CBS Sunday Morning had a piece today on Book Titles

Plot Device · Mar 2, 2008

I wish I could get a video link. They focused on a new book called "Why Not Catch-21?" by Gary Dexter where he exposes the stories behind the titles of some of the great books of the 20th century.

The text below is just the synopsis from the CBS web site concerning today's show.

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/1998/07/09/sunday/main13562.shtml

WHAT'S IN A NAME? -- Book Titles
How many of these classic works have you read? "Something That Happened," "He Do The Police in Different Voices," "The Last Man in Europe," or "Barbeque." Probably all of them, but you know them by their more famous titles: "Of Mice and Men," "The Wasteland," "1984," and "The Postman Always Rings Twice." This Sunday Morning, Charles Osgood looks at famous book titles, including the stories behind "Catch-22" with legendary editor Robert Gottlieb and "Winnie The Pooh" with British columnist Gary Dexter. We’ll also look at the process behind naming books with publisher Jamie Raab and author Brad Meltzer.

Gary Dexter - author, Why Not Catch-21?
www.garydexter.co.uk

Brad Meltzer - author, The Book of Lies
www.bradmeltzer.com

Grand Central Publishing
www.hachettebookgroupusa.com

The Tattered Cover bookstore
www.tatteredcover.com

talkwrite · Mar 3, 2008

CBS Sunday Morning is a gift I give myself every single week. It is so focused on the creative arts that I can count on being inspired to write afterward- even during the show. It covers writers,musicians, painters and other creative artists in depth to their passion and their journey. It is written better than any similar themed show on television and I swear the ads are even shorter and fewer. I encourage any writer to check it out.

Polenth · Mar 3, 2008

I'll have to remember the title "Something That Happened". That could work for any book, unless nothing happened in it.

CBS Sunday Morning had a piece today on Book Titles

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