The show will air live at 9 PM EST on Tuesday, May 4, and will be archived for streaming and/or downloading as a podcast later. After general conversation, we’ll have a Twenty-Minute (more or less) Book Club, discussing the novel American Rust by Philipp Meyer (which I reviewed in February of this year). If you’ve read it yourself – or even if you haven’t, but you’re not spoiler-phobic – please join us!

Nicole provided me with a list of some of the questions she might ask so I could prepare, but I’m sure she’ll have some surprises for me. And she may not be the only one who does…audience participation is strongly encouraged! If you have a question you’d like Nicole to ask me, you can e-mail it to her before the show at nicole AT linussblanket DOT com. You’re also invited to call in during the live show – the number is (646) 381-4606 – and ask your questions yourself! A chat room will be open on the Blog Talk Radio site during the  show, but you have to be registered on the site to ask questions there.