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Journalist Peter Eisner gives the backstory for his new book, The Italian Letter. Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist Michael Chabon talks about his latest, The Yiddish Policemen's Union.
Peter Eisner
Peter Eisner
Peter Eisner is The Washington Post's deputy foreign editor and co-author of the new book, The Italian Letter: How the Bush Administration Used a Fake Letter to Build the Case for War in Iraq. The veteran correspondent previously worked as a foreign editor at Newsday and as a reporter, editor and bureau chief with the Associated Press. Eisner served on the Inter-American Press Association's (IAPA) Freedom of the Press Committee and won an award from IAPA for reporting on drug trafficking in the Americas.
Michael Chabon
Michael Chabon
The impetus behind The Yiddish Policeman's Union. (1:11)
Novelist Michael Chabon has been compared to everyone from Fitzgerald to DeLillo. Raised in Columbia, MD, he wrote his first short story at age 10, for a class assignment. His first novel was originally written for his master's thesis and became a New York Times best seller. His second, Wonder Boys, was made into a critically acclaimed feature film, and he won the Pulitzer Prize for fiction for The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay. Chabon's latest effort is Manhood for Amateurs—his first major work of nonfiction.