Organ banks around the country have noted an increasing number of organs from donors who have died of overdoses.
Bruce Holsinger is a professor in the English Department of the University of Virginia who specializes in the medieval period.
So when he decided to write a novel, he set it during the reign of Richard the Second, with Geoffrey Chaucer as one of his main characters.
The result, “A Burnable Book, ” was released in paperback this month.
We revisit the conversation Here & Now’s Robin Young had with Holsinger.