Book Nook with Vick Mickunas

A Dayton obstetrician introduces her first novel on WYSO.

Remembering the author of a monumental three volume history of New York.

A diarist of Anne Frank also looked at the life of her father, Otto Frank.

Amy Bloom returned to the program after a lengthy hiatus.

One of the most bizarrely entertaining mysteries of the summer.

This former prosecutor is now writing legal thrillers.

A collection of linked stories set in a community a lot like YellowSprings.

A writer publishes his first book and it is a good one.

Recalling the agonies of China's "Cultural Revolution" with a survivor'smemoir.

Remembering a writer who left us far too soon.

Every six years another six-year-old child disappears.

A local novelist continues his ascent through the literary world.

They asked me: do you want to interview Anna again? Well, I always want to talk to Anna.

A history of Glen Helen in Yellow Springs and also a fabulous art collection.

Rubin Battino has written many books during his long life.

Sometimes a writer only has that one great book waiting to come out.

A Dayton Daily News reporter who would not let go of a story.

Do you want to live a really long time? Here are some suggestions for how to do that.

Revisiting an interview with the political cartoonist who calls himself Tom Tomorrow.

Do animals have feelings? Of course they do!

The Dayton region is a bicyclists' paradise.

Kids say the darnedest things.

A serial killer is roaming the streets of Hollywood.

How nouvelle cuisine changed the way we look at restaurant menus.

A double dose of Willy Vlautin the double threat: musical, and literary.

In what has become a Book Nook tradition another poetry duel: Shuly Cawood vs. Vick Mickunas.

A memoir looking back at how a young girl remembers a tragic death inher family.

Remembering two former program guests who died recently, with my 2003 interviews for the book "Casualty of War-a Childhood Remembered" and "Rumi: The Book of Love: Poems of Ecstasy and Longing."

A debut crime novel that went on to win a prestigious Edgar Award.

A biography of the man who invented the turbojet engine.

This best-selling romance writer was experiencing a major change in hercareer.

Taking a look back at the state of air transportation nearly thirtyyears ago. Has it improved since then?

The second thriller in this dazzling new series does not disappoint.

This author's first two novels were written under the pen name "Sherri Szeman."

Passover begins on April 1 and some people will be observing it with arocking soundtrack.

He spent over 30 years in a Florida prison for killing his wife. But hedidn't do it.

The story of a basketball star who almost wasn't.

The story of how a family from Vietnam fled to America half a century ago.

Did you know that we Americans are consuming 25% of the world's resources?

This is quite possibly the first book ever published by a sheet metalworker.

My favorite crime novel of 2026 so far is this one.

Exploring the history of a monumental painting.

Celebrating 30 years of interviews with a legendary crime writer.