PBS Books

Culture Series / 10 Seasons

PBS Books celebrates your love of books and introduces you to best-selling authors. We connect you to the written word through book fairs and unique events around the country.

Watch Latest: S2024 E23

27m 20s

Morgan Jerkins – 2018 L.A. Times Festival of Books

20m 36s

Morgan Jerkins discusses This Will Be My Undoing: Living at the Intersection of Black, Female, and Feminist in (White) America at the 2018 L.A. Times Festival of Books, with host Rich Fahle.

Ed Asner & Ed Weinberger – 2018 L.A. Times Festival of Books

17m 21s

Ed Asner & Ed Weinberger discuss The Grouchy Historian: An Old-Time Lefty Defends Our Constitution Against Right-Wing Hypocrites and Nutjobs with host Rich Fahle at the 2018 L.A. Times Festival of Books.

Nell Scovell – 2018 L.A. Times Festival of Books

14m 52s

Nell Scovell discusses Just the Funny Parts:…And a Few Hard Truths About Sneaking into the Hollywood Boys’ Club at the 2018 L.A. Times Festival of Books, with co-host Jeffrey Brown.

R.O. Kwon – AWP 2018

19m 14s

Up now, R. O. Kwon, author of the soon to be published book, The Incendiaries. Kwon is a National Endowment for the Arts Literature Fellow and has won numerous awards from writing colonies and conferences.

Min Jin Lee – AWP 2018

17m 41s

Min Jin Lee, author of Pachinko, a finalist for the National Book Award for Fiction in 2017 joins PBS Books. The New York Times and USA Today said Pachinko was one of the Top 10 books to read in 2017.

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