the new one by joyce carol oates. every time she writes when it is an automatic "the new york times" best seller. i think you will find it delicious to read. thank you for being on this program. things for watching. as always, keep the faith. today's show, visit tavis smiley at pbs.org. join me next time for a conversation with the doors drummer about preserving the band's iconic legacy. that is next time. we will see you then. >> there is a saying that dr. always the right time to do the right thing. by doing the right thing. we know that we are only halfway to completely eliminating hungerwalmart committed $2 billion to fighting hunger in the u.s. as we work together, we can stamp hunger out. >> and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. thank you. don (♪) (♪) daniel mansergh: imagemakers is made possible by a grant from: celebrating the vitality and power of the moving image. and by the: (♪ slow, dramatic music ) (♪)

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my 16-year-old is an annotation -- adaptation of the joyce carol oates short story. i was making a coffee and my sons makeching a movie and acquit themselves grandly. tavis: you could not talk them' out of this knowing what stayo? >> as long as they in school and go to college, they feel free to do whatever they are going to do. i am not going to dissuade them or persuade them. my 16-year-old is a gifted writer. they have a passion. the 12-year-old is likewise has so it is charisma, all theirs in my 29-year-old son sean, if i gave him anything, i gave him poetry and literature. , a powerfulor actor, strong actor, strong performer. writer, producer, director. so it is great. tavis: you have me curious now since you mention poetry and literature as to what it is you -- what turns you on that you are passing on to your son ?uestion mark -- your son e ?at is on your nightstand >> i was talking to someone the other day about some shakespeare, maybe doing shakespeare on film. check off, i love chekhov. -- chekhov, i love chekhov. they are like the predators, the right and