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Dave Isay--StoryCorps's founder and the editor of the project's bestselling collection, "Listening Is an Act of Love"--Presents a celebration of American mothers. Selecting StoryCorps's most revelatory stories on the subject, "Mom" looks across a diversity of experience--from the Bronx to the rural South and beyond--to present an entirely original portrait of motherhood.
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In Callings, StoryCorps founder Dave Isay presents unforgettable stories from people doing what they love. Some found their paths at a very young age, others later in life; some overcame great odds or upturned their lives in order to pursue what matters to them. Callings is an inspiring tribute to rewarding work and the American pursuit of happiness. We meet a cancer nurse who is able to teach others the meaning of love. We meet an African American...
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Scope and content: Collection of 484 interviews recorded from September 2007 to September 2008 in the Nashville StoryCorps StoryBooth, located in the Nashville Room of the Nashville Public Library. Each interview is approximately 40 minutes long and conducted with the help of a trained facilitator. Most interviews are conducted by family members and friends of the interviewees. Many interviews are accompanied by digital color photographs of the...
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StoryCorps founder Dave Isay shares the most endearing, most compelling, and most heart-wrenching stories of love and marriage, revealing the many remarkable paths that relationships can take. As the storytellers in this collection start careers, build homes, and raise families, we witness the life-affirming joy of partnership, the comfort of shared sorrows, and profound gratitude in the face of loss.
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Scope and content: Raquel Miles interviews her husband Aaron Miles about what it's like having a cleft palate. Aaron also shares memories of his family.
Interview recorded in the Nashville StoryCorps StoryBooth, located in the Nashville Room of the Nashville Public Library from September 2007 to September 2008. Each interview is approximately 40 minutes long and conducted with the help of a trained facilitator. Most interviews are conducted by...
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Scope and content: Christopher Hathaway shares memories of his parents and growing up with 14 siblings.
Interview recorded in the Nashville StoryCorps StoryBooth, located in the Nashville Room of the Nashville Public Library from September 2007 to September 2008. Each interview is approximately 40 minutes long and conducted with the help of a trained facilitator. Most interviews are conducted by family members and friends of the interviewees....
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Scope and content: Wendell J. Gore shares memories of growing up in East Nashville; downtown Nashville businesses; and carrying a paper route when he was in high school.
Interview recorded in the Nashville StoryCorps StoryBooth, located in the Nashville Room of the Nashville Public Library from September 2007 to September 2008. Each interview is approximately 40 minutes long and conducted with the help of a trained facilitator. Most interviews...
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Scope and content: Jane Marshall shares memories of her family, her career as a teacher, and her experiences with Mrs. Tucker, a 103-year-old woman who had been involved in the civil rights movement through her work with the Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters Women's Auxiliary.
Interview recorded in the Nashville StoryCorps StoryBooth, located in the Nashville Room of the Nashville Public Library from September 2007 to September 2008. Each interview...
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Scope and content: Sisters Marion Jenkins, Sharon Parrish, and Brenda Wynn share memories of their mother, Rosa Lee Parrish.
Interview recorded in the Nashville StoryCorps StoryBooth, located in the Nashville Room of the Nashville Public Library from September 2007 to September 2008. Each interview is approximately 40 minutes long and conducted with the help of a trained facilitator. Most interviews are conducted by family members and friends...
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Scope and content: Robert Marshall shares memories of his service during the Korean War; his martial arts training; his education; working for a drug rehabilitation organization; his businesses; writing a book on geriatric martial arts; and life growing up in North Carolina.
Interview recorded in the Nashville StoryCorps StoryBooth, located in the Nashville Room of the Nashville Public Library from September 2007 to September 2008. Each interview...
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Scope and content: Shirley Marie Johnson shares memories of her abusive childhood; growing up in foster care; her foster parents; her education; her abusive marriage; her radio career; and starting a non-profit organization, Exodus, Inc.
Interview recorded in the Nashville StoryCorps StoryBooth, located in the Nashville Room of the Nashville Public Library from September 2007 to September 2008. Each interview is approximately 40 minutes long and...
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Scope and content: Larry Patterson shares with his grandson, Alex Williams, memories of his achievements; travel experiences; marriage and children; military service during Vietnam; health and medical issues; political beliefs; family and early childhood; religious beliefs; career; residences; pets; hobbies; education; community involvement; family history and traditions; and favorite stories. He also shares memories of historical events during...
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Scope and content: Martin Brady shares with friend Deanna Larson memories of how his father (Leo Brady) and mother (Eleanor Buchroeder) met and married during World War II; his father's career as an author, playwright, director, and drama professor at Catholic University of America in Washington, D.C.; his grandparents; his mother's modeling career; and his mother's mental illness.
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Scope and content: Janet Frey shares with StoryCorps Facilitator Esi Arthur memories of her family and childhood; attending Catholic schools; attending the prom; her high school graduation; college at St. Mary's of Notre Dame; her favorite books; traveling around Europe for five months after college graduation and during the Vietnam War; how the Vietnam War impacted her family and friends; and her teaching career in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
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