Authors on today’s Leonard Lopate Show:

Amy Bloom, author of Away (Random House, $23.95; HighBridge unabridged CD, $34.95). In its starred review, PW had this to say: “Encompassing prison, prostitution and poetry, Yiddish humor and Yukon settings, Bloom's tale offers linguistic twists, startling imagery, sharp wit and a compelling vision of the past. Bloom has created an extraordinary range of characters, settings and emotions. Absolutely stunning.”

Melissa Plaut, with her memoir Hack: How I Stopped Worrying about What to Do with My Life and Started Driving a Yellow Cab (Villard, $21.95).

British economist and journalist Philippe Legrain introduced Immigrants: Your Country Needs Them (Princeton Univ. Press, $27.95).

Authors on The Diane Rehm Show:

NPR host Ira Flatow discussed Present at the Future: From Evolution to Nanotechnology, Candid and Controversial Conversations on Science and Nature (Collins, $24.95), based on interviews from his own programs.

Arizona senator John McCain, still promoting Hard Call: Great Decisions and the Extraordinary People Who Made Them (Twelve, $24.99; Hachette Audio unabridged CD, $39.98). From PW’s review: “Meticulously crafted, this collection will appeal to those who respect McCain's reputation as a maverick for whom ‘faith and courage’ ranks among the most important forces in human history.”

Jonathan Kozol stopped by The Bob Edwards Show bearing Letters to a Young Teacher (Crown, $19.95; Tantor Media unabridged CD, $29.99). PW starred its review, promising “the book will delight and encourage first-year (or for that matter, 40th-year) teachers who need Kozol's reminders of the ways that their beautiful profession can bring joy and beauty, mystery and mischievous delight into the hearts of little people in their years of greatest curiosity.”

Psychology professor Drew Westen visited On Point with The Political Brain: The Role of Emotion in Deciding the Fate of the Nation (PublicAffairs, $26.95).

Garrison Keillor will be on The Colbert Report to talk about Pontoon: A Novel of Lake Wobegon (Viking, $25.95; HighBridge unabridged CD, $36.95), which PW found a “delightful latest addition to the Lake Wobegon series. Keillor's longtime fans may find some of the material familiar (he notes he's told this story several hundred times... with many variations), but there's plenty of fun to be had with the well-timed deadpans and homespun wit.”

Tavis Smiley rebroadcasts his interview with Islamic studies professor Akbar Ahmed, author of Journey into Islam: The Crisis of Globalization (Brookings Institution Press, $28.95), which PW called “a fascinating account of how he and his students braved danger to build mutual understanding in Pakistan, India, Syria, Jordan, Turkey, Qatar, Malaysia and Indonesia. Mostly he comes across as an honorable man who believes that the future of the human race depends on international dialogue between Muslims and non-Muslims.”

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Authors on the Air is compiled by Diane Patrick. To be included in the compilation, email DPatrickPW@aol.com.