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What Are You Reading?

Last Friday of each Month at 4:44 pm
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Tom Hall hosts What Are You Reading?, a show where authors and others recommend books that they’re currently enjoying. On the last Friday of the month at 4:44, during All Things Considered, Tom will find out what’s on bedside tables and loaded onto e-readers across Maryland and beyond.

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Bridget Armstrong

By • Aug 25, 2017

Tom talks with WYPR’s Bridget Armstrong, Midday Producer

Bridget is recommending:

Song of Solomon by Toni Morrison

Rob Sivak

By • Jul 28, 2017

Tom talks with WYPR’s Rob Sivak, the Senior Producer of Midday. 

Rob is recommending:

Earth by David Brin. You can find it here. 

Meg Eden

By • May 26, 2017

Tom talks with the poet and novelist Meg Eden. 

Meg Eden is recommending:

Karma Khullar’s Mustache by Kristi Wientge

The Screwtape Letters by C.S. Lewis

Meg’s new novel (coming in June 2017) is called Post High School Reality Quest. Learn more here. 

Senator Barbara Mikulski

By • Apr 28, 2017

Tom talks with former Senator Barbara Mikulski.

Sen. Mikulski is recommending:

"No Ordinary Time: Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt: The Home Front in World War II" by Doris Kearns Goodwin

Dr. Leana Wen

By Tom Hall • Mar 31, 2017

Tom talks with Baltimore City Health Commissioner Dr. Leana Wen.

Dr. Wen is recommending:

Jayne Miller

By • Feb 24, 2017

Tom talks with WBAL TV’s Jayne Miller.

J. Wynn Rousuck

By • Jan 27, 2017

In this month's What are you Reading? Tom talks with Midday Theater Critic, J. Wynn Rousuck.

Monica Reinagel

By • Dec 23, 2016

Tom talks with The Nutrition Diva, Monica Reinagel.

Ed Gunts

By • Nov 29, 2016

Tom talks with Design and Planning Writer Ed Gunts.

Ed is recommending: 

New York: The Novel  by Edward Rutherford Welcome to the Monkey House by Kurt Vonnegut

Robert Kanigel

By • Oct 28, 2016

Tom talks with the author Robert Kanigel

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