Tuesday, February 20, 2007

Stephen Flynn: "The Edge of Disaster" (Random House)

10 a.m. (ET)

The security expert argues we must focus on building national resiliency to confront the dangers of terrorist attacks and natural disasters.

Jane Smiley: "Ten Days in the Hills" (Knopf)

11 a.m. (ET)

Author Jane Smiley presents her latest novel which takes place in 2003, in Hollywood, at the beginning of the Iraq War. She says it was inspired by her reading of "The Decameron," by Giovanni Boccaccio.

The Diane Rehm Show is produced by member-supported WAMU 88.5 in Washington DC.