Thoughts About Depression Era Writers On The Menu

Author David Taylor joined Jason Boog of GalleyCat and AgencySpy‘s Matt Van Hoven on today’s mediabistro.com Morning Media Menu.

Taylor, the author of Soul of a People: The WPA Writers’ Project Uncovers Depression America weighed in on today’s biggest media headlines, including The New York Timesarticle today about Sen. Edward Kennedy’s upcoming memoir, which was supposed to stay under wraps until its release.

Taylor also discussed his book and writers’ lives during the Great Depression. He compared it to the current economic recession that has forced many journalists and writers into unemployment.

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