> our coverage of the "chicago tribune" printers row lit fest continues with jeff coen, and jason kerstenn the art of making money. the story of a master counterfeiter. >> you have no idea -- [inaudible] [inaudible] >> they are doing seven of these events and keep watching c-span books and you'll -- >> eventually. >> it's live now. >> it's live now? [laughter] >> we're live now? [laughter] >> hurry home, everybody. hurry home. [laughter] >> we don't care if you're here. go watch it at home. so that's even worse. now seriously behave yourselves. >> you should have blacked it out. >> i'll have these two fine men hold up their books like they do on letterman. >> are you doing the opening monologue. >> i might, yeah. i'm more like ed mcmahon. >> welcome to the 25th annual 2009 "chicago tribune" printers row list. we would like to give a thanks to our partners just a few notes before we begin out of today's program out of courtesy turn off your cell phone. flash photography will not be permitted. it will be broadcast live on c-span's book tv. if there's time at the end for a question and answe

conversations] [inaudible conversations] >> jeff coen author family secrets is a reporter for the tribune and kerstens a writer for the rolling stone and men's journal. coming up next after a short break the final event from "the chicago tribune" printer's row festa this one features comic book writer harvey pekar and paul buhle on the late studs terkel's book, working. >>> guy mcpherson is a professor at the university of arizona and author of living with fire. professor mcpherson, is there policy? >> particularly if a lousy enough flexibility for considerable variation how we treat places on the landscape. so, excuse me, yes, we still have policies that are broader but enough to encompass all acres but there has to be enough latitude so that we recognize california is not the desert is not counted for forest. >> what are the benefits and negative sides of fire breaking out into summers of the west? >> sure. the benefits include advantages to any number of species that involved in the presence of periodic fire. and for most ecosystems in the west united states, fire was a prevalent and frequent occu

conversations] [inaudible conversations] >> jeff coen author family secrets is a reporter for the tribune and kersten is a writer for the rolling stone and men's journal. coming up next after a short break the final event from "the chicago tribune" printer's row festa this one features comic book writer harvey pekar and paul buhle on the late studs terkel's book, working. >>> guy mcpherson is a professor at the university of arizona and author of living with fire. professor mcpherson, is there a national fire policy? >> their ase actively in national fire policy developed during the clinton administration and it's largely been abandoned however. what we currently have is a very fractured set of disconnected policies that don't hang together very well so we have something called the national fire policy but we don't pay attention to it. >> is it a good thing in your view to have a national fire policy? >> particularly if a lousy enough flexibility for considerable variation how we treat places on the landscape. so, excuse me, yes, we still have policies that are broader but enough to encompass all acr