Summary: David Plotz is the Slate's new editor. Contributor to the New York Times Magazine, Harper's, Rolling Stone, New Republic, Washington Post, and GQ, Plotz won the National Press Club's Hume Award for Political Reporting in 2000. His newest work, Good Book: The Bizarre, Hilarious, Disturbing, Marvelous, and Inspiring Things I Learned When I Read Every Single Word of the Bible, is based on his Blogging the Bible series which previously appeared on Slate.com. Examining the Bible from a cultural and personal perspective, Plotz explores such theological questions as: Does God prefer obedience or good deeds? How many commandments do we actually need? Why are so many women in the Bible prostitutes? And why does God love bald men so much? Recorded live on March 10, 2009 from the Minneapolis Central Library's Pohlad Hall. The Talk of the Stacks is presented by the Library Foundation of Hennepin County and US Trust.
