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Stephen Colbert behind his desk at The Late Show with Stephen Colbert asking Stanley Tucci [off screen] if he's written a cookbook.
Stanley Tucci and Stephen Colbert discuss how hard it is to write a cookbook authors book publishing process celebrity authors cookbooks stanley tucci stephen colbert Oct 17, 2024

After a years of being in-house in the broad trade publishing business, I took a job focusing exclusively on cookbooks — after which then wrote / co-wrote a few of my own.

Which is why it was so fun to see two of my cookbook, cocktail and all-around heroes — Stanley Tucci and Stephen Colbert discussing how they found...

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CBS News picture of "liberty-minded" Iraqi War veteran Ruth Naomi James - CBS 60 Minutes
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Still image above & video below are property of CBS News. From 60 Minutes Liberty-minded Iraq combat veteran mom and banned book volunteer reader, Ruth-Naomi James. 

 

Banned Book Week isn't until September 22 - 28 this year, but the past few days have been a boon for great reporting that surfaces book ban resistance...

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I'm Valerie Peterson

Author, Journalist, Book Publishing Pro & Educator, NYC resident

I spent decades in traditional book publishing houses and reporting about the industry for a digital media giant. In addition to being bookish, I'm TVish, mystery-ish, filmish, foodish & wine-y.

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