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

    A local novelist continues his ascent through the literary world.

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    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.

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    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.

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    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.

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    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.

  15. 6

    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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    Book Nook: 'The Rock 'N' Roll Haggadah' by Meredith Ochs, illustrated by Kay Miller

    Passover begins on April 1 and some people will be observing it with arocking soundtrack.

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    Book Nook: 'Bone Valley' by Gilbert King

    He spent over 30 years in a Florida prison for killing his wife. But hedidn't do it.

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    Book Nook: 'Escape to America' by David Truong

    The story of how a family from Vietnam fled to America half a century ago.

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    Best of the Book Nook: 'Affluenza: How Overconsumption Is Killing Us and How to Fight Back' by John De Graaf

    Did you know that we Americans are consuming 25% of the world's resources?

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    Book Nook: 'I Built That! And So Can You' by Roger Hoover

    This is quite possibly the first book ever published by a sheet metalworker.

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    Book Nook: 'The Last Hitman' by Robin Yocum

    My favorite crime novel of 2026 so far is this one.

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    Book Nook: 'The Hadacol Boogie' by James Lee Burke

    Celebrating 30 years of interviews with a legendary crime writer.

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    Book Nook: 'I Want That!: How We All Became Shoppers' by Thomas Hine

    A Book Nook flashback to the infancy of online shopping 24 years ago.

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    Book Nook: 'The Final Score' by Don Winslow

    One of our greatest crime novelists makes an unexpected return with astory collection.

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    Best of Book Nook: 'What Your Mother Never Told You About Sex' by Dr. Hilda Hutcherson

    The day an eminent gynecologist talked for an hour about sex on WYSO.

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    Book Nook: 'Girl to Country' by Amy Rigby

    Amy Rigby's third visit to the program. Her first appearance was 30years ago.

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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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