulling away from me. your closer to me when you call me by my nickname. i was so maybe i was adopted. [laughter] i looked too much like -- >> host: he has some books i

we are pleased to have colson whitehead as our guest.ci mr. whitehead what is the appropriate response when your books are praised by oprah, president obama and the national book award. in a way that's unexpected and startling and wonderful. i just think my lucky stars. and they tried to enjoy it despite my best efforts. why does that put you in a better mood. i had been writing for 20 something years and it sort of disappears. the bonus of other peoplee as well. of l of theater repair people how to sell a book like that. my agentnd it to either it's too big of a concept or you don't. you are along for the ride or the description or not. my second attempt as it at a novel. in the agent the agent dumped me. they make fun of me. eventually after a year and a half of writing that i finally got it downen what sounded like an interesting book in my new agents were there. list topics i can of circled around. pop culture, race in america. some of those themes are in some books. my poker book. it doesn't have much to say about technology but there is a

what next fall for colson whitehead. betty, in tennessee. hello, betty. we are listening, ma'am. >> caller: i just called him to give him a message. i'm not able to see well enough to read anymore but he was talking about the way the black people and the things they use to get out and they used quilting and they would quote patterns insert quilts and hang them on the clothesline and that was used in the deep. i'm a white lady and i'm an elderly lady and i'm not well educated but i've read a lot of history and i have a lot of love in me, too. i love people. i've always read a lot of books, black and white, and god gave me a lot of love in my heart. this guy is really interesting to watch. but i haven't read his books but that is something he needs to know is i have a paper here somewhere that shows the different patterns if i could find it again where they would hang the quotes on the clothesline and in 50 miles or a hundred miles they'd be another signal and they would use that. >> guest: betty -- >> host: before we let you go, tell us a little bit about

and colson whitehead. historiansat 2:30, on world war i and the legacy of president woodrow wilson. explore theolars relationship between ronald reagan, george w. bush, and mikhail gorbachev. and richard burkheiser on the fight for philadelphia. watch monday on the c-span networks. >> for the next hour, an american history tv exclusive. our cities tour visits newport, rhode island. for seven years, we have traveled to u.s. cities, bringing historic site to our viewers. you can see more on our website, c-span.org/sitcitiestour. >>

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eastern with colson whitehead, author of the 2016 best-selling novel, the underground railroad, which was awarded the pulitzer prize and the national book award. his other novels include zone one, sag harbor, and intuition us. our special series in depth fiction addition with author colson whitehead, sunday, live from noon to 3:00 p.m. time eastern. >> now, on the, tv on c-span2 it's the rancho mirage writers festival. it is now in its fifth year and less successful future to several others including karl rove, hw brandt, doug brinkley, john meacham, susan eisenhower in more. first up, here's new york times op-ed communist bret stevens on his book america in retreat. the newlo isolationism in the coming global disorder. [applause] >> good morning. i should just mention in the beginning that i'm told there will be time for q&a & but thatt depends on your asking distinct questions that ended question marks and which i can then repeat for the benefit of filming of this production. can someone close the door? thank you. the title of my remarks this morning is notes on the passing of liber

2018 savanna book festival. 9:00, in-depth fiction edition, with national book award winner colson whitehead. 2:30, the story of world war i and the legacy of president woodrow wilson. scholars explore the relationships between ronald reagan, george bush, and russian leader gorbachev. watch today on the c-span networks. >> testifying on capitol hill about the

>>> now the monthly in-depth program with best-selling fiction author colson whitehead. his books include the intuitionist's and harbor. this is part of the 2,018th special fiction edition of "in depth." >> host: this is our special section "in depth." you'll see special guests like walter mosley, last month we had david ignatius, the "washington post" columnist in the thriller writer who writes about the cia and such. this month we are pleased to have the pulitzer prize author colson whitehead as the guest comment's most recent book "he underground railroad." what is the appropriate response when your books are praised by oprah, president obama, you win the pulitzer committee national book award, so what is the appropriate response? [laughter] >> guest: this book has taken off in a way that was unexpected so most of the i just thank my lucky stars and sleep a little betterne and try to enjoy it despite my best efforts. >> host: why does that put you in a better mood? >> guest: i've been writing for 20 something years and sometimes you write a book and people dig it and

our "in depth fiction edition" with colson whitehead live noon to 3:00 p.m. eastern on book tv on c-span2. >>> saudi arabia, bahrain, and egypt cut off travel and trade ties with qatar last year accusing it of supporting terrorism along with iran. next qatar's deputy prime minister and foreign minister talk about tensions in the gulf region and his country's relationship with the u.s. the american enterprise institute hosted this event. >> good morning, everybody. welcome to the american enterprise institute. sorry for the brief delay but i think you'll find that this is a conversation that you're going to find extraordinarily interesting. we are delighted to welcome today his excellency sheikh mohammad bin bethani, excuse my pronunciation, appointed minister of foreign affairs of qatar in 2016, and the deputy prime minister in 2017. he is responsible for all of the ministry of foreign affairs issues including planning, implementing foreign policy, and he's here for a series of high-level conversations with the department of defense, the department of state,

join us with colson whitehead. author of "the underground railroad" which was awarded the pulitzer prize and the national book waertd. our special series with author colson whitehead, sunday, live from noon to 3:00 p.m. eastern on booktv on c-span 2. >>> next, deputy homeland security secretary elaine duke speaks to the nation's mayors about disaster preparedness. this was part of the u.s. conference of mayors' winter meeting in d.c. it's just over an hour. all right, y >> all right, you guys, why don't we go ahead and call this session to order. if everybody who is -- all right. you guys, whoever is going to -- whoever is going to be in, get in. whoever is not, don't. all right. thank you all -- thank you all so much. can i have everybody's attention in the room, please? thank you so much. i know time is precious for a lot of people and we have a lot of very important guests with us and i want to make sure everybody's time is honored, and i'm just thrilled to be able to have a conversation about something that jus

our special series will author colson whitehead sunday, live, from noon to 3:00 p.m. eastern, on booktv. c-span2. >> welcome to fayetteville, arkansas 0,en book tv. a population of 83,000, fayetteville is the state's third largest city. located in the northwestern part of the state near the boston mountains. this region, along with parts of southwest missouri and eastern oklahoma, is known as the ozarks. with the help of cox communication cable partners we'll explore the city's lit literary life and hear from brooks believe veins and talk about the stereo type that people face living in the region. >> those stereotypes have been

join us live sunday at noon ,astern with colson whitehead which was awarded the pulitzer prize. >> deputy prime minister on his country's future relationship with the u.s. and the role they played. other topics include iran and russia. this happened yesterday at the american enterprise institute in washington. it is just short of one hour. >> welcome to the american enterprise institute. i think you will this extraordinarily interesting. excuse my pronunciation. he was appointed human affairs fordeputy prime minister foreign affairs. he is here for a series of conversations with the department of of defense, and department of state. what is going to happen today? the minister will join us in .it-down on the stage then open up to questions from the talking. there is a lot to talk about. been at ther has center of an ugly agreement that has divided u.s. allies and so divisions within the u.s. government. we are interested to hear your perspective. careful on the steps. >> good morning. thank you for inviting me today. hope i will be able to shed the light on some issues with .aking place in

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we've talked for an hour, colson whitehead, and we've had a lot of -- >> you're kicking me off? >> i'm kicking me off. [laughter] more importantly, we're getting america involve here. [laughter] we're going to begin with a phone call from charles in albuquerque, new mexico. charles, thanks for your patience. you're on with author coulson whitehead. >> well, first of all, you don't have to thank me for my patience, i think it's been wonderful. i've really enjoyed listening to the show, not only your insightful questions, but, you know, colson opening up and letting us have a bird's eye view into that magnificent brain of his and the creative process. i have been the blessing of being friends with a person who won the national book award for poetry, be he always talks to me about having to find the harvest time. sometimes there's drudgery and you're stuck knowing, you know, how is this character developing, does this character have a life of its own, do you want to craft it towards a certain way, and colson was talking about making sure you maintain the movement of the book forwar

join us live today at noon eastern with colson whitehead, author of the 2016 the best-selling novel -- best-selling novel the underground railroad. "ownther books include one," "sag harbor," and the traditionalist -- the institutionalist. join us were book tv on c-span two. tonight on q&a, author bill james talks about his book "the man from the train," in which she investigate one of the deadliest serial killers in american history. >> many times, it happened within 100 yards of the railroad tracks. in one of the things that helps us identify his crimes as opposed to somebody else's is it usually happened at the intersection of two railroad tracks. at the intersection of two railroad tracks presumably because he knew he had to get out. after he committed his crime, he had to get out of town before dawn. and he did not want to be stranded there waiting for a train to come through that he could hop on. so being at the intersection of multiple railroad tracks gave him more opportunity to get out of town before the crime was discovered. host: tonight at 8:00 eastern on c-span's q&a. on t

at 9:00 p.m., in-depth fiction edition with colson whitehead. on c-spann history tv 3, hysteria and's on world war i and the legacy of woodrow wilson at 6:30 p.m., scholars risks for the relationships between presidents ronald reagan, george h w bush, and russian leader mikhail gorbachev. at 8:00 p.m., richard burr kaiser on george washington and the fight for philadelphia. watch monday on the c-span networks. >> on friday, former massachusetts governor mitt romney said he was running for the senate seat in utah. he gave the keynote address at the lincoln day dinner in provo, utah. this runs about 40 minutes. a few months ago, as we were preparing for this event, we ran a lot of names across everyone and we sent out some requests. 0 we sent out some information. and we -- and then name of the speaker that is coming in a few minutes came across our thoughts and ideas in the midst of all of these discussions. and it was about a month ago that we found that everyone turned us down that we liked but we go big and tried to get awesome people that you

join us with colson whitehead. author of "the underground railroad" which was awarded the pulitzer prize and the national book waertd. our special series with author colson whitehead, sunday, live from noon to 3:00 p.m. eastern on booktv on c-span 2. >>> next, deputy homeland security secretary elaine duke speaks to the nation's mayors about disaster preparedness. this was part of the u.s. conference of mayors' winter meeting in d.c. it's just over an hour. all right, y >> all right, you guys, why don't we go ahead and call this session to order. if everybody who is -- all right. you guys, whoever is going to -- whoever is going to be in, get in. whoever is not, don't. all right. thank you all -- thank you all so much. can i have everybody's attention in the room, please? thank you so much. i know time is precious for a lot of people and we have a lot of very important guests with us and i want to make sure everybody's time is honored, and i'm just thrilled to be able to have a conversation about something that jus

our special series "in depth" fiction addition with colson whitehead sunday live from noon to 3 p.m.eastern on booktv on c-span2. >> booktv tapes hundreds of other programs throughout the country all year long. here's a a look at some of the events we will be covering this week. >> that's a look at some of the events booktv will be covering this week. many of these events are open to the public. look for them to air in the near future on booktv on c-span2. >> what i trace in here is what happened to this country in the 1960s. bobby kennedy was not the same person in 1968 than he was in 1961, and no one in the country was. there were segregationists in 1961 who were not segregationists in 1968. when you look at what happened to peoples opinions in their view of the world, bobby kennedy was someone who changed, i would say, an average amount for someone with their eyes open in that time. there were people who went through much more dramatic changes, much bigger pendulum swings in the lives than bobby kennedy did and do something i get into in-depth about how the '60s changed everyone.

what is life sunday at noon eastern with colson whitehead, author of the 2016 best-selling novel, the underground railroad, which was awarded the pulitzer prize and the national book award. his other novels include zone one, sag harbor, and intuition us. our special series in depth fiction addition with author colson whitehead, sunday, live from noon to 3:00 p.m. time eastern. >> now, on the, tv on c-span2 it's the rancho mirage writers festival. it is now in its fifth year and less successful future to several others including karl rove, hw brandt, doug brinkley, john meacham, susan eisenhower in more. first up, here's new york times op-ed communist bret stevens on his book

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our special series with author colson whitehead is today, live from noon to 3:00 p.m.tern on book tv on c-span2. tonight on afterwards, former speechwriter for president george w. bush and atlantic columnist with his book -- trumpocracy, the corruption of the american public. he is interviewed by a nonfiction book critic. >> it comes from the same root as democracy and talk receipt. it is a book about the study of power. that is with the suffix means. it is the study of donald trump's power, how did he get it? how to seek maintain it? how to get away with it? it is the system in the white house, between trump in congress, the between trump and the media that enabled him and created and not the in's, a system that involves the republican donor elites, the traditional elements of the republican party that have succumbed to him, and between him and the court group of voters within the republican party that enabled him to win that nomination and go on to the presidency. >> watch afterwards tonight at 9:00 p.m. on c-span2's booktv. >> "washington journal" continues. host: p

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. >> we have talked for an hour, colson whitehead, and we -- >> are you kicking me off? >> i'm kicking me off and more broadly were getting american volunteer. [laughter] but we will begin with phone call from charles in albuquerque, next. charles and thank you for your patience for neuron with author. whitehead. >> caller: first of all, you don't have to say thank you. it's been wonderful. i enjoy listening to the show not only your insightful questions but porcelain opening up and letting us have a birds eye view into that magnificent brain of his and his greatest process. i had the blessing of being friends with one who won the national book award for poetry and he talks to me about having to find the harvest time and sometimes there's asia to get up and drudgery in your stock in knowing how is his character developing and does this character have a life of its own and then colson was talking about making sure you maintain the movement of the book forward in the layer structure and things of that nature and also the beauty and difficulties in opening yourself up when

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join us live sunday at noon eastern with colson whitehead, author of the 2016 best-selling novel "theround railroad," which was awarded the pulitzer prize. "in-depth: series fiction edition," with author colson whitehead on c-span2. >> "washington journal" continues. take we are continuing to your calls about the house intelligence committee memo and the mueller investigation for this segment and also taking a look at the headlines, which memo, thestly on that front pages provided courtesy of the museum. it says in the "union tribune," , we have ao released photograph your of the document, the declassified memo annotated, pointing out what it is focusing on, it also, and other headlines, on the palm beach betrothed florida, family here for the weekend in an uproar. talking about them going to the retreat. in other headlines, the chicago gop releases memo, talking about reaction from republicans and democrats there. centuryury news says .c.e. director leaving the agency to pick up the pace. and the advisor focusing on the big game tomorrow. the super bowl, the contest patriotshe new en

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2018 savanna book festival. 9:00, in-depth fiction edition, with national book award winner colson whitehead. 2:30, the story of world war i and the legacy of president woodrow wilson. scholars explore the relationships between ronald reagan, george bush, and russian leader gorbachev. watch today on the c-span networks. >> testifying on capitol hill about the president's 2019 he defended a, trip he took to europe that was deemed a violation of administration ethics policies i the inspector general. it was announced that his chief of staff would be leaving her post as a result of the matter. this is two hours and 15 minutes. >> the committee will come to order. good morning and thank you all for being here to discuss fiscal year 2019 budget submission. this fiscal year's budget almost 190.6 billion dollars in funding, an increase of nearly $12 billion over last year. that is a huge number. it is even more striking when you compare the growth to overall federal spending. graph in the budget presentation that illustrates this point. since 2006, but the a budget is up 175% while overall fiscal s

our special series will author colson whitehead sunday, live, from noon to 3:00 p.m. eastern, on booktv. c-span2. >> welcome to fayetteville, arkansas 0,en book tv. a population of 83,000, fayetteville is the state's third largest city. located in the northwestern part of the state near the boston mountains. this region, along with parts of southwest missouri and eastern oklahoma, is known as the ozarks. with the help of cox communication cable partners we'll explore the city's lit literary life and hear from brooks believe veins and talk about the stereo type that people face living in the region. >> those stereotypes have been developing for a couple hundred years and they're strong and they kind of stick with us, no matter what we do, as you have seen you go outside this museum and you travel around northwest arkansas, there's fortune 500 companies, they're a major research university, there's all kinds of businesses and industry and high-tech stuff going on out there but those images, those stereotypes, will -- they'll stick with us and they're kind of -- they're

. -- colson -- fulson whitehead. essex: 30 p.m., scholars explore the relationship between -- and p.m., scholars explore the relationship --watch monday on the c-span network. >> c-span history series, landmark cases season to be getting february 26 with a look at the significance of pre-court decisions. exploring this case with us is an associate law professor from the university of virginia and a law professor at the university of arkansas. watch landmark cases, live monday, february 26 at 9:00 p.m. eastern on c-span. for background on each case, order the companion book. $18.95 onilable for c-span.org. there is also a link to the interactive constitution. next on the presidency. a look at the relationship between president george h.w. bush and bill clinton and russian president boris yeltsin, and how they influence the new russia after the dissolution of the ussr. the university of virginia's cv looked at the complicated histor -- miller center look to the complicated history of the u.s. and russia. it included di

our special series, in-depth fiction addition with colson whitehead on book tv on c-span 2.day night on q and a, the book the man from the train, in which he investigates one of the deadliest serial killers in american history. within times it happened 100 yards of the railroad tracks. one of the things that helps us identify his prime as opposed to someone else's is that it usually happens at the intersection of 2 railroad tracks. at the intersection presumably because he knew that after he committed his crime he had to get out of town before want to be did not stranded waiting for a train to come through. being at the intersection of multiple railroad tracks gave him more opportunities to get out of town before the crime was discovered. >> on saturday, watch the 2018 writers festival on book tv. starting at 2:00 p.m. eastern on political candidates and presidential elections through american history. u.s. foreign-policy. the former californian senator discusses the current political landscape. dave barry talks about his writing life. followed by margaret macmillan and john

. >> and this weekend on booktv, we're live with novelist colson whitehead. the pulitzer prize and national book award-winning author is the second guest on our 2018 fiction edition of "in depth." he'll discuss all of his books, his writing process and answer your questions live from 12 to 3 p.m. eastern on sunday. on this weekend's "after words," former george w. bush speech writer and atlantic columnist david fromm argues that the trump presidency is damaging american democracy. he's interviewed by washington post book

author of "the underground ra railroad" and his other includes "the intuitionist" with author colson whitehead, sunday from noon to 3:00 p.m. eastern on book tv on c-span2. >>. >> sunday night on "q & a," author bill james talks about his book the man from the train in which he investigates one of the deadliest serial killers in american history. >> many of the crimes happen within 100 yards of the railroad track and one of the things that helps us identify his crime as opposed to somebody else's is that it usually happens at the intersection of two railroad tracks. the -- and it's at the intersection of two railroad tracks presumably because he knew he had to get out after he committed his crime he had to get out of town before dawn and he didn't want to be stranded there waiting for a train to come through that he can hop on. so being at the intersection of multiple railroad tracks gave him the opportunities to get out of town before the crime was discovered. >> sunday night at 8:00 eastern on c-span's q & a. >> maryland

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and at p.m., in-depth fiction edition with pulitzer prize winner colson whitehead. ozzie sent 3, stories on world war i and the legacy of president woodrow wilson. in 6:30 p.m., scholars asked for the relationships between presidents ronald reagan, george h.w. bush, and the caliber job. i got p.m. -- and mikael gorbachev. watch monday on the c-span networks. class on friday, former massachusetts governor and presidential candidate mitt romney announced his candidacy for u.s. senate in utah area he -- utah. he will be running to replace orrin hatch, who is retiring after 40 years in the senate. at a dinner hosted by the utah party, mr.blican romney talked about his career and what he hopes to accomplish in washington is elected. this is 40 minutes.

join us live sunday at noon eastern with colson whitehead, author of the 2016 best-selling novel "the underground railroad." are also in our sunday lifeepththe special sers from noon until 3:00 p.m. eastern on book tv, on c-span2. more than 35 million people has a visited the ellis island national museum of immigration since 1990. up next, "island of hope, island ," commissioned by the national park service and narrated by gene hackman, the half-hour explores how and why millions of immigrants traveled to america, passing by the statute of liberty and through ellis island to seek a better life. ♪ [opening music plays]

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