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Book Nook: 'Nature's People - the Hog Island Story from Mabel Loomis Todd to Audubon' by Tom Schaefer

"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 the connection is between poet Emily Dickinson and an island off the coast on Maine.

What is the connection between the poet Emily Dickinson and a beautiful island off the coast on Maine? As far as we know the poet never visited Hog Island but there is definitely a connection. Listen to this interview with Tom Schaefer to find out what that connection is.

The Book Nook on WYSO is presented by the Greene County Public Library with additional support from Washington-Centerville Public LibraryClark County Public LibraryDayton Metro LibraryWright Memorial Public Library, and Tipp City Public.

Vick Mickunas is the host of Book Nook on WYSO, which he created in 1994. He has conducted more than 1,700 author interviews, from Studs Terkel to Lee Child to John Glenn. He is a book critic for the Dayton Daily News and the Springfield News-Sun.