Category: Author Interview

March 23, 2010

Paul Offit: Autism's False Prophets now available in paperback

Paul Offit’s best-selling Autism’s False Prophets: Bad Science, Risky Medicine, and the Search for a Cure is now available in paperback with a new preface. While the hardcover was first published in 2008 events have kept the book in the...

March 15, 2010

Edward Hess on Smart Growth

Edward Hess discusses his new book Smart Growth: Building an Enduring Business by Managing the Risks of Growth. For more on the book, you can also read an interview in which Hess challenges conventional thinking regarding growth and business. From...

February 22, 2010

Robert Barnett on the Dalai Lama's meeting with Barack Obama

Last week, Democracy Now interviewed Robert Barnett, author of Lhasa: Streets with Memories, about Obama’s meeting with the Dalai Lama. The meeting occurred over the protest of the Chinese government and represents, Barnett suggests, a more muscular approach from the...

February 18, 2010

My Life with the Taliban on Leonard Lopate and the New Republic

Yesterday, the editors of My Life with the Taliban, Alex Strick van Linschoten and Felix Kuehn, appeared on The Leonard Lopate Show to discuss the book, its origins, the history of the Taliban and Afghanistan, present-day condition, and the extraordinary...

February 16, 2010

Interview with Sophie Richardson, author of China, Cambodia, and the Five Principles of Peaceful Coexistence

The following is an interview with Sophie Richardson, author of China, Cambodia, and the Five Principles of Peaceful Coexistence Question: What are the Five Principles of Peaceful Coexistence? Are they really still relevant to China’s leaders, especially given that the...

February 11, 2010

Warren I. Cohen interviewed on The China Beat

On The China Beat Jeffrey Wasserstrom recently interviewed Warren I. Cohen about the forthcoming new (fifth) edition of his book America’s Response to China: A History of Sino-American Relations. Here are some excerpts from the interview: Jeffrey Wasserstrom: Looking back...

February 10, 2010

Interview with Daniel Rigney, author of The Matthew Effect

The following is an interview with Daniel Rigney author of the just-published The Matthew Effect: How Advantage Begets Further Advantage. Question: What is the “Matthew effect”? Daniel Rigney: The distinguished sociologist Robert Merton coined the term “Matthew effect” in 1968...

February 9, 2010

The malaise in the Arab World — an interview with Elizabeth Suzanne Kassab

This past weekend, Elizabeth Suzanne Kassab, author of Contemporary Arab Thought: Cultural Critique in Comparative Perspective, talked about the malaise in the post-1967 Arab world on ABC radio. Kassab argues that geopolitical events coupled with the failure of the post-colonial...

January 29, 2010

Glenn Hubbard has tea with The Economist

R. Glenn Hubbard continues his discussion of The Aid Trap: Hard Truths About Ending Poverty. He was recently invited by The Economist to discuss ways in which a new Marshall Plan can help revitalize the economy of Africa and poor...

January 29, 2010

Jerelle Kraus interview

Jerelle Kraus, author of All the Art That’s Fit to Print (And Some That Wasn’t): Inside The New York Times Op-Ed Page, recently appeared on the legendary local cable show hosted by Harold Channer. Below is the full interview and...

January 28, 2010

Islam in America — an interview with Jane Smith

Recently, Jane Smith, the author of the second edition of Islam in America sat down with Paul Harvey of Religion in American History to discuss the book. The second edition explores some of the changes that have occurred since 9/11,...

January 12, 2010

Darwin & Poetry? An interview with John Holmes

The following is an interview with John Holmes the author of the recently published Darwin’s Bards: British and American Poetry in the Age of Evolution. Question: There has been a lot written and said about Darwin recently, but Darwin’s Bards...