A Gift for the Ears

Looking for that great and unexpected holiday gift?  Here’s one place to start – especially if your loved ones like to be transported to other places and times with fascinating characters (like Oscar Brown, Jr., Langston Hughes, Toni Morrison and Muhammad Ali).

Click on the image below to hear AudioFile Magazine’s review of my audiobook about pioneering media writer, Richard Durham.

Listen, be inspired and inspire others with the gift of Word Warrior –  audiobook style – read by “Golden Voice,” multi-award winning narrator, Robin Miles.

And have a wonderful holiday (Christmas, Kwanzaa, New Year’s) season!

Exciting Word Warrior Paperback & Audiobook Sales Await!

The University of Illinois Press has the Puuuuurfect Holiday Sale for you this year!
Use promo code WINTER18 to get 40% off all books – including Word Warrior: Richard Durham, Radio, and Freedom, my biography of a pioneering media writer.
This sale ends on December 7, 2018.
 
Richard Durham (1917-1984) was a lyrical and politically astute wordsmith and National Radio Hall of Fame inductee who collaborated with such notable figures as writers Langston Hughes, Studs Terkel and Toni Morrison, boxing champ Muhammad Ali and Chicago’s first African American mayor, Harold Washington.
AND…
If you’ve an audiobook lover, don’t miss the audiobook version of Word Warriornow available for half-price HERE.
And don’t be shy.  Share your thoughts about Word Warrior either on this website or at Downpour.com
Thanks and enjoy!

WORD WARRIOR REVIEWS/INSIGHTS

Greetings, and don’t be shy…

Visit the links below to read the fascinating insights in a Bustle article about Robin Miles, Word Warrior’s multi-award winning audiobook narrator…

Audiobook Narrator Robin Miles Has An Intense Process For Getting Into The Voice Of The Characters She Reads

Or read AudioFileMagazine’s Fall Review of Word Warrior (which also includes a sample from the audiobook)…

And read even more Word Warrior reviews or audiobook info on Blackstone Publishing’s downpour.com website.

 

After visiting and hopefully being inspired by these sites, please feel free to share your thoughts about Word Warrior on the downpour website.

Happy listening and reviewing!

 

Enjoy an Aural Treat on WAMU-FM Tonight!

Enjoy a blast from radio’s dramatic past – and an interview with me – on WAMU-FM’s popular weekly show, The Big Broadcast.  This week on a show which features programs from radio’s heyday, will present an episode from Richard Durham’s inventive Destination Freedom series (1948-1950) about African American heroes and heroines.

The Big Broadcast will feature Durham’s “Negro Cinderella” episode, a fascinating drama about the life of famed actress, singer and activist Lena Horne.  Before the broadcast of this drama, The Big Broadcast host Murray Horwitz will interview me about Durham’s legacy.

So tune in at 9pm on this Sunday, September 16th to hear this compelling segment.  If you miss tonight’s broadcast, click on the link below to hear these show segments at your convenience.

Happy Listening!

The Big Broadcast: Sept. 16, 2018

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