Books and More with William Cooper

Print Day in May is celebrated on the first Saturday in May, every year. The event celebrates the art and community of printmaking. We hear from the founder of this global event, artist Robynn Smith.
 
https://www.robynnsmith.com/print-day-in-may
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We discuss the fascinating world of literary agents--who are often at the center of everything involved with a book.
https://www.hgliterary.com/soumeya

We discuss her book, The Friend Machine, an investigative nonfiction exploring artificial companionship.
https://www.vmhetherington.com/
 
 

We discuss her new book, Feel the Floor: Restoring the Life and Legacy of Jazz Choreographer Buddy Bradley.
“A prodigious feat of research, Feel the Floor is an act of redress that restores Bradley’s life and legacy.… Fresh interviews with still enchanted former students give us a window onto a man who moved so beautifully that it brought people to tears.” The New Yorker
https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/804547/feel-the-floor-by-maureen-footer/

An easy question to answer: it violates the constitution.
DON'T WORRY, BE HAPPY.
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An in-depth discussion on this essential topic with law professor Ned Foley of Ohio State, the leading scholar in this area.
https://moritzlaw.osu.edu/edward-b-foley-ba-jd

Christopher Merrill has published six collections of poetry, including Watch Fire, for which he received the Lavan Younger Poets Award from the Academy of American Poets; many edited volumes and translations; and six books of nonfiction, among them, Only the Nails Remain: Scenes from the Balkan Wars, Things of the Hidden God: Journey to the Holy Mountain, The Tree of the Doves: Ceremony, Expedition, War, and Self-Portrait with Dogwood. His writings have been translated into nearly forty languages; his journalism appears widely; his honors include a Chevalier des Arts et des Lettres from the French government, numerous translation awards, and fellowships from the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial and Ingram Merrill Foundations. As director of the International Writing Program at the University of Iowa since 2000, Merrill has conducted cultural diplomacy missions to more than fifty countries. He served on the U.S. National Commission for UNESCO from 2011-2018, and in April 2012 President Barack Obama appointed him to the National Council on the Humanities.
https://www.christophermerrillbooks.com/bio.htm
 

There is a pathway in the constitution. Allow us to explain.
DON'T WORRY, BE HAPPY.
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We discuss her storied career at The New Yorker and her bestseller, LorneThe Man Who Invented Saturday Night Live.
https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/532520/lorne-by-susan-morrison/
 
DON'T WORRY, BE HAPPY.

You read that right. A substantive debate into one of the most controversial legal decisions in American history.
DON’T WORRY, BE HAPPY.
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