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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Great Stories, Great Music, and Great Company

Friday, August 1, 2008

Don't miss this Saturday as we play some of your favorite music, lead you right into discovering some new songwriters and singers we've discovered, share reviews of new novels, what's happening in the book festival world, and share some of our favorite out takes from writer's on the road. 


It's like talking a great road trip with an old friend.

Great stories, Great Music, and Great company!

Tune in live 98.9lpfm Nashville, Comcast SAP Channel 10 Davidson, and www.radiofreenashville.org world wide.

4-6 Central every Saturday Afternoon.

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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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Carolyn Haines and Jim Palmer Ride into Backstory 2/23

Tuesday, February 19, 2008


Okay - are you ready to meet one of those authors who writes in multiple genres, multiple pen names, and manages to win awards across the board? Well, I know I am and I can't wait for Carolyn Haines to tell us how she keeps it straight and makes it look so easy! Haines is a multi-genre author whose latest work, Revenant, is a finalist for best contemporary mystery in the Romantic Times awards. Fever Moon, a historical thriller released this year, is a Book Sense notable book, and Ham Bones, the seventh in the Mississippi Delta Mystery series, was a best-seller on the Ingrams list and the Independent Mystery Booksellers Association list.

She is a contributor to the anthology, Many Bloody Returns, which hit the New York Times bestseller list this fall.She is the author of Bones to Pick, Hallowed Bones, Crossed Bones, Splintered Bones, Buried Bones, Them Bones—mysteries all set in the Mississippi Delta. Wishbones is set for release July, 2008.Touched and Summer of the Redeemers, two general fiction novels, have been reissued in trade paperback. Her first non-fiction book, My Mother’s Witness: The Peggy Morgan Story (River City Publishing), tells the story of a woman who testified against Byron De La Beckwith. Writing under the pseudonym Caroline Burnes, she has written thirty-eight Harlequin Intrigues, many of them featuring Familiar, the black cat detective. The author was awarded a 1998 writing fellowship by the Alabama State Arts Council. Her books have been translated into more than a dozen languages. Haines is a native of Mississippi, but she makes her home in Semmes and teaches the graduate and undergraduate fiction writing classes at the University of South Alabama.

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And if you ever wondered how God somehow wandered into a predictable, sensible box and stayed there, then check in with us as Jim Palmer talks about his revelations that led him to write Divine Nobodies. Truth is, I like anybody right up front that comes up with that title.

Jim Palmer.

Palmer's widely acclaimed first book, Divine Nobodies, earned him widespread acclaim as one of our next great spiritual writers - a writer of emotional depth, self-deprecating humor, gifted storytelling, and profound insight. In his next book Wide Open Spaces, Jim strikes to the heart, calling readers to consider whether their neatly constructed concepts of God haven’t prevented them from experiencing the awe-inspiring depths of God himself. He is the founder of the Pilgrimage Project, an initiative encouraging the freedom to imagine, dialogue, live, and express new possibilities for being an authentic Christian and he's willing and able to tell us just what all that means.

Add in a visit with a 'Dead Guy', a few updates on writerly happenings in Nashville and around the world, and some of the best, electic music mix you'll hear anywhere and you've got another Backstory show worth waiting for. Set your clocks and put your feet up and get snappy - it's Saturday.

Great music, great stories, and great company.

Tune in live at 98.9fm Nashville, *SAP Channel 10, Davidson County, and through Radio Free Nashville live linked world-wide.

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