Jim Lehrer from 2010

Published: Dec. 29, 2020, 9:25 p.m.

This week on The Speaking of Writers Podcast we remember a few of the authors that we lost this year.

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Jim Lehrer was the author of twenty-one novels, three nonfiction books, and four plays. His work in journalism began as a newspaper reporter in Texas. He then worked for more than forty years in public television. He co-founded \u201cThe PBS NewsHour,\u201d which he anchored for 36 years, he also moderated 12 presidential debates. Jim Lehrer died on January 23, 2020.

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This is an interview I did with Jim in 2010. We discussed his new novel "Super", a historical novel set on the Super Chief luxury train in 1956.

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