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Former Govs. Otter (R-ID) and Ige (D-HI) discuss the next generation's involvement in public service
Former Nevada Governors Sandoval (R) and Miller (D) talk on fostering the next generation of leaders
Former Govs. Mead (R-WY) and Bullock (D-MT) discuss leading by example in bipartisanism.
Former Gov. Herbert (R-UT) discusses the next generation's to involvement in public service.
Diverse perspective on choosing a career in public service and lessons learned along the way.
Govs. Gordon (R-WY) and Grisham (D-NM) discuss the paths that led them to a life in public service.
Jim Ogsbury, Executive Director of WGLI and delegates discuss reluctance to choose public service
Renée Fleming discusses her book "Music and Mind" at the 2024 LOC National Book Festival.
Tiya Miles discusses her book "Night Flyer" at the 2024 Library of Congress national Book Festival.
Author Abby Jimenez her romatic novel "Just for the Summer".
James McBride discusses his latest book “The Heaven & Earth Grocery Store”.
Authors Susan & Lexi Haas discuss their novel "the year of the buttered cat".
Join PBS Books for the Library of Congress National Book Festival featuring author Max Greenfield.
Join PBS Books during the Library of Congress National Book Festival with author Sandra Cisneros.
PBS Books chats with bestselling author, Lisa Ko, about her highly anticipated novel "Memory Piece".
PBS Books celebrates Poetry Month and Earth Month with Ada Limón, the 24th Poet Laurette of the USA.
The Wright Museum presents a conversation with legendary poet Nikki Giovanni.
Bestselling author ReShonda Tate discusses her new novel "The Queen of Sugar Hill".
PBS Books chats with author and illustrator Tracy Subisak about her book "Sorry, Snail".
PBS Books sits down with author Lisa Selin Davis to discuss her book "Housewife".
PBS Books sits down with author and journalist Cheryl Wills to discuss her new book.
PBS Books hosts a conversation with award-winning filmmaker Julianna Brannum.
Sit down with indigenous filmmaker Jennifer Johns and musician/artist Arigon Starr.
PBS Books talks with Award-winning Journalist and Author Ben Goldfarb.
PBS Books sits down with author Cynthia Leitich Smith to discuss her latest works.
PBS Books hosts author Tiya Miles to discuss her latest book "Wild Girls".
PBS Books hosts a conversation with award-winning filmmaker and writer Dayton Duncan.
PBS Books sits down with Author Yolanda Renee King and Illustrator Nicole Tadgell.
Experts from Booklist Reader share their 2024 book recommendations with PBS Books.
PBS Books sits down with filmmaker Charlotte Webber of "Endeavour".
Sit down with Ben Vanstone, writer and executive producer of All Creatures Great & Small.
PBS Books sits down with "Sanditon" filmmaker Justin Young.
PBS Books sits down with "Grantchester" filmmaker Daisy Coulam.
PBS Books interviews Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and novelist Héctor Tobar.
PBS Books interviews authors Angeline Boulley and Trang Thanh Tran.
PBS Books presents, TJ Klune, the bestselling author of “The House in the Cerulean Sea”.
PBS Books hosts Matthew Desmond, a professor of sociology at Princeton University to discu
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Readers Club welcomes Walter Isaacson and Sarah Burns to discuss Leonardo da Vinci documentary.
Robert Thorogood discusses The Marlow Murder Club on PBS Books.
Robert Thorogood discusses The Marlow Murder Club on PBS Books.
Julia Alvarez joins the PBS Books Readers Club to discuss her novel "The Cemetery of Untold Stories"
Dive deeper into the Readers Club discussion with Julia Alvarez.
Dive deeper into the mind of Tana French with an extended interview on the PBS Books Readers Club.
Eminent author Percival Everett shares his vision behind his remarkable novel "James".
Eminent author Percival Everett shares his vision behind his remarkable novel "James".
Watch our full conversation with Olivia Ford the author of Mrs. Quinn's Rise to Fame.
PBS Books sits down with Olivia Ford author of Mrs. Quinn's Rise to Fame.
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