Christina Rice discusses her new book, Mean…Moody…Magnificent: Jane Russell and the Marketing of a Hollywood Legend

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Christina Rice discusses her new book, Mean…Moody…Magnificent: Jane Russell and the Marketing of a Hollywood Legend

Ron Brownstein discusses Rock Me On The Water: 1974 The Year Los Angeles Transformed Movies, Music, Television and Politics.

Glenn Frankel returns to discuss his new book, Shooting Midnight Cowboy: Art, Sex, Loneliness, Liberation, and the Making of a Dark Classic.

Movie, stage and television star, singer, dancer Oscar winner George Chakiris is the guest! His new book is My West Side Story: A Memoir.

Jennifer Keishin Armstrong on her latest book. When Women Invented Television: The Untold Story Of The Female Powerhouses Who Pioneered The Way We Watch Today

Richard Thompson discusses his memoir, Beeswing: Losing My Way and Finding My Voice 1967-1975.

Julia Cooke discusses her new book, Come Fly The World: The Jet Age Story of the Women of Pan Am. Also, artist Robynn Smith on Print Day In May.

Art historian Jo Farb Hernandez discusses her book, Singular Spaces: From The Eccentric To The Extraordinary In Spanish Art Environments. Also Lissa Warren talks books!

From The Bookshelf remembers the brilliant Morris Dickstein with this 2009 interview. Also Lissa Warren on new books.