beard published james baldwin was according to the late novelist and former editor-in-chief of el doctorowthe perfect publisher for the 1960s. he was totally fearless invectives every crazy thing we would do. book tv will continue to bring you new programs and publishing news. you could also show her past programs @booktv.org. >> yale university professor emeritus looks at how infectious outbreaks of shape society from the black death to the covid-19 pandemic. here's a portion of the program. >> medical history really does show what people's values really are and how societies are put together, and what the fracture lines are within. that was kind of the fascination history of medicine that drew me into that. and specifically the epidemics book was not against that background. the idea was not as a book but a series of lectures again students i was teaching who pointed out during the sars epidemic in fact they were really nervous they could of course get information from their doctors about what to do personally if they got sick they would not have obviously asked me that is not on me. the