William Shatner—the actor best-known for playing Captain James T. Kirk on the original Star Trek television series—joins the podcast with his co-author Robert Sharenow, Emmy-winning television writer and producer, to discuss his new book Wisdom & Worries: Reflections on Life, Death, and Everything in Between. Part memoir, part philosophy, the book pairs personal reflections with verse on the subjects that have occupied Shatner’s extraordinary life: faith and identity, love and memory, space and mortality, and “not going quietly into that good night.”

William Shatner—the actor best-known for playing Captain James T. Kirk on the original Star Trek television series—joins the podcast with his co-author Robert Sharenow, Emmy-winning television writer and producer, to discuss his new book Wisdom & Worries: Reflections on Life, Death, and Everything in Between. Part memoir, part philosophy, the book pairs personal reflections with verse on the subjects that have occupied Shatner’s extraordinary life: faith and identity, love and memory, space and mortality, and “not going quietly into that good night.”

William Shatner—the actor best-known for playing Captain James T. Kirk on the original Star Trek television series—joins the podcast with his co-author Robert Sharenow, Emmy-winning television writer and producer, to discuss his new book Wisdom &amp; Worries: Reflections on Life, Death, and Everything in Between. Part memoir, part philosophy, the book pairs personal reflections with verse on the subjects that have occupied Shatner’s extraordinary life: faith and identity, love and memory, space and mortality, and “not going quietly into that good night.”

The Wisdom & Worries of William Shatner

Ruth Dickey is the Executive Director of the National Book Foundation—the organization behind the National Book Awards, now in its 77th year. In this episode, Ruth shares the foundation’s new five-year strategic plan, which will expand programming at a moment when many arts organizations are retrenching, including providing millions of free books in public housing communities, awarding teacher fellowships in book-banning hotspots, and streaming the National Book Awards.

Ruth Dickey is the Executive Director of the National Book Foundation—the organization behind the National Book Awards, now in its 77th year. In this episode, Ruth shares the foundation’s new five-year strategic plan, which will expand programming at a moment when many arts organizations are retrenching, including providing millions of free books in public housing communities, awarding teacher fellowships in book-banning hotspots, and streaming the National Book Awards.

Brave on Behalf of Books with Ruth Dickey

Michael Carlisle is a co-founder of Inkwell Management, one of the most respected literary agencies in the business. Born of publishing parents, he became a human rights lawyer first, before he found his way to the William Morris Agency, then built his own agency before forming Inkwell Management. From William Styron to Elin Hilderbrand, Michael has been in at the beginning on an amazing set of authors and books. This episode gives you a look inside the life and career of a fascinating literary agent.

Michael Carlisle is a co-founder of Inkwell Management, one of the most respected literary agencies in the business. Born of publishing parents, he became a human rights lawyer first, before he found his way to the William Morris Agency, then built his own agency before forming Inkwell Management. From William Styron to Elin Hilderbrand, Michael has been in at the beginning on an amazing set of authors and books. This episode gives you a look inside the life and career of a fascinating literary agent.

And God Created the Literary Agent with Michael Carlisle

From editing Kurt Vonnegut to making Black Hawk Down a #1 Bestseller to taking a chance on The Sympathizer, which went on to win the Pulitzer Prize and is now an HBO series, the adventures of one of publishing’s most iconic figures.

From editing Kurt Vonnegut to making Black Hawk Down a #1 Bestseller to taking a chance on The Sympathizer, which went on to win the Pulitzer Prize and is now an HBO series, the adventures of one of publishing’s most iconic figures.

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