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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,

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50:07

Book Nook 2025 listener favorites #6-10: Abbott,...

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2026/01/14

Vick Mickunas counts down the most popular Book Nook podcasts of 2025, featuring Urbana's Beth Macy, L. Annette Binder, Philip King, and a 2002 classic from the vault.

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29:00

Jack DuVall on nonviolent resistance history: "A...

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2026/01/08

Jack DuVall discusses "A Force More Powerful," exploring a century of nonviolent movements from Gandhi's India to Solidarity in Poland. Recorded in Yellow Springs, 1999.

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50:11

Adam Davies on his controversial debut novel 'The...

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2026/01/07

Adam Davies discusses "The Frog King," his 2002 debut novel about a chaotic editorial assistant in New York publishing. The book made a lot of people in the industry mad.

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29:00

Yellow Springs author Rick Donahoe's award-winning...

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2026/01/02

Yellow Springs author Rick Donahoe discusses his Jack Kerouac Prize-winning novel set in Oregon's high desert. Vick Mickunas calls it the best book he read this year.

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52:53

Bill Vitek on Community and Place in 'Rooted in the...

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2025/12/31

Bill Vitek discusses "Rooted in the Land," the essay collection he edited with Wes Jackson about what makes communities work. From the Book Nook archives, recorded 1996.

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29:00

Yellow Springs author Scott Geisel's new mystery...

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2025/12/25

Yellow Springs author Scott Geisel talks about "Orca's Call," his new mystery set in the Pacific Northwest. Will Nils and Bly become the start of a new series? Listen.

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50:06

Chris Maser on vision, leadership, and sustainability...

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2025/12/23

Chris Maser, author of more than 40 books on ecology and sustainability, made his only Book Nook appearance in 1998. At 87, he's still writing and publishing new work.

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28:59

'Adopting Grace': Anna Jinja on Korean adoption,...

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2025/12/19

Anna Jinja channels her Korean adoption and Iowa upbringing into "Adopting Grace," a novel about identity, failed relationships and society's impossible beauty standards.

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51:05

The Best of the Book Nook: Brooks Hansen's "The Chess...

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2025/12/16

Vick Mickunas revisits his 1996 interview with Brooks Hansen about "The Chess Garden," set in Dayton, Ohio, during the 1913 flood. A New York Times notable book turns 30.

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29:00

Best of Book Nook: Newbery medalist Karen Cushman on...

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2025/12/11

From the 2002 archives: Newbery Medalist Karen Cushman discusses her young adult novel "Matilda Bone," set in medieval England's fascinating world of early medicine.

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51:22

John K. Bollard's 'Protesting With Rosa Parks' and 70...

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2025/12/09

As the 70th anniversary of Rosa Parks' arrest approaches, John K. Bollard chronicles nearly 100 others who fought transportation segregation since the 1830s.

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28:25

Kathleen Rooney's 'Leaf Town Forever,'...

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2025/12/04

Sisters Kathleen and Beth Rooney discuss their new picture book inspired by children who built an imaginary town from fallen leaves during the pandemic.

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48:28

Otto Penzler on 'Golden Age Christmas Mysteries' and...

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2025/12/02

Otto Penzler, founder of Mysterious Press, discusses his new holiday anthology featuring classic crime writers and reflects on 50 years in mystery publishing.

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29:00

Robert Goldsborough on 'The White Mountain' and...

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2025/11/28

Robert Goldsborough discusses his 40-year journey as the continuator of Rex Stout's beloved Nero Wolfe mystery series and his latest novel, "The White Mountain."

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50:05

Eileen Lynch's 'Splenditude' & William Kennedy's...

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2025/11/25

Debut novelist Eileen Lynch discusses her Chicago-set novel "Splenditude" and its mental health themes, plus a classic 2011 interview with Pulitzer winner William Kennedy

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50:11

Art Cullen's 'Dear Marty, We Crapped in Our Nest':...

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2025/11/20

The Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist returned to the program to show us we can farm better. Art Cullen examines Iowa's agricultural crisis and water pollution.

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49:20

Dennis Dempsey's 'Alcohol Was My God': Catholic...

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2025/11/09

A scholar reflects upon his battle with alcohol while revealing his spiritual faith. Over 50 years of AA sobriety and Catholic renewal are explored in the memoir.

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28:59

Shamya Sumlin's 'Brothers & Sisters': Young Dayton...

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2025/11/05

A 21-year-old aspiring screenwriter from Dayton has published her first book. Shamya Sumlin's memoir chronicles loss, resilience, and generational trauma.

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28:59

Dan Newland's 'Other Worlds': From Wapakoneta to...

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2025/11/04

You can take the boy out of Wapakoneta, but you can never take Wapakoneta out of this now 75-year-old man. Essays spanning Ohio, Argentina, and Patagonia.

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49:39

Stefan Fatsis on 'Unabridged': Dictionary history &...

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2025/11/01

My latest conversation with the eminent wordsmith Stefan Fatsis. The Word Freak author discusses dictionaries, Merriam-Webster and how language evolves online.

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