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Book Nook

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. Over the years, he has produced more than 1,700 interviews with writers, musicians, poets, politicians, and celebrities.He has interviewed historians such as Studs Terkel, David McCullough, Doris Kearns Goodwin, Simon Sebag Montefiore, and Gary Wills; politicians including Mario Cuomo, Sherrod Brown, George McGovern, John Kasich, Gary Hart, and Donald Trump; pundits such as Karl Rove, Ann Coulter, Ralph Nader, and Christopher Hitchens; broadcast journalists like Jim Lehrer, Robin MacNeil, Chris Wallace, Ken Bode, and Richard Threlkeld; movie stars including Charlton Heston, Janet Leigh, Peter Ustinov, Kevin Bacon, and Bruce Campbell; romance writers Nora Roberts and Janet Dailey; astronauts such as John Glenn, Buzz Aldrin, Tom Stafford, and Gene Cernan; diplomats including Richard Holbrooke a

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    Book Nook: 'The Talking Bone' by Rene Denfeld

    Another reason she is one of my favorite writers.

  2. 19

    Book Nook: 'The Oxford Guide to Scandals and Lies' by Kate Westbury

    This Cold War academic espionage novel is the writer's debut.

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    Best of the Book Nook: 'Teeth' by Hugh Gallagher

    The first book by an author who was on the rise in 1998.

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    Book Nook: 'Disguised as a Poem: My Years Teaching Poetry at San Quentin' by Judith Tannenbaum

    She spent four years teaching poetry to inmates of a maximum securityprison.

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    Best of the Book Nook: 'State of Mind' by John Katzenbach

    This thriller featured a serial killer.

  7. 14

    Best of the Book Nook: 'The Campaign' by Marilyn Tucker Quayle and Nancy Tucker Northcott

    My only interview with a former Second Lady of the United States, Marilyn Quayle.

  8. 13

    Best of the Book Nook: 'Beyond Boundaries: Humans and Animals' by Barbara Noske

    An in depth conversation about our relationships with animals.

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    Best of the Book Nook: 'Soul Traveler' by Albert Taylor

    Have you ever dreamed you could fly? Al Taylor did.

  12. 9

    Best of the Book Nook: Remembering Herbert Woodward Martin

    Remembering Herbert Woodward Martin who died on July 20.

  13. 8

    Book Nook: 'The Parade' by Ben Miller

    Ben Miller began writing this novel in 1980.

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    Book Nook: 'An American Yankee in King Alfred's Court' by Dennis J. Turner

    The British court system is a bit different from ours.

  15. 6

    Book Nook: 'Babylon, South Dakota' by Tom Lin

    What is my favorite novel of the year so far?

  16. 5

    Best of the Book Nook: 'The Prodigal Spy' by Joseph Kanon

    An espionage novel set during the height of the Cold War.

  17. 4

    Book Nook: "Before We Were Women" by Sunita Reddy

    A Dayton obstetrician introduces her first novel on WYSO.

  18. 3

    Best of Book Nook: Remembering Mike Wallace, author of critically acclaimed history of New York

    Remembering the author of a monumental three volume history of New York.

  19. 2

    Best of the Book Nook: 'The Hidden Life of Otto Frank' by Carol Ann Lee

    A diarist of Anne Frank also looked at the life of her father, Otto Frank.

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    Book Nook: 'Blunt Instrument' by Amy Bloom

    Amy Bloom returned to the program after a lengthy hiatus.

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    Book Nook: 'Man Overboard!' by Kathleen Rooney

    One of the most bizarrely entertaining mysteries of the summer.

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    Book Nook: 'Whispers from Dark Waters' by David Franceschelli

    This former prosecutor is now writing legal thrillers.

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    Book Nook: 'Here Where We Stand-the Shawnee Springs Stories' by Ed Davis

    A collection of linked stories set in a community a lot like YellowSprings.

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    Best of the Book Nook: 'Colors of the Mountain' by Da Chen

    Recalling the agonies of China's "Cultural Revolution" with a survivor'smemoir.

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    Best of the Book Nook: Remembering Tim Johnston who died on May 26

    Remembering a writer who left us far too soon.

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    Book Nook: 'Never Say Die' by Meredith Doench

    Every six years another six-year-old child disappears.

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    Book Nook: 'Abigail Trench - a Novel of Washington's Spy Ring' by Randy Overbeck

    A local novelist continues his ascent through the literary world.

  29. -8

    Book Nook: 'To See Beyond' by Anna Badkhen

    They asked me: do you want to interview Anna again? Well, I always want to talk to Anna.

  30. -9

    Book Nook: 'A Brief History of Hugh Taylor Birch and Helen Birch Bartlett' by Eric Johnson

    A history of Glen Helen in Yellow Springs and also a fabulous art collection.

  31. -10

    Book Nook: An interview with Rubin Battino

    Rubin Battino has written many books during his long life.

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    Best of Book Nook: 'Breaking Clean' by Judy Blunt

    Sometimes a writer only has that one great book waiting to come out.

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    Best of Book Nook: 'The Deadly Groom-an Ohio/Arkansas True Crime Saga' by Joe Fenley

    A Dayton Daily News reporter who would not let go of a story.

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    Best of Book Nook: 'The Longevity Code" by Zorba Paster, M.D.

    Do you want to live a really long time? Here are some suggestions for how to do that.

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    Best of the Book Nook: 'The Great Big Book of Tomorrow' by Tom Tomorrow

    Revisiting an interview with the political cartoonist who calls himself Tom Tomorrow.

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    Book Nook: 'Violent Masterpiece' by Jordan Harper

    A serial killer is roaming the streets of Hollywood.

  40. -19

    Book Nook: 'The Secret History of French Cooking' by Luke Barr

    How nouvelle cuisine changed the way we look at restaurant menus.

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    Book Nook: 'The Left and the Lucky' by Willy Vlautin

    A double dose of Willy Vlautin the double threat: musical, and literary.

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    Book Nook: Celebrating National Poetry Month with the poet Shuly Xóchitl Cawood

    In what has become a Book Nook tradition another poetry duel: Shuly Cawood vs. Vick Mickunas.

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    Book Nook: 'Ghosts of Fourth Street - My Family, a Death, and the Hills of Duluth' by Laurie Hertzel

    A memoir looking back at how a young girl remembers a tragic death inher family.

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    Best of the Book Nook: Remembering Coleman Barks and Luisa Lang Owen

    Remembering two former program guests who died recently, with my 2003 interviews for the book "Casualty of War-a Childhood Remembered" and "Rumi: The Book of Love: Poems of Ecstasy and Longing."

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    Best of the Book Nook: 'Los Alamos' by Joseph Kanon

    A debut crime novel that went on to win a prestigious Edgar Award.

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    Best of the Book Nook: 'Hans von Ohain: Elegance in Flight' by Margaret Conner

    A biography of the man who invented the turbojet engine.

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    Best of the Book Nook: 'Heartbreaker' by Julie Garwood

    This best-selling romance writer was experiencing a major change in hercareer.

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    Best of the Book Nook: 'The Last Hostage' by John J. Nance

    Taking a look back at the state of air transportation nearly thirtyyears ago. Has it improved since then?

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    Book Nook: 'The Delivery' by Andrew Welsh-Huggins

    The second thriller in this dazzling new series does not disappoint.

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    Best of the Book Nook: 'The Kommandant's Mistress' and 'Only with the Heart' by Sherri Szeman

    This author's first two novels were written under the pen name "Sherri Szeman."

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ABOUT THIS SHOW

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. Over the years, he has produced more than 1,700 interviews with writers, musicians, poets, politicians, and celebrities.He has interviewed historians such as Studs Terkel, David McCullough, Doris Kearns Goodwin, Simon Sebag Montefiore, and Gary Wills; politicians including Mario Cuomo, Sherrod Brown, George McGovern, John Kasich, Gary Hart, and Donald Trump; pundits such as Karl Rove, Ann Coulter, Ralph Nader, and Christopher Hitchens; broadcast journalists like Jim Lehrer, Robin MacNeil, Chris Wallace, Ken Bode, and Richard Threlkeld; movie stars including Charlton Heston, Janet Leigh, Peter Ustinov, Kevin Bacon, and Bruce Campbell; romance writers Nora Roberts and Janet Dailey; astronauts such as John Glenn, Buzz Aldrin, Tom Stafford, and Gene Cernan; diplomats including Richard Holbrooke a

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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. Over the years, he has produced more than 1,700 interviews with writers, musicians, poets,...

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