Books - memoir

A 21-year-old aspiring screenwriter from Dayton has published her first book. Shamya Sumlin's memoir chronicles loss, resilience, and generational trauma.

You can take the boy out of Wapakoneta, but you can never take Wapakoneta out of this now 75-year-old man. Essays spanning Ohio, Argentina, and Patagonia.

One of the hottest books in the country is a memoir about growing up in Urbana, Ohio. Beth Macy explores family, political division and paths to healing.

An author's mother-in-law taught her valuable life lessons and fantastic recipes. This memoir explores Jewish heritage, kosher cooking, and spiritual revival.

Vick Mickunas' 2002 interview with Terry Ryan

Last spring I received an advance copy of a memoir by Marc Hamer. Marc lives in Wales in the United Kingdom. When I first glanced at the book I thought;…

The Irish writer Nuala O'Faolain was one of my favorite guests. She had just published her first memoir when she came through Dayton on book tour and we…

Lois Walker West remembers the way things used to be. In her memoir "The Appalachian Way in Coal Country" she recalls a simpler life that her family lived…

On the day that I interviewed Ruth Reichl she was in her office at the New York Times. She had been the long time restaurant reviewer for the newspaper…

In January of 1993 I moved to Ohio from Des Moines. One of the first things I discovered about the area was this wonderfully quirky radio station. In June…

For decades Alan Cheuse was the book reviewer on National Public Radio's program All Things Considered. When I recorded this interview Cheuse had already…

Gloria Stuart was a movie star in early Hollywood. Back in those days they would have called her a starlet. She left Hollywood and the movie business and…