If you missed hearing Audrey Mitchell and me on WGN Radio 720 Wednesday night…

April 13, 2018 • Posted in memoir writing, radio, teaching memoir by

…you can link here to hear our interview on The Download now.

Photo of Audrey Mitchell, Justin Kaufmann, and Beth Finke

Audrey Mitchell, Justin Kaufmann and moi

Reviews are already in from fellow writers in our memoir-writing class at the Chicago Cultural Center. Sharon says Audrey “sounded quite confident and natural,” and Andrea reports that “the segment was great radio.” Here’s how our interview was described on the WGN Radio site:

Writing Out Loud with award-winning author Beth Finke
Posted 11:39 PM, April 11, 2018, by peterzimmermanwgnam

In this ongoing series on The Download, award-winning author, teacher, journalist and NPR commentator Beth Finke joins Justin to discuss her work teaching people how to write their memoir. Tonight’s featured guest is Audrey Mitchell who talks about what made her interested in taking Beth’s class, what she’s learned from researching her genealogy, her life growing up in Bronzeville, graduating from college with honors in her 60’s and how she’s made the transition to teaching a memoir-writing class herself.

Host Justin Kaufmann was great, as always — we got a lot in during one short half-hour segment. Tune in and see (okay, hear) for yourself. Cheers!

Sharon kramer On April 13, 2018 at 11:37 am

I love this series. Audrey was a great addition to the series. Her “strong woman” came through. She forgot to discuss how she keeps our class with Beth on track and respecting the guidelines.

Beth On April 13, 2018 at 11:41 am

You know, I kept wanting to get that in (helps explain why she is so successful leading her own class now) but the time just flew by. Gee, maybe The Download needs to have Audrey on again….!

Heidi Thorsen On April 13, 2018 at 2:21 pm

Thank you, thank you for posting this link. Us Seattleites cannot listen to Chicago NPR stations live. It was a delight to hear Audrey so clearly articulate her journey of life story writing and then sharing that gift with others. I agree with Beth, more would be better in this case.

Annelore On April 13, 2018 at 4:13 pm

Not one boring minute in that broadcast…It was lively, relaxed and yet professional. I can’t believe that I knew so little about Audrey and am really glad I had the chance to get to know her better. After all those shared readings……

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