All About Books
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All About Books
A weekly book review and discussion program hosted by Pat Leach. Updated on Thursdays.
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"Next of Kin" by Gabrielle Hamilton
Award-winning chef and author Gabrielle Hamilton came from a family of unsentimental non-conformists. They had charisma, but there was brutality and d...
"Memorial Day” by Geraldine Brooks
The writer Geraldine Brooks received the phone call from the ER doctor that her husband, journalist and author Tony Horwitz, had died walking down a s...
"Memorial Day" by Geraldine Brooks
The writer Geraldine Brooks received a phone call from an ER doctor that her husband, journalist and author Tony Horwitz, had died walking down a side...
“Hard by a Great Forest” by Leo Vardiashvili
In the novel “Hard by a Great Forest” by Leo Vardiashvili, two brothers and their father struggle with the past and people they left behind after flee...
“Precipice” by Robert Harris
It’s 1914 in England and all of Europe is on the brink of disaster. This is the setting for “Precipice”, a novel by Robert Harris. In it, an intellige...
An interview with author Dan Chaon on his new novel "One of Us"
Originally from Sydney Nebraska, author Dan Chaon is the guest this week. His latest novel “One of Us”, is a playfully dark thriller about orphaned tw...
A holiday gift guide for very young readers.
Last week’s program featured gift ideas for adult readers, this week we’ll look at books for young people. Ali Bousquet, Youth Services and Outreach C...
The annual gift guide for book lovers.
This week it's the annual holiday gift giving guide for book lovers. Local bookseller Leslie Huerta returns with suggestions for every interest. She’l...
“Somebody Is Walking on Your Grave” by Mariana Enriquez
Recently retired UNL English Professor Steve Buhler returns to All About Books with a guest review of “Somebody Is Walking on Your Grave: My Cemetery...
“What Art Does: an Unfinished Theory" by Brian Eno
Making Art seems to be a universal human activity. Why is that, and what does Art actually do? This is explored by composer and music producer Brian E...
“Goethe’s Oak: a Holocaust Memorial” by John Price
The book began with a trip to Buchenwald Memorial near Weimar, Germany. UNO English Professor John Price was inspired by a memorial at a massive oak s...
"Frankenstein" by Mary Shelly
On Halloween week, All About Books welcomes UNL Professor of English Dr. Michael Page who will introduce a Gothic thriller and the era that created th...
“Whiskey Tender" by Deborah Jackson Taffa
In her memoir, Deborah Jackson Taffa traces how, as a mixed-tribe native girl growing up in the 70’s and 80’s she came to her own understanding of ide...
“Wilder Weather" by Dr. Barbara Boustead.
The Little House on the Prairie books by Laura Ingalls Wilder painted a vivid sense of place with the weather on the Great Plains playing an important...
“Challenger" by Adam Higginbotham.
On January 28, 1986, a little over a minute into flight, the space shuttle Challenger broke apart over the Atlantic Ocean, killing all seven people on...
“I’ll Be Right Here". by Amy Bloom
Beginning with flight from post-World War II North Africa and Paris, right up to our own time; a multi-generational found-family struggles, lives and...
“Good Soil:The Education of an Accidental Farmhand” by Jeff Chu
In mid-life, Jeff Chu left his job as a magazine writer for grad school at Princeton Theological Seminary. The school had a 21-acre farm, the “Farmina...
“James” by Percival Everett
Winner of the 2025 Pulitzer Prize for Literature, “James” by Percival Everett is a retelling of Twain’s Huckelberry Finn from the perspective of the e...
“The Unauthorized Biography of Lincoln, NE” by Matt Steinhausen
No matter how long you’ve lived in your hometown, there's still more to learn. While some of the things you thought were local history, may in fact be...
“On the Hippie Trail" by Rick Steves
The backpacker’s journey from Istanbul to Kathmandu was once known as the “Hippie Trail” A 23-year old Rick Steves made that trip and documented every...
“Clutch” An Education at Work”.by Linda Pawlenty
Having a job during school to help ends meet is pretty typical, but UNL PhD student Linda Pawlenty’s side job was on a different level of different. P...
"The Hidden Life of Trees" by Peter Wohlleben
Peter Wohlleben is a forester and author whose book, "The Hidden Life of Trees" was a best-seller. Now, that title has been given a graphical makeover...
“Becoming Earth” by Ferris Jabr
The ancient idea that the world is alive was long ridiculed by some scientists, but that’s changing. The view of Earth as a vast interconnected living...
“Tell Me Everything” by Elizabeth Strout
Award-winning author Elizabeth Strout returns to Crosby, Maine in her latest novel about new friendships, old loves, and to ask the question- what doe...
“Martyr!” by Kaveh Akbar
Cyrus is a newly sober son of Iranian immigrants. Guided by the voices of artists, poets, and kings, he embarks on a quest to uncover a family secret....
“Robert F. Kennedy:The Road Not Taken” by Dennis &Laura Crawford
Nebraska was one of only 15 states that held primaries in 1968. Robert F. Kennedy and Eugene McCarthy campaigned hard in the state. “Robert F. Kennedy...
“Feeding Ghosts” by Tessa Hulls
In the graphic novel “Feeding Ghosts”, artist Tessa Hulls traces Chinese history across three generations of women in her family. Growing up, Hulls wa...
An introduction to Nebraska author, Loren Eiseley
His writing combined keen scientific observation with mystery and wonder. This week on “All About Books” a look at the life and writing of Lincoln nat...
“A Refiner’s Fire” by Donna Leon
Set in Venice, the popular detective series featuring Commissario Guido Brunetti has a new mystery to solve. In “A Refiner’s Fire” by Donna Leon, Brun...
“Mrs Dalloway” by Virginia Woolf
Pat Leach invited her good friend Susan Millar to talk about the classic novel, “Mrs Dalloway” by Virginia Woolf. It’s one of Susan’s favorite novels...
“Inside Nebraska Courthouses" by Settle & Grossbart
Dean Settle and his wife Harriet Grossbart, went on an 11-month, 28-thousand mile journey across Nebraska documenting the interiors of all 93 county c...
Guest reviewer Richard Graham on new graphic novels
Graphic novels expert, UNL professor Richard Graham joins host Pat Leach to talk about two new titles, “Insectopolis: A Natural History” by Peter Kupe...
“Wandering Stars” by Tommy Orange
“Wandering Stars” by Tommy Orange is a follow up to his acclaimed debut novel, “There There”. Orange traces the legacies of the Sand Creek Massacre in...
Guest reviewer Kiersten Hill on the current Romance genre.
Kiersten Hill dropped by “All About Books” this week to help host Pat Leach catch up on current trends in Romance fiction. She recommended the new rel...
Bill Kelly on the "Once Again" podcast series
Nebraska Public Media’s senior producer Bill Kelly joins Pat Leach this week’s on “All About Books” to talk about his adventures in researching Nebras...
“Why We Remember” by Dr. Charan Ranganath
From recalling names and faces to trauma and healing- memory plays an important role in nearly every aspect of life. Dr. Charan Ranganath is a leadin...
“1999: The Year Low Culture Conquered America" by Ross Benes
From pro wrestling and Pokémon to Insane Clown Posse and Jerry Springer, a new book looks at the low culture of the late ’90s revealing a continuing i...
PBS documentary film maker Dawn Logsdon on "Free for All"
An interview with Dawn Logsdon, one of the film makers behind the new PBS documentary, “Free For All: The Public Library”. A films exploring how libra...
“Meditations for Mortals" by Oliver Burkeman
There are only so many hours in a day, as the saying goes. That’s the focus of a new book that addresses fundamental questions about how we live. On t...
“Anita de Monte Laughs Last: a Novel” by Xochitl Gonzalez
A Latina woman attending an ivy league college feels a connection to an artist who died under mysterious circumstances in New York years before. “Anit...