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Best of the Book Nook: 'The Middle Mind - Why Americans Don't Think for Themselves' by Curtis White

'A book cover showing a theater sign outside a movie theater that reads: The Middle Mind - Why Americans Don't Think for Themselves' by Curtis
White
Contributed

(original recording made in 2003)

Curtis White started out writing fiction then shifted into a non-fiction
mode with works of cultural criticism. When I go back and listen to
shows I did decades ago they can sound dated. Sometimes I'll decide they
have no current appeal whatsoever. On the other hand this conversation
with the exception of a few names that were mentioned still sounds
fresh, viable, and thought provoking. I really enjoyed this book and our
discussion about it.

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.Tags

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.