Vick Mickunas
Host - Book NookVick Mickunas created the Book Nook author interview program for WYSO in 1994. Over three decades, he has produced more than 1,700 interviews, building one of the largest literary interview archives in public radio.
His guests have included historians Studs Terkel, David McCullough, and Doris Kearns Goodwin; astronauts John Glenn, Buzz Aldrin, and Gene Cernan; crime writers P.D. James, Sue Grafton, Lee Child, and Walter Mosley; politicians Mario Cuomo, George McGovern, and Donald Trump; broadcast journalists Jim Lehrer and Robin MacNeil; poets Nikki Giovanni, Billy Collins, and Hanif Abdurraqib; and music figures from The Rolling Stones, The Doors, Joy Division, and Duran Duran.
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One of the most astonishing literary projects ever conceived. -
Jean Houston was known as "the Midwife of Souls." -
Now and then a book comes along that I consider to be a must read. This book is one of those. -
Revealing the cosmic genius of Ohio's Indigenous earthworks. -
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Twenty five years ago, the travel writer Todd Balf made his only appearance on theshow to discuss the paperback release of his book "The Last River: the Tragic Race for Shangri-La." -
This novel is set mostly in Yellow Springs. -
This continent once looked very different. -
John Sandford is our prolific sage of the thriller novel. -
Another reason she is one of my favorite writers.
