Book Nook
Vick Mickunas
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Listen to the Book Nook with Vick Mickunas for intimate conversations about books with the writers who create them.
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Book Nook: 'Nature's People - the Hog Island Story from Mabel Loomis Todd to Audubon' by Tom Schaefer
Vick Mickunas interviews Tom Schaefer to find out what that connection is between poet Emily Dickinson and an island off the coast on Maine.
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Nov 17, 2023
Book Nook: 'A is for Arsenic: an ABC of Victorian Death' by Chris Woodyard
Chris Woodyard's fascination with death has filled her life.
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Nov 17, 2023
Book Nook: 'Starter Villain' by John Scalzi
John Scalzi's latest book, "Starter Villain," is another superb example of why Scalzi has become one of the best selling science fiction writers on the planet.
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Nov 15, 2023
Book Nook: 'Dark Ride' by Lou Berney
A writer's loss of confidence in his own work inspired this amazing novel.
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Nov 13, 2023
The Best of the Book Nook: 'The Impressionist' by Hari Kunzru
A debut novel that got a lot of attention.
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Nov 11, 2023
Book Nook: 'Something So Good It Can Never Be Enough' by Shuly Cawood
Shuly X. Cawood returns with her latest poetry collection.
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Nov 9, 2023
Book Nook: 'Revolutionary Feminists - the Women's Liberation Movement in Seattle' by Barbara Winslow
Barbara Winslow chronicled the women's liberation movement in Seattle.
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Nov 7, 2023
Book Nook: 'Reykjavík: A Crime Story' by Ragnar Jónasson and Katrín Jakobsdóttir an interview with Ragnar Jónasson
Ragnar Jónasson returned to the program with a novel he co-wrote with the Prime Minister of Iceland.
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Nov 5, 2023
The Best of the Book Nook: 'The Kitchen Boy: A Novel of the Last Tsar' by Robert Alexander
This book contains a fictional account of the final days of the Russian monarchy.
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Nov 3, 2023
The Best of the Book Nook: 'Killing Pablo: The Hunt for the World's Greatest Outlaw' by Mark Bowden
Detailing the rise and fall of the Colombian drug lord Pablo Escobar.
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Nov 1, 2023
Book Nook: 'The Raging Storm' by Ann Cleeves
Ann Cleeves returned to the program with her latest book in the Matthew Venn series.
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Oct 31, 2023
The Best of the Book Nook: 'Ghost Hunter's Guide to Haunted Ohio' by Chris Woodyard
We dug up this interview with Chris Woodyard that we made when she was out publicizing her book "Ghost Hunter's Guide to Haunted Ohio."
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Oct 30, 2023
Book Nook: 'From Dust to Stardust' by Kathleen Rooney
Another conversation with the effervescent Kathleen Rooney.
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Oct 23, 2023
Book Nook: 'Morning in This Broken World' by Katrina Kittle
Katrina Kittle returned to the program with her heart warming new novel.
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Oct 19, 2023
Book Nook: 'Shadow of the New Deal - the Victory of Public Broadcasting' by Josh Shepperd
Before there was ever a public broadcasting system in the USA there were "educational" broadcasters.
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Oct 16, 2023
Book Nook: 'Come with Me' by Erin Flanagan
Erin Flanagan wrote a novel about a really creepy friendship. So good.
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Oct 12, 2023
The Best of the Book Nook: 'Double Down: Reflections on Gambling and Loss' by Frederick and Steven Barthelme
A cautionary tale of two brothers who lost a lot of money gambling.
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Oct 5, 2023
Book Nook: 'Things Get Ugly-the Best Crime Stories of Joe R. Lansdale' by Joe R. Lansdale
Joe R. Lansdale returned to the program after a long hiatus.
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Sep 29, 2023
Book Nook: 'Toy Fights - a Boyhood' by Don Paterson
An eminent Scottish poet remembers his childhood in this brilliant memoir.
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Sep 27, 2023
Book Nook: 'A Penny Earned' by M. Ruth Myers
M. Ruth Myers returned to the program to introduce the first book in her new series.
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