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October 30, 2016 Book Nook: Maiden Flight, by Harry Haskell
When Harry Haskell was a boy he had heard about the letters. Harry's grandfather was also named Harry Haskell and he had received the letters from the woman who would become his second wife. She was Katharine Wright-they were love letters she had written to Harry Haskell's grandfather. Harry's sisters told him he probably would not be interested in what they considered to be mushy letters. He didn't read them until he was an adult. Harry's grandfather died before he was born. When he began
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October 25, 2016 Book Nook: Poor Will's Almanack 2017, by Bill Felker
Every week you can hear his dulcet tones on your radios. His name is Bill Felker and he's the man behind "Poor Will's Almanack" on WYSO. Bill returned to the Book Nook to talk about his latest edition of this print version of his work. In our interview Bill recalled how the idea for his original columns in the Yellow Springs News came about and he details the various features of his 2017 Almanack. Each month's entry closes with a short story that was contributed by a reader. Bill will usually
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October 14, 2016 Book Nook: The Fortress - a Love Story, by Danielle Trussoni
Over the past dozen years or so there has been a pronounced surge in the publication of memoirs. There's a memoir for every taste. The Rolling Stone Keith Richards published his memoir a few years back and it has been followed by the memoirs of just about any living music star you can name. A certain Scandinavian writer has been publishing a series of best selling memoirs that can dwell upon what might appear to be rather insignificant events. Fortunately there are memoirs that are so impressive
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October 07, 2016 Book Nook: The Prison Guard's Son, by Trace Conger
Trace Conger's latest Mr. Finn detective novel is his third in the series. In this one Mr. Finn a Cincinnati based private investigator has been hired by another questionable client. Finn is forced to accept some shady projects because he has lost his PI license and he really needs the income. The client, a prison guard, is trying to locate two men who murdered his son. At the time the crime took place the client's son was a small boy and his killers were only a few years older. Conger got his
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October 03, 2016 Book Nook: WASP of the Ferry Command - Women Pilots, Uncommon Deeds, by Sarah Byrn Rickman
Sarah Byrn Rickman completes her trilogy of books on the WASPs (Women Airforce Service Pilots) with WASP of the Ferry Command: Women Pilots, Uncommon Deeds. Rickman, who first appeared on this program 15 years ago for her first book about WASPs has deep roots in the Dayton community. Rickman was a journalist for many years in Centerville/Washington Township and in this interview she explains how her journalistic endeavors ultimately put her in the position to become intrigued by the WASPs and
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September 29, 2016 Book Nook: The Notorious Mrs. Clem - Murder and Money in the Gilded Age, by Wendy Gamber
Wendy Gamber is a professor of history at Indiana University. She was spending a lot of time poring over Indiana newspaper archives from the mid to late 19th century and she kept seeing a particular name being cited in numerous articles. A woman named Mrs. Clem was the subject of extensive newspaper coverage in the Indianapolis region for a number of years. Gamber was struck by the frequency of those mentions and she decided to investigate further. She discovered a story that made newspaper
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September 27, 2016 Book Nook: The Savage Apostle, by John B. Kachuba
The early history of New England is filled with stories about the interactions that took place between the native peoples who were the original residents of the region and the European settlers who were in the process of dislodging the original inhabitants and taking their lands. During the late 17th century the tensions between the colonists and the local tribes became so intense that some of the native people decided to fight back. The resulting bloodshed unsettled the region for many years to
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September 17, 2016 Book Nook: The Skinny Years, by Raul Ramos y Sanchez
The new novel by Raul Ramos y Sanchez is quite different from his previous books. In his latest effort "The Skinny Years" Sanchez has mined his memories of being a young Cuban immigrant living in Miami during the 1960's. While this fiction has some elements of autobiography they primarily serve to make this story ring true. Sanchez was there and his protagonist, a youth with the nickname of "Skinny" is slowly becoming a man. We follow Skinny's adventures over a ten year period. 1960's Miami is
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September 10, 2016 Book Nook: The Jealous Kind, by James Lee Burke
Recently I had another opportunity to interview James Lee Burke. The first time I interviewed Jim was in 1997 when he came out to our studios in Yellow Springs for a live interview for his novel "Cimarron Rose." Over the course of our many conversations I have gotten to know him a little bit. He's a wonderful writer because he has such a great mind and a swirling imagination. He's also a scholar. Jim's breadth of knowledge of history, literature, and his craft never ceases to impress me. In his
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September 09, 2016 Book Nook: Watching Edie, by Camilla Way
Over the last several years we have been encountering some rather unreliable narrators in novels. "The Girl on the Train" by Paula Hawkins featured the most notable one so far. Fiona Barton gave us another one in "The Widow." And now Camilla Way is tantalizing readers with dueling unreliable narrators in her tense psychological thriller "Watching Edie." Edie is one of those two narrators. She is describing her experiences in the present day. Her chapters alternate with those being told from the
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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.…