Joe Donahue speaks with journalist and author Pete Hamill about his book, "The Christmas Kid: And Other Brooklyn Stories," a collection of Brooklyn-based stories spanning thirty years. (Originally aired on The Book Show #1274.)
Joe Donahue speaks with author Andre Dubus III about his new collection of novellas, "Dirty Love," where he tells stories of love tainted and gone wrong.
1) A report on student authors participating in an astrobiology short story contest, sponsored by NASA's Astrobiology Institute (NAI). 2) An Academic Minute segment on the evolving composition of the early atmosphere and oceans.