A Word on Words: The Best of John Seigenthaler's Interviews

By: Arna Bontemps and John Egerton and John Lewis and David Halberstam and Jesse Hill Ford and Pat Conroy and Ann Patchett and Dori Sanders and Alice Randall and Nikki Giovanni and Marshall Chapman and Marty Stuart and Rodney Crowell and Waylon Jennings and Kinky Friedman and Charles Fountain and William Marshall and William Price Fox and Jon Meacham and Doris Kearns Goodwin and David Maraniss and John Michael Seigenthaler

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Synopsis: For years the legendary John Seigenthaler hosted A Word on Words on Nashville's public television station, WNPT. During the show&’s four-decade run (1972 to 2013), he interviewed some of the most interesting and most important writers of our time. These in-depth exchanges revealed much about the writers who appeared on his show and gave a glimpse into their creative processes. Seigenthaler was a deeply engaged reader and a generous interviewer, a true craftsman. Frye Gaillard and Pat Toomay have collected and transcribed some of the iconic interactions from the show. Featuring interviews with: Arna Bontemps • Marshall Chapman • Pat Conroy • Rodney Crowell • John Egerton • Jesse Hill Ford • Charles Fountain • William Price Fox • Kinky Friedman • Frye Gaillard • Nikki Giovanni • Doris Kearns Goodwin • David Halberstam • Waylon Jennings • John Lewis • David Maraniss • William Marshall • Jon Meacham • Ann Patchett • Alice Randall • Dori Sanders • John Seigenthaler Sr. • Marty Stuart • Pat Toomay