Why did Senator Al Franken choose to write a memoir and a funny one?

Now, he'll join us to talk about his new book, Al Franken, Giant of the Senate.

I didn't do as far as my personal life and how I inducted myself during my life is nothing,

nothing compared to Donald Trump.

How did Winston Churchill and George Orwell respond to the threat of fascism?

Tom Rex will be here to talk about his new bestseller, Churchill and Orwell, The Fight for Freedom.

You could drop Orwell into a newspaper today and it would just be part of the paper.

It wouldn't seem unusual.

What is it about comics and graphic novels that children and adults, of course, find so irresistible?

Dave Pilke, author of Captain Underpants and the Dogman series, joins us to talk about visual

readers, the Captain Underpants movie, and his latest book.

I really want kids to associate reading with fun because if they're having a good time,

they forget that it's hard.

Sometimes it is hard, especially if you're a new reader or a struggling reader.

Alexander Alter will give us an update from the literary world.

Plus, we'll talk about what we and the wider world are reading.

This is Inside the New York Times Booker View. I'm Pamela Paul.

Senator Al Franken joins us now. He is the author most recently of Al Franken, Giant of the

Senate. Senator, thanks for being here.

My pleasure.

So why did you take the time at this moment to write this particular book?

Well, unfortunately, it didn't just take a moment to write this book.

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