One to One with Bill Goodman:
Walt Harrington
aired July 28 and 30 and November 17 and 19, 2006
Throughout his career in journalism, former Washington Post writer Walt Harrington focused on people—both ordinary and famous. But one Harrington work is a departure from the subjects that most often occupied his attention at the Post. The Everlasting Stream: A True Story of Rabbits, Guns, Friendship, and Family, published by Atlantic Monthly Press, is the story of what city slicker Harrington learned during 15 years of rabbit hunting with his father-in-law and his friends in southcentral Kentucky. Harrington sits down with host Bill Goodman to discuss some of those lessons on this edition of One to One.
In crisp, sometimes poetic prose that brings autumn mornings crackling to life, The Everlasting Stream shares the experiences that led Harrington to a new notion of the good life. Even as he enjoyed dinner at the White House with foreign leaders and political heavyweights, he found himself longing for the hills and hollows that his Kentucky good ol’ boys knew almost as well as the calls of their dogs.
In November 2006, KET premiered The Everlasting Stream, a documentary based on Harrington’s book in which the author and his hunting buddies visit some of their favorite places in Barren County and talk about the evolution of their friendship.
More information about Harrington and the book are available at WaltHarrington.com.
