For years the legendary John Seigenthaler hosted A Word on Words on Nashville's public television station, WNPT. During the show's four-decade run (1972 to 2013), he interviewed some of the most interesting and most impor­tant writers of our time. These in-depth exchanges revealed much about the writers who appeared on his show and gave a glimpse into their creative pro­cesses. Seigenthaler was a deeply engaged reader and a generous interviewer, a true craftsman. Frye Gaillard and Pat Toomay have collected and transcribed some of the iconic interactions from the show.

Featuring interviews with:
Arna Bontemps - Marshall Chapman - Pat Conroy - Rodney Crowell - John Egerton - Jesse Hill Ford - Charles Fountain - William Price Fox - Kinky Friedman - Frye Gaillard - Nikki Giovanni - Doris Kearns Goodwin - David Halberstam - Waylon Jennings - John Lewis - David Maraniss - William Marshall - Jon Meacham - Ann Patchett - Alice Randall - Dori Sanders - John Seigenthaler Sr. - Marty Stuart - Pat Toomay