Comments on: StoryCorps – a national initiative to gather oral memoirs http://memorywritersnetwork.com/blog/storycorps-a-national-initiative-to-gather-oral-memoirs/ Hundreds of Essays and Interviews to Help You Read and Write Memoirs Wed, 16 May 2012 03:25:45 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Mary http://memorywritersnetwork.com/blog/storycorps-a-national-initiative-to-gather-oral-memoirs/comment-page-1/#comment-776 Mary Tue, 27 Nov 2007 02:57:37 +0000 http://memorywritersnetwork.com/blog/storycorps-a-national-initiative-to-gather-oral-memoirs/#comment-776 Listening is indeed, an act of love. Listening is indeed, an act of love.

]]> By: jerrywaxler http://memorywritersnetwork.com/blog/storycorps-a-national-initiative-to-gather-oral-memoirs/comment-page-1/#comment-758 jerrywaxler Wed, 21 Nov 2007 03:58:42 +0000 http://memorywritersnetwork.com/blog/storycorps-a-national-initiative-to-gather-oral-memoirs/#comment-758 Hi Virginia Lee, That's lovely that you are involved in oral history. As David Isay's book title says, "Listening is an act of love." Jerry Hi Virginia Lee,

That’s lovely that you are involved in oral history. As David Isay’s book title says, “Listening is an act of love.”

Jerry

]]> By: jerrywaxler http://memorywritersnetwork.com/blog/storycorps-a-national-initiative-to-gather-oral-memoirs/comment-page-1/#comment-756 jerrywaxler Wed, 21 Nov 2007 03:55:18 +0000 http://memorywritersnetwork.com/blog/storycorps-a-national-initiative-to-gather-oral-memoirs/#comment-756 Hi Sunny, I have just purchased David Isay's book and am looking forward to reading it. Jerry Hi Sunny, I have just purchased David Isay’s book and am looking forward to reading it.

Jerry

]]> By: SunnySchlenger http://memorywritersnetwork.com/blog/storycorps-a-national-initiative-to-gather-oral-memoirs/comment-page-1/#comment-755 SunnySchlenger Wed, 21 Nov 2007 03:16:44 +0000 http://memorywritersnetwork.com/blog/storycorps-a-national-initiative-to-gather-oral-memoirs/#comment-755 I just read about this today in People magazine and was really touched. Have you read the book? I just read about this today in People magazine and was really touched. Have you read the book?

]]> By: Virginia Lee http://memorywritersnetwork.com/blog/storycorps-a-national-initiative-to-gather-oral-memoirs/comment-page-1/#comment-754 Virginia Lee Wed, 21 Nov 2007 01:16:12 +0000 http://memorywritersnetwork.com/blog/storycorps-a-national-initiative-to-gather-oral-memoirs/#comment-754 As a student in the Southern Studies program at the U of Mississippi, I had the opportunity to do oral history work for two of my major undergraduate courses. One involved teachers at an elementary school in my town who all came from families of teachers and the other, which stemmed from the original teaching paper, involved interviews of students of a piano teacher who taught them all. The worst thing about oral history work is transcribing. The best thing is everything else. It's a shock when you speak with people about interviewing them and they so often say, "Oh. Well, there's nothing interesting about me." So far I've never found a truly boring person or life about which to learn. I'm hoping to conduct oral histories of the folks here in my apartment complex. There are dozens of fascinating histories here. So many are African-American's who were involved in the Civil Rights movement. Since I've lived among these folks for a year, they know me now, so getting their real stories is much more likely. As a student in the Southern Studies program at the U of Mississippi, I had the opportunity to do oral history work for two of my major undergraduate courses. One involved teachers at an elementary school in my town who all came from families of teachers and the other, which stemmed from the original teaching paper, involved interviews of students of a piano teacher who taught them all.

The worst thing about oral history work is transcribing. The best thing is everything else. It’s a shock when you speak with people about interviewing them and they so often say, “Oh. Well, there’s nothing interesting about me.”

So far I’ve never found a truly boring person or life about which to learn.

I’m hoping to conduct oral histories of the folks here in my apartment complex. There are dozens of fascinating histories here. So many are African-American’s who were involved in the Civil Rights movement. Since I’ve lived among these folks for a year, they know me now, so getting their real stories is much more likely.

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