/tags/memoir Memoir en-US Copyright Mon, 23 Oct 2023 17:32:49 GMT /wunc-music/2023-10-23/nabil-ayers-music-memoir-my-life-in-the-sunshine Nabil Ayers chats with ¹ÏÉñapp's Brian Burns about the music that inspired him and trying to connect with his father, jazz musician Roy Ayers, in his new memoir 'My Life in the Sunshine: Searching for My Father and Discovering My Family.' Mon, 23 Oct 2023 17:32:49 GMT /wunc-music/2023-10-23/nabil-ayers-music-memoir-my-life-in-the-sunshine Brian Burns /show/the-state-of-things/2020-01-28/violence-family-loyalty-and-the-painful-nostalgia-of-a-blue-collar-boyhood M. Randal O’Wain’s memoir features standard ingredients of a classic country song: beat-up trucks, cigarette smoke, and a nostalgic father-son… Tue, 28 Jan 2020 17:13:15 GMT /show/the-state-of-things/2020-01-28/violence-family-loyalty-and-the-painful-nostalgia-of-a-blue-collar-boyhood Grant Holub-Moorman, Frank Stasio /arts-culture/2020-01-28/violence-family-loyalty-and-the-painful-nostalgia-of-a-blue-collar-boyhood M. Randal O’Wain’s memoir features standard ingredients of a classic country song: beat-up trucks, cigarette smoke, and a nostalgic father-son… Tue, 28 Jan 2020 17:13:15 GMT /arts-culture/2020-01-28/violence-family-loyalty-and-the-painful-nostalgia-of-a-blue-collar-boyhood Grant Holub-Moorman, Frank Stasio /show/the-state-of-things/2019-05-23/thats-rufus-rufus-edmisten-reflects-on-his-career-and-the-politics-of-today Rufus Edmisten cut his teeth in the political world as counsel to former U.S. Sen. Samuel Ervin Jr. Ervin was the chairman of what is commonly known as… Thu, 23 May 2019 16:08:01 GMT /show/the-state-of-things/2019-05-23/thats-rufus-rufus-edmisten-reflects-on-his-career-and-the-politics-of-today Amanda Magnus, Frank Stasio /politics/2019-05-23/thats-rufus-rufus-edmisten-reflects-on-his-career-and-the-politics-of-today Rufus Edmisten cut his teeth in the political world as counsel to former U.S. Sen. Samuel Ervin Jr. Ervin was the chairman of what is commonly known as… Thu, 23 May 2019 16:08:01 GMT /politics/2019-05-23/thats-rufus-rufus-edmisten-reflects-on-his-career-and-the-politics-of-today Amanda Magnus, Frank Stasio /show/the-state-of-things/2019-04-23/reckoning-with-the-heritage-of-the-south The Rev. Rob Lee is a descendant of the Confederate General Robert E. Lee and an advocate for social justice. Despite his family history, Lee has… Tue, 23 Apr 2019 16:05:00 GMT /show/the-state-of-things/2019-04-23/reckoning-with-the-heritage-of-the-south Amanda Magnus, Frank Stasio /arts-culture/2019-04-23/reckoning-with-the-heritage-of-the-south The Rev. Rob Lee is a descendant of the Confederate General Robert E. Lee and an advocate for social justice. Despite his family history, Lee has… Tue, 23 Apr 2019 16:05:00 GMT /arts-culture/2019-04-23/reckoning-with-the-heritage-of-the-south Amanda Magnus, Frank Stasio /show/the-state-of-things/2019-04-02/food-writer-ruth-reichl-shares-her-gourmet-years Ruth Reichl’s first experience with Gourmet magazine was in a dusty bookstore when she was 8 years old. She found an old issue that captivated her and… Tue, 02 Apr 2019 15:58:59 GMT /show/the-state-of-things/2019-04-02/food-writer-ruth-reichl-shares-her-gourmet-years Amanda Magnus, Frank Stasio /arts-culture/2019-04-02/food-writer-ruth-reichl-shares-her-gourmet-years Ruth Reichl’s first experience with Gourmet magazine was in a dusty bookstore when she was 8 years old. She found an old issue that captivated her and… Tue, 02 Apr 2019 15:58:59 GMT /arts-culture/2019-04-02/food-writer-ruth-reichl-shares-her-gourmet-years Amanda Magnus, Frank Stasio /show/the-state-of-things/2017-12-20/patricia-lockwood-on-priestdaddy-and-growing-up-with-a-catholic-priest-for-a-father Note: this segment is a rebroadcast from June 1, 2017. Patricia Lockwood grew up in a Catholic family in the Midwest. But her family’s circumstances were… Wed, 20 Dec 2017 16:30:10 GMT /show/the-state-of-things/2017-12-20/patricia-lockwood-on-priestdaddy-and-growing-up-with-a-catholic-priest-for-a-father Charlie Shelton-Ormond, Frank Stasio