Books and Movies I Like
Favorite books:
- Steppenwolf, Hermann Hesse
- Advise and Consent, Allen Drury
- No Ordinary Time, Doris Kearns Goodwin
- A Civil Action, Jonathan Harr
- Mentor, a Memoir – Tom Grimes
- The World According to Garp, John Irving
- Strange Justice, Jane Mayer and Jill Abramson
- Parting the Water, America in the King years, 1954-63, Taylor Branch
- What’s the Matter with Kansas, Thomas Frank
- A Presidency in Peril, Robert Kuttner
Movies:
- Primary Colors
- Oliver Stone’s W
- Nashville
- From Here to Eternity
- J Edgar
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Upcoming Appearances
May 15 – Appearance on the Diane Rehm show, which runs on NPR stations across the country – I will be talking about my new book, “Selecting a President,” co-authored with Matthew Spieler, and I will be on with Sam Popkin, author of “The Candidate: What it takes to Win – and Hold – the White House”
May 19 – I will receive an honorary degree from Westfield University in Pittsfield, Mass
May 30 – Keynote Speaker at the Silent Sentinel event for the Turning Point Suffragist Memorial
June 5 – Health Policy Roundtable – Detroit Public Television
June 11 – League of Women Voters -- political panel, Washington DC
June 13 – Medical Musical Group evening concert, Baltimore, Md

