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Cartoonist Jessica Hagy explains Sun Tzu’s Art of War with Venn diagrams. She talks with Steve Bertrand on Books about taking an ancient text and pulling out current meaning in her book, The Art of War Visualized.
Former Congressman Barney Frank lives up to his name in his new memoir, “Frank.” He talks with Steve Bertrand on Books about his life in Washington, the Religious Freedom law in Indiana, Aaron Schock, and more.
Author Boris Fishman talks with Steve Bertrand on Books about A Replacement Life.
Kate Alcott talks with Steve Bertrand on Books about her latest novel, A Touch of Stardust, an inside Hollywood story of an Indiana girl who finds herself in the middle of the making of Gone with the Wind. Kate talks about Hollywood in the 1930s, politics of the 1980s, and why her family calls her Pat.
Author Thomas Perry talks with Steve Bertrand on Books about why he stopped writing his Jane Whitefield series. And also why he started up again. The latest Whitefield Novel is String of Beads.
Pico Iyer thinks we’re doing too much, even when we’re not supposed to be doing anything at all. He talks with Steve Bertrand on Books about Leonard Cohen, the secular Sabbath, and his new book, The Art of Stillness.
Ron Lieber talks about kids and money and the values they represent in this interview with Steve Bertrand on Books. Lieber is the author of The Opposite of Spoiled: Raising Kids who are Grounded, Generous and Smart About Money.
What do you know about Illinois’ deadly Sudden Freeze of 1836. It really happened. Alex Gordon uses the real-life event to kick off her supernatural thriller, Gideon. She talks about it with Steve Bertrand on Books.
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