River Jordan is a southerner with a global perspective. She began her writing career as a playwright and spent over ten years with the Loblolly Theatre group, where her original works were produced, including Mama Jewels: Tales from Mullet Creek, Soul, Rhythm and Blues, and Virga.

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Wednesday, March 24, 2010

Tune in Wednesday, March 24 at 12pm for a little update from The Great Southern Wing and A Prayer Tour. For more information that you'd ever like to know you can follow the tour at http://www.wingandprayertour.com

Fellow author and radio host, Shellie Rushing Tomlinson has taken to the road with me as we are following the State of the Book. Who's reading what? Who's out there telling stories, sharing stories, and taking it all in? Why do these unsung hero's = the bookstore owners of this small towns are large ones - take on the work of being a champion of the American Reader.

We've crossed through Franklin, TN to Knoxville, Chattanooga, Sylva NC, and Woodstock, Ga where we wrapped up some of storytellings finest last night with the ladies at Foxtale Books.
Every store has held a special quality, a unique spirit, and shelves full of books of every shape, color, smell, and genre.

Join us today as we venture out to Yawn's Books in Canton, Ga. at 2pm and Bound to be Read in Atlanta, Ga at 7pm. Then we're spending a special night with the SIBA folks talking with them and asking - What would you like your readers, your community, to know that they don't know - Let's talk state of the book!

Well stay tuned and find out here as we chronicle our trip across seven states in 14 days. You can listen at WRFN 107.1 lpfm Nashville or live and streaming at http://www.riverjordanlive.com

A little music, a lot of story, and a glorious road trip!

Join us!

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The Library Fairy lands on BACKSTORY - May, 3, 2008 - 4-6 CST

Wednesday, April 30, 2008

Oh Joy! Oh what great pleasure my wordy, literary soul receives when I meet someone like Cindy Conway who is, quite literally, The Library Fairy. Passion makes perfect presence I always say and Ms. Conway has created a stellar alter-ego right up there with our other FAV librarian - BATGIRL.




The Library Fairy's new book for children was just unveiled at the LA Times Festival of Books and she's flying in to talk books, writing, storytelling, and about spreading the magic of literary dust everywhere she goes. She's an original and she's on Backstory this week along with some new unexpected poems, a surprise visit by a green cricket via the word, and whole lot of great music by Bob Seiger, U2, The Black Crows, Dean Martin, George Jones -

Well, you know the deal - a never ending mix of creative, and inspiring word and song.






More Great Music, Great Stories, and Great Company on Backstory this week. TUNE in via Nashville at 98.9fm, Davidson County Comcast SAP Channel 10 and via the web large and live at http://www.radiofreenashville.org/ - 4-6 CST

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BACKSTORY LIVE this Saturday, March 22

Wednesday, March 19, 2008

As a writer and storyteller I can't help falling in love with people who fall in love with the power of story in all its glory and then go on to promote it. Or maybe better yet, to live it. Our guest this week on BACKSTORY is one of those people. She's the creator of one of the hottest blogs on the net - People Reading - and it's worth you stopping reading this right now and checking it out.

Okay - now that you're back, you should also check out her travels via Greyhound and the connections she made with readers in the lower 48 states blogging the whole way in Dogeared (don't you just love it?)

So don't miss More Great music from everyone from Cole Porter to Grand Funk Railroad, writer/music man Clyde Edgerton to Roy Orbinson and everybody in between, more stories from the page and from the road, and Great Company as Sonya Worthy steps in to share where she gets her ideas and what chronicling reading in the wild and wonderful streets of San Francisco and at large in this world has done for her and to her.

More Great Music, More Great Stories, And More Great Company.

98.9fm Nashville, COMCAST SAP CHANNEL 10 in Davidson County, TN, AND streaming on the world wide web at http://www.radiofreenashville.org/ live Saturday 4-6 pm CST.

(Joining us next week, March29, author Connie Mae Fowler!)

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