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Author and journalist Richard Ben Cramer shared his book, “What It Takes: the Way to the White House” and talked about the factors needed in a person to be elected president. He started the …

Mr. Cramer spoke about his book, How Israel Lost: The Four Questions, published by Simon and Schuster. In the book, the author addresses what he believes are the reasons for Israel’s declin…

Mr. Atlas talked about his book Bellow: A Biography, published by Random House. The book is a biography of the novelist Saul Bellow. Mr. Cramer talked about his book Joe DiMaggio: The Hero…

In a recent telephone interview following a re-air of his 1992 Booknotes interview, Richard Ben Cramer talked about his book, What It Takes: The Way to the White House. The book was an irre…

Panelists talked about how authors use creative techniques in writing non-fiction works. The panelists felt it is important to get to know the characters so well that you know how they would…

The participants, who have all recently published books on politics, discussed the varieties of political language and discourse. They talked issues such as how people write about politics a…

Richard Ben Cramer, author of ‘What it Takes: The Way to the White House’ and Taylor Branch, author of ‘Parting the Waters: America in the King Years, 1954-63’ discussed the role of the char…

David Maraniss was the author of First in His Class, a biography of Bill Clinton. Richard Ben Cramer was the author of What It Takes, a biographical account of Bob Dole and other 1988 presid…

Mr. Cramer, who traveled with the presidential candidates in the 1988 presidential election, spoke about the book that he wrote of his experiences. He also compared the current campaign to t…

Mr. Cramer, author of What it Takes: The Way to the White House, talked about the differences between Ronald Reagan’s and President Bush’s handling of the media. He also looked at the ki…