On The Same Page; John Jeremy Sullivan

June 15, 2004

A new season of "On the Same Page," the Arkansas Educational Television Network's flagship literary arts series, begins with John Jeremiah Sullivan Wednesday, June 16. 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. Sullivan, a former editor and essayist for Harper's, recently visited Little Rock for the Arkansas Literacy Council's literary festival shared his reasons for writing the book and opinion of the finished product with OTSP guest interviewer Rex Nelson. Nelson serves as director of policy and communications for Gov. Mike Huckabee. The interview was taped at Lorenzen and Co. Booksellers in Little Rock. On the Same Page is a talk show featuring interviews with authors and litera