Listening Is an Act of Love: A Celebration of American Life from the StoryCorps Product Description A New York Times Bestseller Each interview is a revelation. USA Today As heartwarming as a holiday pumpkin pie and every bit as homey . . . what emerges in these compelling pages is hard-won wisdom and boundless humanity. Seattle Post-Intelligencer As heard on NPR, a wondrous nationwide celebration of our shared humanity StoryCorps founder and legendary radio producer Dave Isay selects the most memorable stories from StoryCorps' collection, creating a moving portrait of American life. The voices here connect us to real people and their livesto their experiences of profound joy, sadness, courage, and despair, to good times and hard times, to good deeds and misdeeds. To read this book is to be reminded of how rich and varied the American storybook truly is, how resistant to easy categorization or stereotype. We are our history, individually and collectively, and Listening Is an Act of Love touchingly reminds us of this powerful truth. Dave Isay's latest book, Callings, published in 2016 from Penguin Press. Review Each interview is a revelation. USA Today As heartwarming as a holiday pumpkin pie and every bit as homey . . . what emerges in these compelling pages is hard-won wisdom and boundless humanity. Seattle Post-Intelligencer About the Author Dave Isay is the founder of StoryCorps and the recipient of numerous broadcasting honors, including six Peabody awards, a MacArthur "Genius" Fellowship, and the 2015 TED Prize. He is the author/editor of numerous books that grew out of his public radio documentary work, including four StoryCorps books: Listening Is an Act of Love (2007), Mom: A Celebration of Mothers from StoryCorps (2010), All There Is: Love Stories from StoryCorps (2012), and Ties That Bind: Stories of Love and Gratitude from the First Ten Years of StoryCorps (2013). Excerpt. Reprinted by permission. All rights reserved. FROM STORYCORPS: THE CONVERSATION OF A LIFETIME Recording your own interviews: We encourage you to participate in StoryCorps. Please visit our website, www.storycorps.net, to learn about the locations of our StoryBooths across the country. We also have two permanent facilities open year-round in Manhattan. Come visit New York City, make an appointment and record your loved ones voice for history. If you want to record an interview but are not able to visit one of our StoryBooths, we encourage you to do-it-yourself. Conduct your own interview and ask the questions youve always wanted to ask. You may well be surprised by the power of the experience.Heres how: 1. Pick a Storyteller Start the process by figuring out whom you want to interview. A grandparent? An old friend? Your mom? The person you invite might be hesitant. I dont have much to talk about, hell say, or, You already know everything about my life. Remind your friend, your motherwhoever it ishow important you think their story is and how valuable it will be to future generations. Let that person know you would be honored to record his story. 2. Create a Question List No matter how well you know your storyteller, a little preparation will improve the quality of your interview enormously. What would you like to learn from that person? Weve designed a question generator to make preparing questions a little easier. You can find it at www.storycorps.net. Here are some questions that have yielded great responses: What have you learned in life? What does your future hold? What are you most proud of? Do you have any regrets? What was the happiest moment of your life? The saddest? Is there something about yourself that you think no one knows? How would you like to be remembered? Weve also found that at the end of a session it can be powerful to turn the tables and tell the person youre interviewing what they mean to you. 3. 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