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Poet Doc Patrick Clary, Dying For Beginners. At the heart of this poetry by Patrick Clary are often tough and sometimes terrible details, generated out of an intensely lived, closely observed life as an unarmed medic in platoons patrolling the jungles of Vietnam, an intern in the hospital emergency rooms of New York City, and a nationally recognized Poet-Doctor ministering tothe spiritual and bodily pains of theterminally ill in New Hampshire. His first book of poetry, Notes from a Loveletter, was published under a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities.

Jon Meacham duels David Brooks over Jefferson and Hamilton political influences in American history. Pulitzer Prize winning biographer, former editor-in-chief of Newsweek, and executive editor the Random House book publishing house, Jon Meacham engages in a lively debate with New York Times conservative columnist David Brooks over the adversarial politics and personalities of America's founding fathers, Thomas Jefferson and Alexander Hamilton.

Barry Estabrook uncovers some rotten tomatoes in Tomatoland. Award-winning activist food writer and author Barry Estabrook decries tomato growing and harvesting processes in Florida.

Lauren Oliver, Shannon Messenger, Sharon Creech and Judith Viorst give bad girls a good reputation. Top emerging YA authors Lauren Oliver andShannon Messenger join prize-winning bestselling authors Judith Viorst and Sharon Creech review the changing world of literature for Young Adults.

Richard Ford autographs acclaimed novel 'Canada' (recently released in trade paperback). Award winning, bestselling author Richard Ford makes his first appearance in six years at BEA 2012 to autograph his newest bestseller, 'Canada.'