up next, author terry mcdonnell talking about his life as an editor. "the accidental life" is the name of the book. this is live coverage on booktv. [inaudible conversations] >> good morning. we have a few coming in the back. there we go. my name is linda, and we are delighted to have you participate in the tenth annual savannah be book festival presented by georgia power and the sheehan family foundation. we are blessed to host such celebrated authors in the trinity united methodist church today which has been made possible by the generous --

up next, author terry mcdonnell talking about his life as an editor. "the accidental life" is the name of the book. this is live coverage on bo.

up next, author terry mcdonnell talking about his life as an editor. "the accidental life" is the name of the book. this is live coverage on booktv. [inaudible conversations] >> good morning. we have a few coming in the back. there we go. my name is linda, and we are delighted to have you participate in the tenth annual savannah be book festival presented by georgia power and the sheehan family foundation. we are blessed to host such celebrated authors in the trinity united methodist church today which has been made possible by the generous -- generosity of kurt and linda anderson. we'd like to extend a special thanks to our literatety members and individual donors who have made and continue to make saturday's free festival events possible. before we get started, there's always housekeeping. immediately following the presentation, terry mcdonnell will be signing festival-purchased copies of his book in the square. we have a new policy this year. if you're planning to stay for the next author presentation, please move forward into the venue so that the

please give a warm savannah, old school welcome to terry mcdonnell. [applause] [laughter] >> thank you. this is my first book festival, so -- [laughter] but i can't imagine a better place to be right now in this beautiful, beautiful church in this fine, fine city. my book is about writers and their work and working with them. it's an editor's notes on writing and writers, as it says in the subhead. but when i'm honest about this book, i say that out of a kind of vanity, i wanted to show myself as a writer. and i thought the best way to do that would be to write about the great writers that i edited and what i learned editing them. not just about writing, but about the writing life. things like how jim salter never talked about being a fighter pilot, but he loved to play touch football, and he kept meticulous records of these meaningless football games, these meaningless pick-up games which made the games a lot more fun, of course. and and and how he and peter matheson would dive into the freezing surf on the first day of november every year and have i

the widow of pat conroy which he is discussing his book a low country heart and terry mcdonnell will be talking. later this afternoon william doherty, gerri willis, dan slater will be talking about their books and entering questions. keep an eye on c-span2's booktv to participate in those. behind the scenes look at the festival. the book sales tends right here. most authors after their presentation will be sounds signing their books, and throughout the day keep bringing you more behind the scenes live looks at inside community church. live coverage of the savannah book festival. the events on c-span2. we are live today georgia. back booktv, 72 hours of nonfiction offers and this presidents' day weekend. television for serious readers. thank you all for watching. >> that was video shot on an iphone for facebook. if you want to see other facebook videos go to face that -- facebook.com/booktv. coverage of the savannah book festival continues, the last author of the day, dan slater talking about "wolf boys: 2 american teenagers and mexico's most dangerous drug cartel". >> good afternoon

terry mcdonnell is with us today cour >> terry mcdonnell as it does today. bill and nina weill.has wo terry mc donnell has won numerous awards for his editorial work at various magazines and websites. he also is a novelist and poet ms rep and produced for film and television.ne in 2012, he was inducted into the american society of magazine editors hall of fame. he is president of the board, of the paris review foundation and serves on the board of over columbia journalism review. the wave runner at "the new york times" says he writes winningly about his regrets and evokes the magazine world payday of lavishv offices, drink in the evening and hedonism.nism. mcdonnell, "the accidental life" is the saddest fact of the team from the. he help when an amazon i spoke alloys and 2610. please give a warm stefania old-school welcome to terry mcdonell. [applause] >> thank you. this is my first boat. i can't imagine a better place to be right now in this beautiful church in this fine, fine city. my book is about writers and their work and working with them. it is an edi

several more authors are coming up including terry mcdonnell, his book is called "the accidental life." he's a former editor of rolling stone and esquire, and he talks about how he came into that position, what it's like to work on deadline, those types of things. so he'll be coming up in about 15 minutes or so. in the meantime though, since cassandra can king was speaking about her late husband, pat conroy, who died in march of 2016, we thought we'd show you some booktv archival video of mr. conroy. we covered him a couple of different times. now, he is a novelist, so it's not one that we usually would cover, but here he is from 2015 talking about the writing process, talking about being a southerner, etc. here's a little bit of the late pat conroy. >> i was eating in buford the other day, there was a group of women eating. obviously, they're in the same office. and they're -- and they were laughing their behind off. and when i was near enough, i could hear them talking about their boss. and so another story, these women, there was about ten of them. and they're screaming laughing ab

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after thatt terry mcdonnell would be talking about the accidental life and what it's like to be a writer. we will give you a chance to talk with william doherty who will be speaking this afternooni the shadow of the ayatollah. inn the former agent who is at iran in 1979. in nine. in the foxbusiness news will be talking about -- is not a fourur letter word. and finally dan slater, author of will boys. he's a professor at the university of chicago. an hour with john of, who needsa the fed. he's the political economynk," editor forbes and of real clear markets.com and is associated with the foundation. michael in texas, go ahead and repeat your question. >> caller: you said that the free markets will effectively illuminate the federal reserve. how would that wind up of 4 trillion in debt that they've created? >> guest: that's price by the markets. markets understand that thatnd would be a wind down and not be instantaneous. the main thing is the fed's influence is shrinking because of the influence of banks is shrinking. that's. that's the channel through which they wish to influence the ec

featured authors -- terry mcdonnell with his book the accidental life. william daugherty and dan slater author of "wolf boys." we will be taking your calls with featured authors throughout the day. be sure to follow us on book tv on twitter. join us saturday for the tenth anniversary of the savannah book festival. >>> a confirmation hearing to consider david friedman to be the next u.s. ambassador to israel. he is a bang raeps attorney. he co-chaired the trump presidential campaign's israel advisory committee. some american jewish and

terry mcdonnell is with us today cour >> terry mcdonnell as it does today. bill and nina weill.has wo terry mc donnell has won numerous awards for his editorial work at various magazines and websites. he also is a novelist and poet ms rep and produced for film and television.ne in 2012, he was inducted into the american society of magazine editors hall of fame. he is president of the board, of the paris review foundation and

the widow of pat conroy which he is discussing his book a low country heart and terry mcdonnell will be talking. later this afternoon william doherty, gerri willis, dan slater will be talking about their books and entering questions. keep an eye on c-span2's booktv to participate in those. behind the scenes look at the festival. the book sales tends right here. most authors after their presentation will be sounds signing their books, and throughout the day keep bringing you more behind the scenes live looks at inside community church. live coverage of the savannah book festival. the events on c-span2. we are live today georgia. back booktv, 72 hours of nonfiction offers and this presidents' day weekend. television for serious readers. thank you all for watching. >> that was video shot on an iphone for facebook. if you want to see other facebook videos go to face that -- facebook.com/booktv. coverage of the savannah book festival continues, the last author of the day, dan slater talking about "wolf boys: 2 american teenagers and mexico's most dangerous drug cartel". >> good afternoon