On the Same Page with Robin Becker Robin Becker, author of Brains: A Zombie Memoir talks to host Tommy Sanders about her debut book. Becker, a New Jersey native and world traveller, received her MFA from LSU in Baton Rouge in 2000 and currently teaches writing at UCA in Conway. Learn more

On the Same Page with Buzz Bissinger Best-selling, Pulitzer Prize winning author Buzz Bissinger brings his new book, "Three Nights in August: Strategy, Heartbreak, and Joy Inside the Mind of a Manager," to "AETN Presents: On the Same Page," Learn more

On the Same Page with Linda Bloodworth-Thomason Linda Bloodworth-Thomason, creator of the television series Designing Women, brings her debut novel, Liberating Paris, to "On the Same Page". "Writing Liberating Paris was much akin to writing a love letter to the American South," Thomason said. "This book shouts out three especially important messages to every U.S. citizen: fight against the death of Main Street, don't dilute the lifeblood of America with trumped-up values and don't discount the South." Learn more

On the Same Page with Susan Bosak This beautifully illustrated award-winning book looks very much like a childrens book and it is, however, it is also celebration of living for anyone, at any age, who dreams. It is full of remarkable illustrations, inspiring quotations and it continues to reveal more with each reading. Learn more

On the Same Page with Steve Bowman Steve Bowman explores the beauty, excitement and pain of duck hunting in his book The Season, A Photographic Look at the Sport of Duck Hunting. Bowman discusses the book, which highlights one season through text and color photographs, with OTSP host Tommy Sanders. The book captures the essence of duck hunting, from the anticipation of every duck hunter to the need to pass the passion to the next generation. Learn more

On the Same Page with John Brandon The Natural State is the backdrop for a tale of quirky career criminals whose shaky circumstances and bad decisions send them spiraling into the most desperate of situations. The first published novel by Florida native John Brandon is full of elaborate deceptions, wrong turns and richly drawn characters whose lives collide in darkly imaginative ways. Learn more

On the Same Page with Sandra Cisneros When Sandra Cisneros turned her poetic talent to writing a series of fictional vignettes, The House on Mango Street came to life. Learn more

On the Same Page with Billy Collins Billy Collins served two terms as the US Poet Laureate, from 2001-2003, and was New York State Poet Laureate from 2004-2006. Collins talks about The Apple that Astonished Paris, a collection of some of his most anthologized poems, including Introduction to Poetry, Another Reason Why I Dont Keep a Gun in the House and Advice to Writers. Originally published in 1988, it was reprinted in February 2006 with a new preface by Collins in honor of this anniversary. The success of this collection over the years has made it one of the all-time best sellers for the Press. Learn more

On the Same Page with Tony Early Tony Earley talks with Kane Webb about his latest book, The Blue Star. Webb interviewed Earley on location at the Butler Center in the Central Arkansas Library Systems downtown library during the Arkansas Literary Festival. Learn more

On the Same Page with John Edge Edge brings to AETN two of his four books examining iconic American food "Fried Chicken: An American Story" and "Apple Pie: An American Story." The books are said to be about the foods "that conjure childhood and comfort, that compel the reader to hit the road in search of the greasy grail, that call a reader to the kitchen the ones everybody thinks their mom made best. Learn more

On the Same Page with Ted Kooser Ted Kooser, U.S. Poet Laureate from 2004 to 2006, was the first poet from the Great Plains to hold the position. On this episode of On the Same Page Kooser discusses his book, The Poetry Home Repair Manual, and his Pulitzer Prize winning collection Delights and Shadows. Learn more

On the Same Page with Norris Church Mailer Norris Church Mailer recently sat down with Kane Webb and discussed her new book A Ticket to the Circus: A Memoir. Mailer, Barbara Jean Davis, was the sixth wife of Pulitzer Prize winning-writer Norman Mailer. Learn more

On the Same Page with Jo McDougall Jo Garot McDougall is a poet of the Arkansas Delta with five books of poetry: The Woman in the Next Booth, Towns Facing Railroads and From Darkening Porches, and, most recently, Dirt and Satisfied with Havoc. Her memoir in progress, Daddys Money, focuses on growing up on a rice farm in the Arkansas delta. Learn more

On the Same Page with Patricia McKissack Children's author Patricia McKissack and panelists discuss "Precious and the Boo Hag," the story of a little girl left home alone with a stomachache. Learn more

On the Same Page With Darcy Pattison Author Darcy Pattison discusses her latest children's book, "Prairie Storms". "Prairie Storms" gives children a front row seat into the harsh climate of the American prairie and how the animals that reside within it adapt to the ever-changing climate. Learn more

On the Same Page with Tom Piazza With hurricane season now underway, the Arkansas Educational Television Network brings author Tom Piazza and his latest book “Why New Orleans Matters”. Kane Webb interviewed Piazza at Lorenzen & Company Booksellers in Little Rock during the Arkansas Literary Festival. Learn more

On the Same Page with Scott L. Price From the author of Pitching Around Fidel and Far Afield comes an account of the accidental death of minor league first base coach Mike Coolbaugh, illustrating the many ways in which baseball still has a hold on America. Learn more

On the Same Page with Francine Prose Hailed by Larry McMurtry as "one of our finest writers," Francine Prose is the author of 12 novels, including Blue Angel, which was a finalist for the 2000 National Book Award. Her newest book, Goldengrove (Harper Collins, 2008), was released to immediate critical acclaim. Learn more

On the Same Page with George Singleton George Singleton brings Why Dogs Chase Cars, a series of interwoven short stories, to the Arkansas Educational Television Network. OTSP host Tommy Sanders had the opportunity to speak with Singleton at That Bookstore in Blytheville. Set in the tiny town of Forty-Five, S.C., in the 1970's, Why Dogs Chase Cars tells the story of a precocious Southern boy coming to terms with his father's odd legacy. Learn more

On the Same Page with Kenneth Smith Gain appreciation for one of Arkansas' natural treasures the Buffalo River in "AETN Presents: On the Same Page with Kenneth L. Smith". Smith brings his lifelong accumulation of knowledge to OTSP with the "Buffalo River Handbook." The handbook includes complete trail and river guidelines, geology and history of the Buffalo River area and more than 170 photos, maps and diagrams that are coordinated with Trails Illustrated geographic maps. Learn more

On the Same Page with Mark Spitzer Author Mark Spitzer, a novelist, poet, essayist, literary translator, professor of writing at the University of Central Arkansas, and editor of Toad Suck Review, discusses his newest book, "Season of the Gar: Adventures in Pursuit of America's most Misunderstood Fish," Learn more

On the Same Page with John Jeremiah Sullivan When John Jeremiah Sullivan learned that his sportswriter father's most memorable moment was at the horse races, he began a two-year study of the sport and the animal to write Blood Horses: Notes of a Sportswriter's Son. The book is an expansion of his 2002 cover story for Harper's Magazine, Horseman, Pass By, which won a National Magazine Award and the Eclipse Award. Learn more

On the Same Page with Wells Tower Viking marauders descend on a much-plundered island, hoping some mayhem will shake off the winter blahs. A man is booted out of his home after his wife discovers that the print of a bare foot on the inside of his windshield doesnt match her own. Teenage cousins, drugged by summer, meet with a reckoning in the woods. A boy runs off to the carnival after his stepfather bites him in a brawl. Learn more

On the Same Page with C.D. Wright Poet C.D. Wright, a native of Mountain Home, discusses her latest book, “One With Others: [a little book of her days],” . “One with Others” is a mix of poetry and prose in which Wright examines a racist event. Learn more