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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

If you live in the Chicago metropolitan area, I hope that you’ll be able to attend!

That’s right…

The countdown (in time and sand) heats up as the release of my audiobook, Word Warrior: Richard Durham, Radio, and Freedom fast approaches.

Next month – beginning on September 6, 2018 to be exact – Word Warrior will be available to download or to stream.

Word Warrior is read by award-winning “Golden Voice” narrator, Robin Miles.  According to AudioFile Magazine, a  publication with 26 years of experience reviewing audiobooks and spoken word programs, Miles’ “smooth transitions” across the broad spectrum of media writer Richard Durham’s creative triumphs and challenges, “create a seamless listening experience.”

Click here to read the full AudioFile review.  To read more Word Warrior reviews and to hear a sample from this forthcoming audiobook, click here.

Thanks, and stay tuned for more info as September nears!

(Photo by Aron on Unsplash)

I’m pleased to announce that narrator/actor and all around fascinating artist Robin Miles has been inducted into Audible’s Narrator’s Hall of Fame.

Congrats to Robin, who along with her long, impressive list of audiobooks (300+) that she has narrated – including The Warmth of Other Suns, Hidden Figures, Cleopatra: A Life and N.K. Jemisin’s The Fifth Season – Robin also is the voice behind my forthcoming Word Warrior audiobook.

To stimulate your appetite for her warm, chameleon-like voice and touching interpretations, click on the link below for just a taste of Robin’s engaging personality and compelling approach to audiobook storytelling.

She will touch your heart!

The Download: In Conversation with Robin Miles

https://www.aaihs.org/history-memory-and-the-power-of-black-radio/

Check out this well written article in the award winning Black Perspectives blog from the African American Intellectual History Society (AAIHS) about writer Richard Durham and his powerful radio legacy.

Enjoy!