What Are You Reading?

Tom talks with Dr. Jeffrey Kahn, the Director of the Johns Hopkins Berman Institute of Bioethics.

Jeff is recommending:

Building Art: The Life and Work of Frank Gehry by Paul Goldberger

Black Chalk by Christopher Yates

Tom talks with Environment in Focus Host Tom Pelton.

Tom recommends: 

"Fast Food Nation" by Eric Schlosser

"From the Bottom Up" by Chad Pregracke

Tom talks with Syracuse University Professor David Yaffe.

David recommends: 

Fresh Complaint by Jeffrey Eugenides.

The Bostonians by Henry James.

David’s latest book is Reckless Daughter: A Portrait of Joni Mitchell.

Tom talks with University of Maryland Professor Dr. Sheri Parks.

Sheri is recommending:

Digging to America by Anne Tyler

In the Midst of Winter, by Isabel Allende

Tom talks with Dr. Miho Tanaka, an Orthopedic Surgeon and the Director of the Johns Hopkins Women’s Sports Medicine Program.

Miho is recommending:

How the Mighty Fall And Why Some Companies Never Give In by Jim Collins.  You can find the book here. 

Tom talks with Pulitzer-Prize winning novelist Elizabeth Strout.

Elizabeth is recommending:

The Collected Stories of William Trevor

Tom talks with Dr. Terry Anne Scott of Hood College. 

Terry recommends:

Coming of Age in Mississippi by Anne Moody

Booker T. Washington In American Memory by Kenneth Hamilton

Tom talks with WYPR’s Digital Producer, Jamyla Krempel.

Jamyla recommends Plan B: Further Thoughts on Faith by Anne Lamott. 

Tom talks with Sports at Large host and Morgan State University faculty member Milton Kent.

Milton recommends: 

Do I Make Myself Clear: Why Writing Well Matters by Harold Evans

Little White Lies by Ace Atkins (a continuation of the Spenser series by Robert B. Parker)

Tom talks with Author and George Washington University Professor Mark Hyman

Mark is recommending:

A Well-Paid Slave:  Curt Flood's Fight for Free Agency in Professional Sports by Brad Snyder

The Streak:  Lou Gehrig, Cal Ripken Jr., and Baseball's Most Historic Record by John Eisenberg

Tom talks with WYPR’s Bridget Armstrong, Midday Producer

Bridget is recommending:

Song of Solomon by Toni Morrison

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

Rob is recommending:

Earth by David Brin. You can find it here. 

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. 

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

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

Dr. Wen is recommending:

• "Expecting Better: Why the Conventional Pregnancy Wisdom Is Wrong--and What You Really Need to Know” by Emily Oster
• "Off the Sidelines:  Raise Your Voice, Change the World" by Sen. Kirsten Gillebrand
  

Tom talks with WBAL TV’s Jayne Miller.

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

Tom talks with The Nutrition Diva, Monica Reinagel.

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

Tom talks with the author Robert Kanigel

Tom talks with the author Robert Kanigel

Tom talks with story teller and theater artist Jon Spelman.

Tom talks with dancer and choreographer Liz Lerman.

Tom talks with UMBC American Studies Professor Dr. Kimberly Moffit.

  Tom talks with John Waters.

John is recommending: When the Sick Rule the World by Dodie BellamyEternal Troubadour: The Improbable Life of Tiny Tim by Justin Martell

Tom talks with Baltimore Sun reporter, Luke Broadwater

Tom talks with local author Kathy Flann.

Tom talks with author and raconteur Gilbert Sandler.

Tom talks with playwright, biographer and poet, Daniel Mark Epstein.

Tom talks with the Managing Director of the Everyman Theater, Jonathan Waller.