Featured Author Alan Cheuse Goes from NPR Book Critic to NPR Guest

GBF featured author and NPR All Things Considered book critic Alan Cheuse went from commentator to guest over the weekend when ATC host Guy Raz interviewed Cheuse about his new novel, "Song of Slaves in the Desert."

During the interview, Cheuse talked about the unlikely inspiration for his novel: the black president of the Jewish fraternity that he joined at Lafayette College.

Listen to the interview and read an excerpt from Cheuse's novel.