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June 29, 2020 Book Nook: The Voter File, by David Pepper
Our upcoming November election is just around the corner and political campaigns are heating up. President Trump is creating an atmosphere of suspicion by asserting that voting by mail is subject to tampering. While this has never been proven to be the case he's plowing ahead with these accusations and creating doubts about the integrity of our election process.
29 min
June 25, 2020 Best of the Book Nook: What Remains by Nicholas Delbanco
Once upon a time authors went out on book tours. They would travel around the country and meet their readers in bookstores and libraries and all sorts of literary venues. The prevalence of authors going out on book tours has been in decline since the financial crisis of 2008. After that publishers began tightening their budgets and if you were not an author with a big name they were much more reluctant to subsidize your plane tickets and hotel expenses.
51 min
June 19, 2020 Book Nook: Sealand by Dylan Taylor-Lehman
Dylan Taylor-Lehman returned to the program to discuss his history of the micronation Sealand. Perhaps you are perplexed, maybe you are wondering; what the heck is a micronation? And what is Sealand?
30 min
June 16, 2020 Book Nook: Hunting Whitey, by Casey Sherman and Dave Wedge
The former South Boston crime boss Whitey Bulger was on the run for many years. The fugitive was at the top of the FBI's most wanted list until 9/11 when Osama Bin Laden took over that spot. After they tracked down Osama Bin Laden in Pakistan Whitey Bulger heard the news at his hideaway apartment in Santa Monica and he knew that the FBI would soon focus on catching him again and he was absolutely correct.
49 min
June 13, 2020 Best of the Book Nook: The Biology of Love, by Dr. Arthur Janov
"The Primal Scream" by Dr. Arthur Janov was an influential and controversial book. Twenty years ago I recorded my only interview with Dr. Janov to discuss his book "The Biology of Love." We were joined on the program that day by his wife France Janov. During the interview we had a discussion about his "primal scream therapy," how the idea for it came about, and how it is supposed to work.
29 min
June 11, 2020 Best of the Book Nook: Driving Mr. Albert, by Michael Paterniti
If I really like a book I will try to interview the author twice, once for the hardcover release then once again when the book comes out in paperback. I really liked the book "Driving Mr. Albert: A Trip Across America with Einstein's Brain" and I loved my initial interview with the author so when I had another chance to interview Michael Paterniti 19 years ago for the paperback it was essentially, forgive me for this, a no-brainer.
50 min
June 06, 2020 Book Nook: I Know This Much Is True, by Wally Lamb
In 1998 Wally Lamb was on book tour to publicize his blockbuster novel "I Know This Much Is True." The novel had been catapulted to literary glory when it was selected as the featured book by Oprah Winfrey for her Book Club. Lamb is that rare lucky author who then went on to have his next book chosen by Oprah as well. He came out to Yellow Springs to do an interview with me.
30 min
June 04, 2020 Best of the Book Nook: The Breweries of Dayton and The Terrible Resurrection by Curt Dalton
Dayton historian Curt Dalton has written more books about Dayton history than anybody I know. It isn't even close. In 2002 I had him on the show twice over a period of five months because that's how prolific he was, he had two books that came out during that short period.
50 min
May 29, 2020 Best of the Book Nook: The Mother's Guide to the Meaning of Life, by Amy Krouse Rosenthal
In 2002 when I interviewed Amy Krouse Rosenthal she was just beginning her meteoric rise to become the best-selling author of memoirs and over 30 children's books over the next 15 years. Amy became a much beloved writer. She died in 2017.
51 min
May 27, 2020 Book Nook: Classic Keys: Keyboard Sounds That Launched Rock Music - An Interview With Alan Lenhoff
There are not that many books that I pick up and instantly react with expressions of Wow! and Awesome! This book elicited those reactions from me. What a gorgeous endeavor! This massive study of the electric keyboards that are identified with the musical legacies of many musicians from the mid to late 20th century is filled with incredible details and fabulous illustrations.
50 min

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Listen to the Book Nook with Vick Mickunas for intimate conversations about books with the writers who create them.Vick Mickunas introduced the Book Nook author interview program for WYSO in 1994.…