ellis cose, thank you very much. [applause] >> is there a nonfiction author or book you'd like to see featured on booktv? send us an email at booktv@c-span.org. >> wildcard is the name of the book. the promise and peril of sarah palin. the author is mark joseph. mr. joseph, what do we learn new about sarah palin in your book? >> you know, i spend a chapter and a half on her religious background and the significance that this is the highest that somebody from pentecostal background has reached the heights of american power. i think that's one of the untold stories of the rise of sarah palin and not of the evangelical christian part of america but especially the pentecostal background of american politics. >> what's the significance of that background in your view?

. >> next on booktv, ellis cose spoke about the end of anger at the "chicago tribune" printers row lit fest. he was interviewed and took questions from the audience. this is about 45 minutes. [applause] >> thank you and ellis, welcome back to chicago. he's a native son. >> i'm glad to be here again. >> ellis has a new book out and to put it in some context, 18 years ago, you wrote the rage of a privileged class which talked about african-american and the middle class, african-americans being and feeling pain i think was the phrase. he's acting new book coming out this month, the end of anger. what changed? >> a lot changed but even addressed that let me say since the book has come out it's interesting. you're right, i did write a book about rage. and the fundamental point that one person after another made in that book -- and i conducted, you know, well over 100 interviews of very successful african-americans, the essential point that one after another made can be summed up with i don't care what credentials i have, how hardy work or what networks i try to get into, it's just not possi