Volcano on the radio ...

12.1.09.  Click on: http://www.pba.org/dictator/media/229/btl_reading_list_winter09.pdf WABE 90.1 FM and Valerie Jackson's well-respected "Between the Lines" show has added the book to its suggested "adult literature" reading list for Fall and Winter, 2009. 
11.24.09.  Click on:  www.gpb.org/wppr  and scroll to the Community Life interview for Nov. 24, 2009.  Author was interviewed by Candice Felice (about 28 minutes into the show.)
11.7.09.  Click on:  http://agentofcurrency.blogspot.com/2009/11/hot-lava-two-step.html  Review on WCRX-LP 102.1 FM. Columbus, Ohio.  "Hot lava two-step."  Perhaps this non-fiction tale is too Southern, too European and too Hispanic for midwestern tastes.  As the story documents, there is an abundance of "diversity" in this family.  Midwesterners will call it "confusion" but will also be seduced by the family's charm and understanding of its imperfections.