rocks an gay, hung ir, and jd vance, hillbilly. elegy. was told to come alone by post reporter, souad mekheneet. many of of authors have or will appear on booktv. watch them on our website, booktv.org. >> we'll introduce you to the new head of norton publishing country. give us a quick synopsys of your career at this point. >> 34 years at ww norton. i was hired as a college traveler, selling books at campuses in ohio and kentucky, indiana. always wanted to be an editor in the literature field, eventually achieving achieving that. editing norton anthologies for different literature in 30 years and doing other work on the side and then this. it's a great ride. >> what will your duties be as the new president? >> keep an eye on, this is very fabulous and unusual publishing company, and i wanted to continue to do that. my duties are to learn what parts i don't know and to support all these brilliant people do what they really do well. >> we wanted to ask you also about some of the books you have coming up this november that you're publishing.