Eric Deggans at NPR Book Recommendations & Book Mentions
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Eric Deggans is a TV critic at NPR. NPR TV Critic/Media analyst. Author: "Race-Baiter: How Media Wield Dangerous Words to Divide a Nation." Adjunct prof., Duke University. Drummer. Bassist. Blerd.
Landslide
Michael WolffEric Deggans at NPRA lot of what the 1/6 committee is revealing now, was also detailed in books written about Trump's last year in office, like I Alone Can Fix it and Michael Wolff's Landslide. What is obvious, in those stories, is that Trump can't often be "explained to" about much. https://t.co/nAxDXGDmbC
Paperback, 2022
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Tinderbox: HBO's Ruthless Pursuit of New Frontiers
James Andrew MillerEric Deggans at NPRCOOL CONVERSATION ALERT! I'll be hosting a Twitter Spaces conversation at 6 p.m. today w/ Sopranos star Lorraine Bracco and James Andrew Miller, author of the new book on how HBO changed TV, called Tinderbox. Details here: https://loom.ly/WuBzoEw
Hardcover, 2021
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On Juneteenth
Annette Gordon-ReedEric Deggans at NPRAll celebrating Juneteenth today should learn about the occasion from the woman who wrote the book on it, Pulitzer prize-winner Annette Gordon-Reed, author of On Juneteenth, who spoke w/me about her acclaimed work for the National Book Festival. https://t.co/nufkPEWT1x
Hardcover, 2021
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The Answer Is . . .: Reflections on My Life
Alex TrebekEric Deggans at NPRMy review today of Alex Trebek's memoir "The Answer Is..." a book that suffers from the Jeopardy host's polite reluctance to reveal himself any more than he has to. https://t.co/gOwpWM5L07
Hardcover, 2020
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The Undefeated
Kwame AlexanderEric Deggans at NPRMonths ago, I wrote a story for Indianapolis Monthly on A'Lelia Bundles' objection to elements of Netflix miniseries on her great-great-grandmother Madame C.J. Walker, called Self Made. Now Bundles has written her own story for The Undefeated. https://t.co/yWAvofL4h0
Hardcover, 2019
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Gone, Baby, Gone
Dennis LehaneEric Deggans at NPRHad a great time talking with Dennis Lehane about his latest series, Apple TV+'s Black Bird, what it was like working with Ray Liotta on one of his last roles and why the author of Mystic River and Gone Baby Gone might not write another novel. LISTEN: https://t.co/1DX2giZwCi https://t.co/fb1jPAm4uI
Paperback, 2010
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The Last Days of Ptolemy Grey
Walter MosleyEric Deggans at NPRWhat happens when actor supreme Sam Jackson spends 10 years on a project w/ Walter Mosley, literature's best crime novelist? You get Apple TV+'s The Last Days of Ptolemy Grey, a meditation on power of personal history disguised as a murder mystery. REVIEW: https://t.co/6ueDembmkY https://t.co/2WD2iFoK4N
Paperback, 2011
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The Late Shift: Letterman, Leno, & the Network Battle for the Night
Bill CarterEric Deggans at NPRI'm just kidding. Bianco and I go back to our days together in Pittsburgh, so we've always been cool. And as a fan who read The Late Shift about three times before I ever met him, I was always knocked out by how down to earth and welcoming Bill Carter always is. https://t.co/PBOQVDHDat
Paperback, 2019
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Annette Gordon-ReedEric Deggans at NPR"On Juneteenth" features Pulitzer-winning historian Annette Gordon-Reed connecting her time growing up as a Black woman in Texas to the myths/realities of the state and end of slavery there. Here's my convo w/her at the National Book Festival. WATCH: https://t.co/tUkgzqqhXq
Hardcover, 2021
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Talk of the Nation: Language and Conflict in Romania and Slovakia
Zsuzsa CsergoEric Deggans at NPRThis was a wonderful tribute, and it's poignant to see Neal trend on social media. I didn't know him well, but he had me on Talk of the Nation occasionally before I was hired by NPR and I always appreciated his willingness to give a young critic from Florida a shot. #RestinPower https://t.co/SUBg09xOU9
Hardcover, 2007
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