Mar 12 Opinion: The secret to being fully present By Ann Patchett Author Ann Patchett says "admitting that I’m incapable of multitasking was an important first step."… Continue reading
Nov 24 Watch 8:29 The best reads of 2017, from Ann Patchett and Daniel Pink By PBS News Hour What were the best new books you read this year? Ann Patchett and Daniel Pink recently sat down with Jeffrey Brown to discuss their own picks for recommended reads of 2017. Continue watching
Nov 24 5 books from 2017 that these authors think you should read By Larisa Epatko Memoirs that make you think about judgment and injustice, a funny -- but unexpectedly dark -- novel, and a guide to a happy marriage. These are the books that authors Daniel Pink and Ann Patchett chose as their top picks… Continue reading
Sep 13 Watch 7:39 Novelist Ann Patchett on how independent bookstores build community By PBS News Hour If you shop at the East Nashville Farmers’ Market you can buy fruits and vegetables; but you can also meet a famous author with a stop by the traveling bookmobile. Ann Patchett is a co-owner of the Parnassus Books, founded… Continue watching
Dec 30 Watch 8:24 Bestselling authors share their favorite books of 2014 By PBS News Hour What did our favorite authors read this year? Jeffrey Brown asks novelist Ann Patchett and business writer Daniel Pink for their top recommendations of 2014, including a young adult novel written in verse and a book about humanity’s place in… Continue watching
Dec 30 Authors Ann Patchett and Daniel Pink talk what makes a great book By PBS News Hour Ann Patchett, author of “This is the Story of a Happy Marriage” and Daniel Pink, author of “To Sell is Human,” sat down with Jeffrey Brown in Washington’s Politics and Prose bookstore to talk about the factors that make a… Continue reading
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Dec 13 Watch Friday, December 13, 2013 We examine a shooting at a Colorado high school, a gunman shot two then killed himself. Continue watching
Dec 13 Watch Ann Patchett lets readers into her personal life in new collection of essays By PBS News Hour Ann Patchett lets readers into her personal life in new collection of essays… Continue watching
Dec 13 Ann Patchett gets personal in her new collection of essays, ‘This is the Story of a Happy Marriage’ By Arts Desk // Ann Patchett reflects on fiction version nonfiction and the state of books today in a conversation with chief arts correspondent Jeffrey Brown. "Nonfiction is easy and fiction is hard." That's according to Ann Patchett, author of "Bel Canto" and… Continue reading