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July 10, 2017 Book Nook: The Going and Goodbye, by Shuly Cawood
There are quite a few memoirs being published. Every famous rock star from 50 years ago seems to have written one. At least, the ones who are still alive. Many of the memoirs that are coming out were penned by people who never have had a hit on the Top 40. People like you and me. We have stories to tell, too! This is a time when some of us are feeling desensitized. The 24 hour news cycle churns out the latest shocking and outrageous reports. There's a blurring sensation that takes place. Books
52 min
July 07, 2017 Book Nook: The Force, by Don Winslow
Over the years that I have been hosting this program I cannot recall ever feeling like I could declare that a particular book is the hottest book of the summer. Well, I'm pleased to be able to finally say that this is it; "The Force" by Don Winslow is the hottest book of the summer and perhaps will prove to be the hottest book of 2017. This story about an elite force of police officers in Manhattan who are authorized to possess wide latitude in curtailing drug dealers and gun runners and
29 min
July 02, 2017 Book Nook: Need You Dead, by Peter James
Peter James returned to the program to talk about his latest novel in his series that features his police detective Roy Grace. The previous dozen books in the series are fast paced thrillers and we usually knew who the killers were and spent most of our time wondering how Roy was going to apprehend them. In this latest book in his "Dead Series" Peter James has constructed his first absolute who-dunnit Roy Grace mystery. A woman has been found dead in the bathtub. We don't know who the murderer
29 min
June 28, 2017 Best of the Book Nook: A Conversation With Barbara Ehrenreich
When I called Barbara Ehrenreich in 1998 to conduct this live interview I was prepared to talk to her about her book "Blood Rites" which had just come out in paperback. We had a good conversation about it. Then midway through that interview I asked her what she had been doing recently and what things were on her mind at that very moment? Well, that was my lucky day. At that point she revealed that she had just returned from a month she had spent working undercover to research a piece she was
29 min
June 16, 2017 Book Nook Special Edition: The 75th Anniversary Of The Antioch Review
The Antioch Review recently published 2 special editions of the magazine to mark the 75th anniversary of the publication. AR editor Robert Fogarty returned to the program to talk about the history of the Review and how it has changed over the years. Bob Fogarty came to Antioch College in 1968 and he began his long stewardship of the Antioch Review in 1977. When he arrived in Yellow Springs the original founders of the publication were still around. Fogarty got to know all of those individuals
51 min
June 09, 2017 Book Nook: The Road to Camelot - Inside JFK's Five-Year Campaign by Thomas Oliphant & Curtis Wilkie
Many books have been written about President John F. Kennedy. His martyrdom in 1963 in Dallas virtually assured that his brief life would be examined and remembered. If he was still alive he would have just celebrated his 100th birthday. Most of the people who knew JFK are no longer with us. Tom Oliphant and Curtis Wilkie decided that it was time to write about a period of Kennedy's life and career that hasn't gotten very much attention; the five year period leading up to his election in 1960.
50 min
June 07, 2017 Best of the Book Nook: Just Checking: Scenes from the Life of an Obsessive-Compulsive by Emily Colas
A lot has changed in the book publishing industry over the last 20 years. When I was hosting this program during the 1990's we had many authors coming through the region on book tours. Publishers would send authors out to promote their books regardless of whether they were well known or completely unknown. Those were different times. During the summer of 1998 a writer named Emily Colas came through on book tour. She was publicizing her book; "Just Checking: Scenes from the Life of an Obsessive
51 min
June 05, 2017 Book Nook: You're Welcome Cleveland, by Scott Raab
Scott Raab is a hardcore Cleveland sports fan. He endured decades of torture watching Cleveland's football, basketball, and baseball franchises failing to win championships year after year. When local basketball legend LeBron James signed on with the Cleveland Cavaliers Raab was confident that Cleveland's long history of sports failure would soon be over. But it wasn't. If anything it only got worse. After LeBron James announced that he was leaving Cleveland to pursue championships playing for
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May 27, 2017 Book Nook: Crossing the Street, by Molly D. Campbell
Writing a novel can be an arduous endeavor. "Crossing the Street" by Molly Campbell went through numerous rewrites before the author felt that she had gotten it right. This is the story of Beck Throckmorton. Beck works as a barista at Starbucks-this is merely a cover for her real occupation writing steamy erotica that she publishes. One might think that someone who pens pulsating prose would have an active love life. In Beck's case you would be wrong. She hasn't really had a boyfriend since she
30 min
May 24, 2017 Book Nook: Campaigns Don't Count-How the Media Get American Politics All Wrong, by Martin Gottlieb
Professional forecasters have wonderful jobs, don't they? Weather forecasters can be completely wrong about the weather and they still get to keep their jobs. Political pundits and pollsters can be absolutely wrong about the outcomes of elections and they will be back the next day with more polls and predictions. Nice work, right? The 2016 US presidential election provided a lovely example of just how inaccurate pundits and pollsters can be. Most of them were expecting Hillary Clinton to become
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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.…