On a Picnic with NPR

National Public Radio’s Alan Cheuse offers up an eclectic selection of reading for summer (and no: they did not use the b-e-a-c-h word in there, settling instead on “picnic”).

How to describe a selection of the season’s best books, along with some literary classics? My list is not as broad in its offerings as a smorgasbord, but it might be a summer picnic with a number of good things to taste and savor... or perhaps a mix of old wine and new?

You’ll find Cheuse’s special seasonal blend here.