CUNY TV's Book IT

This month on Book It… we chat with author and television producer Angela Santomero, whose new book “Life Clues” shares the wisdom learned from creating children’s television shows to teach adults how to look beyond the ordinary and find the extraordinary. Also, Isabel Ortiz speaks with Zenda Walker about her Know Your Hairitage book series; and Linda Stasi has her always Uncensored reviews.

This month on Book It… we chat with author and Managing Director and Senior Partner at the Boston Consulting Group Joe Davis, whose new book “The Generous Leader” is a guide on how to have heartfelt and collaborative actions in order to become a more effective leader. Also, Isabel Ortiz speaks with Alejandro Varela about his new collection of stories; we discuss a new initiative between the Queens Public Library and the Carnegie Corporation; and Linda Stasi has her always Uncensored reviews.

This month on Book It… we chat with award-winning author and journalist Gayle Forman, whose new book ”Not Nothing”, explores an intergenerational friendship between a troubled twelve-year-old boy and a holocaust survivor. Also, Isabel Ortiz speaks with Lillian Colón, the first Latina Rockette, about her memoir “Lilly"; and in a special Uncensored, Linda Stasi pays tribute to friend and best-selling author Nelson DeMille.

This month on Book It… we chat with Kevin Baker, whose new book ”The New York Game”, takes a look how baseball evolved in NYC, making it the game it is today. Also, we talk with comic book artist and author Sandy Jimenez; Isabel Ortiz speaks with author María Alejandra Barrios Vélez about her debut novel “The Waves Take You Home”; and Linda Stasi is back with her always Uncensored reviews.

In this episode of Book It… we kick off our new season with a book that digs into the impact of social media on girls and women with Kara Alaimo, author of Over the Influence – Why Social Media is Toxic for Women and Girls and How We Can Take It Back. Also, we talk with Emily Marchese from Reach Out and Read about their effort to bring books to children through their pediatricians; Isabel Ortiz chats with YA author Tashie Bhuiyan; and Linda Stasi is back with her always Uncensored reviews.

In this episode we are taking a look back at two of our favorite interviews from this season and highlighting writers who are also part of our CUNY family. We chat with award-winning author and Brooklyn College graduate Robert Jones, Jr. about his novel “The Prophets”, a stunning debut about the forbidden relationship between two enslaved men on a southern plantation; and New York Times best-selling author and Distinguished Professor at Hunter College Ayana Mathis, whose new book “The Unsettled” is a searing multi-generational novel about a mother fighting for her sanity and survival.

This month we chat with Dr. Amy Attas, whose new book “Pets and the City: True Tales Of A Manhattan House Call Veterinarian” takes us into the exclusive penthouses and four-star hotel rooms of the wealthiest New Yorkers and shows that, when it comes to their pets, they are just like us. Also, Andrew Albanese from Publishers Weekly gives us some summer reading recommendations; and Linda Stasi has some Uncensored reviews!

This month we chat with New York Times best-selling author and Distinguished Professor at Hunter College, Ayana Mathis. Her new book “The Unsettled” is a searing multi-generational novel— set in the 1980s, about a mother fighting for her sanity and survival.

This month we chat with Isaac Mizrahi, author and CEO of Alma, whose book "Hispanic Market Power" examines how American companies can tap into the U.S. Hispanic market and win over customers who represent the most prominent demographic growth in the country.

This month we chat with Dana Rubin whose book “Speaking While Female: 75 Extraordinary Speeches by American Women” puts the spotlight on American women speakers from 1637 to the present and explains how each contributed to the making of the United States. Also,Scott Kerbey interviews award-winning author Sidik Fofana about his book “Stories from the Tenants Downstairs”; Stefanie Newell shares how she became a writing coach; and Linda Stasi has some Uncensored reviews!