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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,…

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Best of the Book Nook: Remembering Herbert Woodward Martin

Remembering Herbert Woodward Martin who died on July 20.

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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.

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

What is my favorite novel of the year so far?

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

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

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

A Dayton obstetrician introduces her first novel on WYSO.

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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.

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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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