Dan Chaon - Daniel & Ben talk with bestselling author, Dan Chaon, whose recent book “Stay Awake” is earning rave reviews. He talks about his early interest in writing, and how writers such as Stephen King, Peter Straub, and Ray Bradbury led him to his current path. He also talks about the “alone-ness” of being a writer, and why it’s so hard for young people today to set aside time to be alone and write. http://danchaon.com. The Poem of the Week is by newly-appointed U.S. Poet Laureate, Natasha Trethewey. Daniel reads “Theories of Time and Space.” www.creativewriting.emory.edu/faculty/trethewey.html. And this week’s Poetic License is by writer Anthony Bonds, whose latest work, “The Moonflower King” was published with Calypso Editions, a cooperative press. Bonds discusses the difference between a cooperative press and a traditional publisher. www.anthonybonds.com.