We'll discuss the thousands of meticulously produced photos created by Norman Rockwell, which he used for his famous paintings.

A member of the faculty at the Vermont College of Fine Arts in Montpelier is a finalist for the National Book Award.

VPR's Jane Lindholm talk with Tal Birdsey about his new book, A Room for Learning: The Making of a School in Vermont, which chronicles a private middle school's first year.

VPR's Mitch Wertlieb talks with author Elizabeth Bassett about finding the perfect walk off the beaten path.

VPR's Jane Lindholm talks with Saleem Ali, author of Treasures of the Earth: Need, Greed, and a Sustainable Future about consumerism in our society.

UVM Professor Saleem Ali says our urge to buy material goods may actually benefit society and propel us toward new discoveries and technologies.  Also, we talk with Valley News reporter John Gregg.

Congress will pay dairy farmers one time emergency aid payments of between $5,000 and $25,000 to help offset low milk prices.  But many wonder if it will be enough?  Also, a Vermont author looks into the history of female astronauts.

VPR's Jane Lindholm talks with author Tanya Lee Stone about her book, Almost Astronauts: 13 Women Who Dared to Dream.

VPR's Mitch Wertlieb speaks with Vermont poet and festival committee member Wyn Cooper about some of the events and highlights for literature lovers of all ages taking place at the Brattleboro Literary Festival this weekend.

VPR's Jane Lindholm talks with author and seventh grade teacher Kate Messner about her newest book, The Brilliant Fall of Gianna Z.

Author David Hess, professor at the Rensselaer Department of Science and Technology is speaking tonight at Marlboro College on a few topics but also wide ranging themes.

VPR's Neal Charnoff speaks with Vermont author Don Bredes, whose latest novel is "The Errand Boy".

During the war, 120,000 men, women and children were interned by the U.S. government, essentially for looking like the enemy. After the war they were free to go. But where? Many had lost everything. So the challenge was where and how to return home - how to once again "belong".

As America went to war, thousands at home headed for a worrisome future in the custody of the U.S. government. And that's where we pick up our series, Vermont Reads, as the U.S. Army was ill prepared to provide transport, food and shelter to 120,000 men, women and children.

Listen to Paul Roberts, author of "The End of Food," at 8 Monday evening.   Roberts spoke at UVM as part of the George D Aiken Lecture Series last week.  Hear his dicussion about the shortcomings of our food system and what you can do to make it more sustainable. 

VPR's Jane Lindholm talks with Vermont writers Ann McKinstry Micou and Chris Bohjalian about how Vermont is depicted in fiction.

We talk with author Ann McKinstry Micou about the many novels set within the Green Mountain state, and what their themes and settings reveal about Vermont.  Also, a look at deteriorating art at our rest stops, and we read from our mailbag.

VPR's Mitch Wertlieb talks with Paul Roberts, author of End of Oil who will be speaking at UVM about issues that impact Vermont.

VPR's Jane Lindholm talks with author Gesine Bullock Prado about her book, "Confections of a Closet Master Baker."

VPR's Mitch Wertlieb speaks with Ron Krupp, author of "Lifting the Yoke: Local Solutions to America's Farm and Food Crisis".

Author Bob Wilson traveled the state to uncover and research the stories collected in his book Vermont Curiosities but he found one of them right in his own backyard. He speaks with VPR's Jane Lindholm about his book.

Canadian health care policy expert Antonia joins VPR's Steve Zind to examines some of the myths and realities of Canadian health care.

The Green Mountain Club has published a new book specifically designed for walking trails around the state.  We hear from the book's editor, Mary Lou Recor.

Woody Tasch is the author of the book Inquiries into the Nature of Slow Money Investing as if Food, Farms, and Fertility Mattered and he's in Vermont to speak at the Vermont Fresh Network's annual forum.

Vermont author and historian Woden Teachout talks about her new book, Capture the Flag: A Political History of American Patriotism.