So I'm Running a Book Club

Very excited about my newest project--moderating a book club for NPR's Bryant Park Project (yes, that's the show Laura works for). Our first selection is a wonderful book by Hisham Matar called In the Country of Men. Shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize in 2006, it tells the story of a nine-year-old boy coming of age under the Qaddafi regime in Libya in the late 1970s. We'll be doing some online discussion that will culminate, a little over a month from now, in an on-air talk with the author.

This is going to be cool because we're going to be trying new things as we go along. It's really going to be what the readers and listeners make of it, a very participatory multimedia project. I'm thrilled to be involved.

To find out more, go to http://www.npr.org/blogs/bryantpark/book_club/.