Night-Table Reading.(Kenneth, Brian and Jim Lehrer)(Brief article)

Brian Lehrer HOST, THE BRIAN LEHRER SHOW (WNYC) THE BRIEF WONDROUS LIFE OF OSCAR WAO, BY JUNOT DIAZ (RIVERHEAD)*****Diaz writes with ecstatic (and profane) abandon, about being Dominican, American, and, most of all, male. He confronts our notions of nerdiness and masculinity--especially timely as we decide whether to elect a warrior president or one being labeled as "soft."

Jim Lehrer ANCHOR AND EXECUTIVE EDITOR, THE NEWSHOUR WITH JIM LEHRER (PBS) THE SPIES OF WARSAW, BY ALAN FURST (RANDOM HOUSE)*****It is a sensual, exquisitely written novel about dramatically attractive characters in a …