Beth, Justin, and Bob at the studio. (Photo by Peter Zimmerman, producer.)
…don’t despair! our interview with Justin Kaufmann on The Download is already available online. Just link here to the WGN Radio site and hit the button marked “play.”
I’m about to do that myself right now to see how we sound — the interview went by so quickly it’s all a blur! I’ll say goodbye here and leave you with the description from that WGN Radio site. Happy listening!
Award-winning author, teacher, journalist and NPR commentator Beth Finke joins Justin to discuss her work teaching people how to write their memoir. Beth talks about why she decided to teach a memoir writing class, how her students have to read their words and how that is different from just writing them, the challenge of drawing out the stories from her students and her upcoming event at UIC. Beth is joined by one of her students Bob Eisenberg who tells us about why he chose to take Beth’s class, the challenge of writing his story and his life growing up on Maxwell Street.
The Download with Justin Kaufmann airs Monday through Friday from 7 pm. to 11 pm on WGNRadio.
PS: Towards the end of the interview, Bob tells listeners about his own web site, blissbob.com, where you can see his artwork. He’ll soon be publishing his essays from class on that site, too. Check it out.
Hey Beth. Just listened to Download. Like Justin, I wanted to hear lots more. Bob’s stories are wonderful. I especially loved the watermelon wagon job. Already looking forward to the next interview.
Oh, mel, you always make me smile. Spoiler alert: I asked Audrey Mitchell if she’d be willing to come on next month, and she agreed. Now just have to run it by Justin Kaufmann and Peter Zimmerman, The Download producer.
Those of you who have read Writing Out Loud will know who Audrey is. Audrey is the writer in my downtown “me, Myself and I” class who had to explain to me why, when doing geneology, she wanted to know who the plantation owners were when her great grandparents were slaves in South Carolina. Audrey now volunteers to lead a class like mine on Chicago’s southwest side –she’ll have stories to tell!
Well in that case, I guess we should form a mutual admiration society, because you always make me smile. I remember Audrey from the book. It’ll be interesting to hear the two of you compare notes on your classes. Wish they could do more than ten minutes at a time.
Nice piece. Thanks for sharing.
Thank you for listening, Hank. And Mel, I agree — maybe when Audrey comes they’ll give us a little more time?
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