Screenwriter and Novelist Richard Price
Price's books include The Wanderers, Bloodbrothers, and Clockers, which was a National Book Critic Circle Award nominee. He was also nominated for an Academy Award in 1986 for his screenplay of "The Color of Money." His newest credit is "Kiss of Death," which stars David Caruso, Samuel Jackson and Nicholas Cage.
Other segments from the episode on May 9, 1995
Hanan Ashrawi on Fostering Israeli-Palestinian Peace
Hanan Mikhail-Ashrwai, former spokesperson for the PLO from 1991 to 1993. Ashrawi was the chief spokesperson for the Palestinian delegation at the Middle East peace negotiations. There are two books about her life and her role in the peace process: her personal account, This Side of Peace, and A Voice of Reason: Hanan Ashrawi and Peace in the Middle East by Barbara Victor.
A New Novel to Avoid for Mother's Day
Book critic Maureen Corrigan reviews The Distinguished Guest by Sue Miller. It's about the resentments of an adult child toward his parents.
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