Listen to the Book Nook with Vick Mickunas for intimate conversations about books with the writers who create them.
100 years ago this was the biggest story in the news.
It was 80 years ago that the U.S. dropped atomic bombs on Japan.
A fascinating history of one our greatest institutions.
The first book in a new series of thrillers.
A true crime story that transfixed Dayton in the 1890s.
A conversation with Alan Turing's nephew, Sir Dermot Turing.
What were you doing in 1999?
We all need to take occasional mental breaks from reality.
Books and baseball can be fabulous when combined.
A retired veterinarian who is now writing children's books.
Recalling the prescription pill mill crisis in Ohio.
Back in the 1980's The Onion practically invented fake news.
A poetry duel: the poet Shuly Cawood vs. Vick Mickunas.
An interview with the Dunbar scholar Herbert Woodward Martin.
A fond remembrance of U.S. Postage stamps. Plus, an interview from the archives of Poor Will's host Bill Felker.
Have you ever wished that you could turn back time?
This novel is a love letter to books and librarians.
Samantha Shannon publishes another blockbuster fantasy novel.
How a local author went from unpublished to rather prolific.
One of my favorite writers returns.
This is one of my favorite novels.
He was advertising's leading critic.
This book was inspired by a memoir that turned out to be somewhat
Remembering the late Tom Robbins.
Poetry that doesn't take itself too seriously.
This is the third book in this thriller series.
A sci-fi thriller set in a region somewhat like our own.
A widow reflected upon her widowhood and her best-selling memoir aboutit.
An award winning writer who wrote books for middle school boys.
Only one other author has made more appearances on the program.
This is not a book about capital punishment.
Remembering two former guests who died recently.
How a poem can become a novel.
Looking back at the first novel by a well known writer.
A WWII veteran described what his war looked like and how it felt.
Excerpts from three of my favorite radio conversations: "Kill for Me, Kill For You" by Steve Cavanagh, "Smoke Kings" by Jahmal Mayfield, and "Midnight and Blue" by Ian Rankin.
Surfing verbal waves with Nikki Giovanni.
A thriller that sizzles and smokes.
Revisiting an interview with my youngest guest ever.
Studying the connections between jazz and democracy.
The night a radio stunt went too far.