Today on Boston Public Radio:

We’re on tape today, bringing you the ultimate BPR book club with back-to-back conversations from over the years with some of our favorite writers.

Some of today’s highlights are featured below:

Kevin Young discusses his latest  collection of poetry, BROWN. Young is the poetry editor of the New Yorker and the Andrew W. Mellon director of the Smithsonian Institution National Museum of African American History and Culture.

Ann Patchett talks about her book “Commonwealth,” and as owner of Parnassus Books, argues for all readers to shop at local,  independent bookstores.

T.C. Boyle drops in on the dropout culture with his novel “Outside Looking In,” which is based on the research of Timothy Leary.