Book Nook

Vick Mickunas

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Listen to the Book Nook with Vick Mickunas for intimate conversations about books with the writers who create them.

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289 episodes

Best of the Book Nook: 'Refugee Boy' by Benjamin Zephaniah

A conversation with a gifted poet who left us far too soon.

50m
Apr 02, 2024
Book Nook: Kill For Me, Kill For You by Steve Cavanagh

This author had been on my bucket list.

28m
Mar 28, 2024
Book Nook: 'The House of Last Resort,' by Christopher Golden

They bought a house in Sicily for only one euro. It was a bit more than they bargained for.

50m
Mar 26, 2024
Book Nook: 'We'll Meet Again' by Bartle Bull

26 years between interviews and worth the wait!

28m
Mar 22, 2024
Best of the Book Nook: 'Strike Three - You're Dead' by R.D. Rosen

This mystery novel won an Edgar Award forty years ago.

28m
Mar 14, 2024
Best of the Book Nook: 'Enemy Within' by Robert K. Tanenbaum

A former federal prosecutor shared his intimate knowledge of our justice system.

50m
Mar 11, 2024
Book Nook: 'A Young Woman from the Provinces' by Jo Ann Kiser

Jo Ann Kiser began working on this novel over fifty years ago.

28m
Feb 28, 2024
Book Nook: 'Cruel Lessons' by Randy Overbeck

A long-time local educator publishes his most autobiographical novel.

50m
Feb 26, 2024
Book Nook: 'The Rumor Game' by Thomas Mullen

The WWII thriller is set in Boston.

28m
Feb 23, 2024
Book Nook: A conversation with the poet and editor Steve Broidy

Another poet Conrad had to corner.

50m
Feb 19, 2024
Book Nook: 'Smoke Kings' by Jahmal Mayfield

This crime novel is smoking hot.

28m
Feb 15, 2024
Book Nook: 'All the Sinners Bleed' by S.A. Cosby and 'Flags on the Bayou' by James Lee Burke

Conversations with two Edgar Award nominees for Best Novel.

49m
Feb 14, 2024
Book Nook: 'Owning Up' by George Pelecanos

A new story collection from one of our finest writers.

28m
Feb 07, 2024
Book Nook: 'It's Okay to Be Small' by Douglas M. Coatney

A retired veterinarian has published his first book.

49m
Feb 05, 2024
Book Nook: 'Survival at Stake: How Our Treatment of Animals Is Key to Human Existence' by Poorva Joshipura

How our treatment of animals is adversely impacting the climate here on earth.

28m
Feb 01, 2024
Book Nook: 'Hero' by Thomas Perry

Thomas Perry adds yet another novel to his impressive body of work.

50m
Jan 30, 2024
Book Nook: 'Harbor Lights" by James Lee Burke'

After publishing 41 novels James Lee Burke has a new story collection, his third.

50m
Jan 29, 2024
The Best of the Book Nook: 'Phoenix: a Brother's Life' by J.D. Dolan

Remembering the tragic loss of a brother.

49m
Jan 27, 2024
Book Nook: 'Bosnian Authors in a European Window-a Comparative Study' by Keith Doubt

Shining a light on some great Bosnian writers.

49m
Jan 24, 2024
The Best of the Book Nook: 'Cafe on the Nile' by Bartle Bull

A thrilling and epic adventure story set in Africa in 1935.

28m
Jan 23, 2024
Book Nook: Martha Moody, Simon Sebag Montefiore and Craig McDonald

Looking back at 30 years of author interviews.

50m
Jan 21, 2024
The Best of the Book Nook: 'Burt's Way' by Martin Murie

This is podcast number 1000. Thank you. Scroll away for many more...

28m
Jan 16, 2024
Book Nook: 'Outrageous: A History of Showbiz and the Culture Wars' by Kliph Nesteroff

American history and the freedom to be funny.

50m
Jan 15, 2024
Book Nook: 'I Must Be Dreaming' by Roz Chast

A dreamy conversation with the New Yorker Cartoonist Roz Chast.

28m
Jan 13, 2024
The Best of the Book Nook: Scott Simon, Ammon Shea and Naomi Klein

A Book Nook flashback to the year 2008.

50m
Jan 12, 2024
Book Nook: 'Blood Betrayal' by Ausma Zehanat Khan

The second installment in a sizzling new series.

29m
Jan 11, 2024