Listening is an act of love : a celebration of American life from the StoryCorps Project

Isay, David. (Added Author). StoryCorps (Project) (Added Author). Penguin Audiobooks. (Added Author). Narrated by Dave Isay; Told by StoryCorps participants. (Cast).

Summary: A compendium of true American life stories, drawn from an ambitious oral history project, features pieces representing every walk of life from all fifty states, in a nation-wide and thematically arranged celebration of the nation's shared humanity.

Record details

ISBN: 9780143142614
ISBN: 0143142615
Physical Description: sound disc
1 audio disc (approximately 1 hr.) : digital ; 4 3/4 in.
Publisher: New York, N.Y. : Penguin Audio, pc2007.

Content descriptions

General Note:	"Companion CD for Listening is an Act of Love"--Introduction. Abridged. Compact disc. Contents for audio CD include two titles per story-- the titles on the CD insert, and the titles as found in the book.
Formatted Contents Note:	1. Introduction (1:41) -- Home and family: 2. William Jacobs to his grandson, Seth Fleischauer = Seth Fleischauer, 25, interviews his grandfather William Jacobs, 83 (3:03) -- 3. Hee-Sook Lee to her daughter, Joyce Lee = Joyce Kim Lee, 35, interviews her mother, Hee-Sook Lee, 66 (2:56) -- 4. Mary Lou Maher to her son Brad Skow = Brad Skow, 28, interviews Mary Lou Maher, 46, his birth mother (2:31) -- 5. Cherie Johnson and her cousin James Ransom = Cousins Cherie Johnson, 72, and James Ransom remember visits to their grandmother's home in Brandenton, Florida (3:23). -- Work and dedication: 6. Monica Mayer to her cousin Spencer Wilkinson Jr. = Dr. Monica Mayer, 45, interviewed her cousin and patient, Spencer Wilkinson Jr., 39 (2:23) -- 7. Ken Kobus to his friend Ron Baraff = Ken Kobus, 58, tells his friend Ron Baraff, 42, about making steel (2:36) -- 8. Joyce Butler to her daughter, Stephanie Butler = Joyce Butler, 73, interviewed by her daughter Stephanie Butler, 47 (1:55) -- 9. Rick Kincaid to his friend Danny Terry = Rick Kincaid, 53, interviewed by his friend Danny Terry, 60 (3:00). -- Journeys: 10. Blanca Alvarez to her daughter, Connie Alvarez = Blanca Alvarez, 55, interviewed by her daughter, Connie Alvarez, 33 (3:28) -- 11. Paul Mortimer and his friend Shawn Fox = Paul Mortimer, 49, and Shawn Fox, 39, interview each other (2:37) -- 12. Shasti O'Leary Soudant to her husband Jethro Soudant = Shasti O'Leary-Soudant, 39, interviewed by her husband, Jethro Soudant, 34 (2:46) -- 13. Kim Schumer and her sister Amy Schumer = Kim Schumer, 18, interviewed by her sister, Amy Schumer, 22 (2:18). -- History and struggle: 14. Joseph Robertson to his son-in-law, John Fish Jr. = Joseph L. Robertson, 87, interviewed by his son-in-law, John H. Fish Jr., 61 (2:10) -- 15. Sam Harmon to his grandson, Ezra Awumey = Sam Harmon, 75, interviewed by his grandson Ezra Awumey, 12 (2:08) -- 16. Theresa Burroughs to her daughter, Toni Love = Theresa Burroughs, 76, interviewed by her daughter, Toni Love, 36 (2:19) -- 17. Mary Caplan to her friend Emily Callazo = Mary Caplan, 60, interviewed by her friend Emily Collazo, 41 (2:15). -- Fire and water: 18. Richard Pecorella = Richard Pecorella, 53, remembers his fiancée, Karen Juday, with facilitator Jackie Goodrich (3:29) -- 19. Rufus Burkhalter with his friend Bobby Brown = Pump operators Rufus Burkhalter, 61, and Bobby Brown, 58, talk about their work at the Sewerage and Water Board of New Orleans, where they have been employed for more than twenty years (2:12) -- Bonus story recorded after Listening is an Act of Love went to press: 20. Jo Ann Chew with her husband, Bob Chew = Jo Ann Chew, 82, interviewed by her husband Bob Chew, 70 (5:27).
Participant or Performer Note:	Narrated by Dave Isay; Told by StoryCorps participants.