Chances Are... | Richard Russo | A Word on Words | NPT

A WORD ON WORDS, Nashville Public Television’s Emmy Award-winning reboot of its classic series, is a collection of three-minute interviews about books and other literary topics. Filmed in locations around Middle Tennessee, the series continues a tradition established by legendary journalist John Seigenthaler for more than 40 years.

Season 5 | A Word on Words | NPT Episode 4 | 3m 14s | CC

"We've lived for a long time now with male roles changing... it was a good thing to be a big, brawny guy with a lot of physical strength, and those attributes, in the male, were important. In the world we're living in now actual physical strength for a man is not as important as it once was. So, absent that, who are we?" Author Richard Russo discusses his book CHANCES ARE on NPT’s A WORD ON WORDS.

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