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By Vick MickunasArts Books

Book Nook episodes

May 23, 2020 Book Nook: A Small Thing To Want, by Shuly Xóchitl Cawood
I did not realize that Shuly Xóchitl Cawood was a writer. I knew her dad was a writer and I had noticed her around the village of Yellow Springs on many occasions. To me the thing that stood out about her was that I would often notice she was wearing a big smile while walking arm in arm with her mom.
29 min
May 21, 2020 Book Nook: My Wife Said You May Want To Marry Me, by Jason B. Rosenthal
In 2002 I interviewed Amy Krouse Rosenthal. She died in 2017. I just interviewed her husband Jason for his memoir "My Wife Said You May Want To Marry Me" and it was a powerful experience. During the interview I surprised him by playing a snippet from my interview with Amy. (my interview with Amy is in our Book Nook archive of podcasts).
29 min
May 16, 2020 Best of the Book Nook: Dallek, Burke, And Dickson
Harry S. Truman by Robert Dallek
50 min
May 12, 2020 Book Nook: Broken, by Don Winslow
When it comes to fiction Don Winslow can do it all. He has written some of my favorite novels. "Broken," his new collection of novellas, is a delightful departure from some of his more massive work of recent years.
30 min
May 10, 2020 Best of the Book Nook: Winifred Gallagher And James Lee Burke
"How the Post Office Created America: A History" by Winifred Gallagher The United States Postal Service has gone through some troubled times over the course of that institution's long history. This essential service is still one of the most important organizations in America. The U.S. Post Office became the U.S. Postal Service after a reorganization that took place under President Richard M. Nixon almost 50 years ago. The postal system was never designed to make a profit and with the monumental
49 min
May 07, 2020 Best of the Book Nook: Soul Circus, by George Pelecanos
In 2003 George Pelecanos was on a book tour that took him through Dayton. He came out to Yellow Springs to do a live interview. That was a memorable experience. It was my first interview with George and I must say that I was impressed. George had written a really superb crime novel called "Soul Circus" which he set in his home town, Washington,D.C. He's one of those authors who like the Scottish novelist Ian Rankin, loves to make numerous musical references in his novels. George is like a
50 min
May 04, 2020 Book Nook: The Ancestor, by Danielle Trussoni
The best fiction offers readers opportunities to travel down imaginary avenues that will hopefully provide temporary exits to briefly escape from the bindings of existences that can seen very mundane. Especially now as we are being forced to be even more mundane than usual. Daniel Trussoni's new novel offers us a spectacular escape route. Listen to our interview then book your flight and get set for take off on Trussoni Airways. The view of the mountains below will be spectacular! The Book Nook
29 min
April 30, 2020 Best of the Book Nook: Bright-Sided, by Barbara Ehrenreich
Barbara Ehrenreich is one of my favorite people to interview. I have never met her in person and I have only talked to her twice but, wow, what an impact she has made on me. Barbara tells it like it is. She's brilliant and articulate and she has very progressive values. She is also fearless. When Barbara was being treated for breast cancer she became appalled by many aspects of the experience; the ghastliness of the treatments she endured, the attitudes of some of the people who were treating
29 min
April 26, 2020 Book Nook: Egg: A Culinary Exploration of the World's Most Versatile Ingredient by Michael Ruhlman
Recently a print journalist I know was expressing her consternation on Twitter. She had been listening to NPR and was somewhat puzzled because the people who were broadcasting were using verbs like "look" and "see." She thought they should be saying "listen" or "hear," instead. Because it was radio, you know, not film, or television. Well, I tried to describe to her how radio programs can be a medium for connecting with all of our senses. If we are listening to our radios and the people who are
50 min
April 24, 2020 Best of the Book Nook: A Fiction Flashback To The Year 2002
"Blue Shoe" by Anne Lamott During the year 2002 I did about 150 author interviews. Anne Lamott returned to the show to talk about her novel "Blue Shoe." I have interviewed Anne on several occasions but never in person. She's best known for her works of non-fiction. When she writes fiction you can almost count on it being material that is autobiographical in nature. The "blue shoe" of her title was definitely an item from her own life story. "The Daughters of Joy-an Adventure of the Heart" by
51 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.…