When Michael Dirda made his only appearance on the show back in 2003 we were right in the middle of our fall fund drive. I had a big stack of copies of Michael's books for station supporters to obtain. We got a flurry of phone calls that hour from listeners who were apparently delighted by the book talk they were hearing on their radios. After the program ended Michael autographed every single copy for listeners. The entire stack had been claimed.
During our interview we talked about how this kid from a working class family in Lorain became one of our greatest book lovers. Michael has been a long-time book reviewer for The Washington Post. He has won the Pulitzer Prize for his criticism.
I'm quite a book lover myself. Oh, did we ever have fun talking about books on that long ago day back in October of 2003!
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