Jim catches a moment with Archie Griffin, two-time Heisman Trophy winner, Ohio State Hillel, May 5, 2005

Jim and famed actress Ruby Dee meet at Fairhill Center, Cleveland, Ohio, May 11, 2006

We're told this is a photo of Jim with acclaimed author E. L. Doctorow, Printers' Row Book Fair, Chicago, Illinois, June 3, 2006

Jim jokes around with the legendary Studs Terkel, Printers' Row Book Fair, Chicago, Illinois, June 3, 2006

Jim and 1993 Pulitzer Prize winning reporter David Maraniss enjoy the sun at the Printers' Row Book Fair, Chicago, Illinois, June 4, 2006

Jim chats with former FCC Chairman Newton Minnow, Printers' Row Book Fair, Chicago, Illinois, June 4, 2006

Jim asks noted author John Updike to sign The Terrorist, Printers' Row Book Fair, Chicago, Illinois, June 4, 2006

Jim visits former Congressman John R. Kasich (R-OH), Westerville Public Library, Westerville, Ohio, June 11, 2006

Jim and former U.S. Senator (R-OH), Attorney General, and Ambassador William B. Saxbe, at the Saxbe home in Mechanicsburg, Ohio, June 29, 2006

Jim and famed restauranteur, Sylvia Woods, at her Harlem restaurant, July 14, 2006

Jim welcomes former Treasurer of the United States Mary Ellen Withrow back to Columbus, Ohio, September 28, 2006

Jim meets Richard Cordray, future Democratic State Treasurer of Ohio, Confluence Park Restaurant, Columbus, Ohio, September 28, 2006

Jim chats with U.S. Senator Kay Bailey Hutchison (R-TX) at the National Book Festival, Washington, D.C., September 30, 2006

Jim catches novelist Scott Turow at the National Book Festival, Washington, D.C., September 30, 2006

Jim with the great Russian poet, Yevgeny Yevtushenko, National Book Festival, Washington, D.C., September 30, 2006

Jim chats with Marcus Samuelsson, chef and author of popular cook books, National Book Festival, Washington, D.C., September 30, 2006

Jim with the new Poet Laureate of the United States, Donald Hall, National Book Festival, Washington, D.C., September 30, 2006

Jim shares a moment with 2006 Pulitzer Prize winner Martin Sherwin, co-author of American Prometheus, National Book Festival, September 30, 2006

Jim thanks author Christopher Buckley for NOT smoking, National Book Festival, Washington, D.C., September 30, 2006

Jim and acclaimed author Nathaniel Philbrick share a moment in the sun, National Book Festival, Washington, D.C., September 30, 2006

Jim meets Daniel Hoffman, Library of Congress Consultant in Poetry for 1973-1974, National Book Festival, Washington, D.C., September 30, 2006

Jim greets the great historian John Hope Franklin, National Book Festival, Washington, D.C., September 30, 2006

Jim chats with Kai Bird, Pulitzer-Prize winning co-author of American Prometheus, National Book Festival, Washington, D.C., September 30, 2006

Jim discusses the Middle East with author Bruce Feiler, National Book Festival, Washington, D.C., September 30, 2006

Jim with the "Ragin' Cajun," James Carville, Ohio Union, Columbus, Ohio, October 6, 2006

Jim with Democratic Congressional candidate Mary Jo Kilroy, Ohio Union, Columbus, Ohio, October 6, 2006

Jim shares a campaign story with Sherrod Brown, future Democratic U.S. Senator from Ohio, Ohio Union, Columbus, Ohio, September 6, 2006

Jim meets Beverly Hills 90210 star Luke Perry at the Ohio Union, Columbus, Ohio, October 6, 2006

Jim discusses the Iraq War with 1972 Pulitzer Prize winner, Frances Fitzgerald, Page Hall, Ohio State University, October 18, 2006

Jim meets the popular author Amy Tan, Ohio Dominican University, Columbus, Ohio, October 18, 2006

Jim and Lianna enjoy a moment with U.S. Representative Kendrick B. Meek (D-FL), Hastings Middle School, Upper Arlington, Ohio, October 22, 2006

Jim with Congressman Tim Ryan (D-OH), Hastings Middle School, Upper Arlington, Ohio, October 22, 2006