Vick Mickunas introduced the Book Nook author interview program for WYSO in 1994. Over the years he has produced more than 1500 interviews with writers, musicians, poets, politicians, and celebrities.
He has interviewed historians (Studs Terkel, David McCullough, Doris Kearns Goodwin, Gary Wills), politicians (Mario Cuomo, Sherrod Brown, George McGovern, John Kasich, Donald Trump), pundits (Karl Rove, Ann Coulter, Ralph Nader, Christopher Hitchens), movie stars (Charlton Heston, Janet Leigh, Peter Ustinov, Bruce Campbell), romance writers (Nora Roberts, Janet Dailey), astronauts (John Glenn, Buzz Aldrin, Gene Cernan), diplomats (Richard Holbrooke, Jose Ramos Horta), humorists (Bill Bryson, Gary Shteyngart, Dave Barry, Sarah Vowell), food writers (Amanda Hesser, Michael Ruhlman, Judith Jones), poets (Galway Kinnell, Nikki Giovanni, Billy Collins, Herbert Woodward Martin), crime writers (P.D.James, James Lee Burke, Robert Crais, Don Winslow, Denise Mina, Ian Rankin, Adrian McKinty, Philip Kerr), horror novelists (Clive Barker, Joe Hill, Danielle Trussoni, Paul Tremblay) and music legends from bands like The Animals, Duran Duran, Joy Division, The Doors, and The Rolling Stones.
Vick has interviewed some of the leading writers of our time, people like Pat Conroy, James McBride, Anne Lamott, Donald Ray Pollock, Tom Robbins, Kate Atkinson, Gary Shteyngart, Walter Mosley, Connie Schultz, and Amy Tan.
Listen to the Book Nook with Vick Mickunas for intimate conversations about books with the writers who create them.
Vick Mickunas reviews books for the Dayton Daily News and the Springfield News Sun.
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Back in 2009. Vick Mickunas spoke with screenwriter for HBO's The Wire and novelist, George Pelecanos. -
Vick Mickunas takes time to remember author George McGovern.
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Vick Mickunas speaks with returning guest Scott Geisel about his second Jackson Flint mystery set in Yellow Springs, Ohio.
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Vick Mickunas interviews author Allegra Hyde about her book Eleutheria.
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Amid recent political controversies surrounding Donald Trump, Vick Mickunas thought it would be appropriate to highlight a past interview with John W. Dean, the author of 'The Nixon Defense: What He Knew and When He Knew It'. BONUS SEGMENT: Vick Mickunas fondly remembers cowboy poet Baxter Black.
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Vick Mickunas interviews Geraldine Brooks about her latest novel, Horse.
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Vick Mickunas interviews Meredith Doench and she explains what drew her to writing horror novels.
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VIck Mickunas interview Chris Offutt about his latest crime novel set in Kentucky.
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Vick Micknuas welcomes back the author of 'Queen of the West: The Life and Times of Dale Evans,' Theresa Kaminski.
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In 2013, Vick Mickunas recorded an episode reflecting on his friendship with long-time Yellow Springs resident Ken Bode.
