Andre Schiffrin has been a leading figure in the book publishing world for nearly 50 years. As head of Pantheon books Andre Schiffrin edited titles by Jean-Paul Sartre, Studs Terkel, Art Spiegelman, Noam Chomsky and Michel Foucault. In 1990 he resigned and set up the non-profit publishing house The New Press. Schiffrin has also written several of his own books including, his new memoir, "A Political Education: Coming of Age in Paris and New York." [rush transcript included]

• Andre Schiffrin, founder of the independent publishing house The New Press. Prior to that he spent 30 years as the publisher of Pantheon Books. He is author of the new book "A Political Education: Coming of Age in Paris and New York."