Vick Mickunas
Host - Book NookVick 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. 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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Yellow Springs author Scott Geisel talks about "Orca's Call," his new mystery set in the Pacific Northwest. Will Nils and Bly become the start of a new series? Listen. -
Chris Maser, author of more than 40 books on ecology and sustainability, made his only Book Nook appearance in 1998. At 87, he's still writing and publishing new work. -
Anna Jinja channels her Korean adoption and Iowa upbringing into "Adopting Grace," a novel about identity, failed relationships and society's impossible beauty standards. -
Vick Mickunas revisits his 1996 interview with Brooks Hansen about "The Chess Garden," set in Dayton, Ohio, during the 1913 flood. A New York Times notable book turns 30. -
From the 2002 archives: Newbery Medalist Karen Cushman discusses her young adult novel "Matilda Bone," set in medieval England's fascinating world of early medicine. -
As the 70th anniversary of Rosa Parks' arrest approaches, John K. Bollard chronicles nearly 100 others who fought transportation segregation since the 1830s. -
Sisters Kathleen and Beth Rooney discuss their new picture book inspired by children who built an imaginary town from fallen leaves during the pandemic. -
Otto Penzler, founder of Mysterious Press, discusses his new holiday anthology featuring classic crime writers and reflects on 50 years in mystery publishing. -
Robert Goldsborough discusses his 40-year journey as the continuator of Rex Stout's beloved Nero Wolfe mystery series and his latest novel, "The White Mountain." -
Debut novelist Eileen Lynch discusses her Chicago-set novel "Splenditude" and its mental health themes, plus a classic 2011 interview with Pulitzer winner William Kennedy
