Glimpse the breadth and power of the American experience through the voices and stories of everyday people in the first-ever graphic novel from the acclaimed nonprofit StoryCorps.Listen. Honor. Share.In the first graphic novel collection from StoryCorps, readers are given a glimpse of the beauty, power, and scope of the American experience as lived and told by everyday people. Selected from hundreds of thousands of interviews recorded in every corner of the country, these fourteen stories introduce you to a woman born into slavery who becomes a pioneering midwife in Black Mountain, North Carolina; an act of kindness during the Great Depression remembered, and repaid, decades later; a father on his deathbed who finally reveals his experiences in a concentration camp during the Holocaust; a family’s journey from cleaning offices to graduating college; an airline employee who unknowingly let terrorists onto a plane on September 11; and so much more.With striking art by Sharon De La Cruz and an introduction by renowned young adult author Jason Reynolds, who once worked for StoryCorps himself, this collection illuminates the humanity and possibility in us all.

The first-ever graphic novel from the acclaimed nonprofit StoryCorps, showcasing history and diversity of America. Listen. Honor. Share. In this graphic novel collection illuminating the humanity and possibility in us all — readers get a glimpse at the breadth of the American experience over the past century. Each person has their own family stories, their own lived experiences, and their own personal history. In fourteen stories spanning the past one hundred years of American history, readers will experience the diversity and depth of the people who make up this nation. In addition to an intro by acclaimed and award-winning novelist Jason Reynolds, who was once a StoryCorps facilitator, this graphic novel features: "Labor of Love" by Mary Othella Burnette "Hard Times" by Virginia Hill Fairbrother "The Room" by Debra Fischer "Lessons from My Father" by William "Lynn" Weaver "A Place in the World" by Storm Reyes "The Busboy" by Juan Romero "A Giant" by Colleen and Meaghan Starkloff "Crossing" by Blanca and Connie Alvarez "My Aunties" by Stefan Lynch "Eyes on the Stars" by Carl McNair "Last Sight" by Allen Hoe "September 12th" by Vaugh Allex "Father and Son" by Aidan and Albert Sykes "Like Me" by Gabe and Chris Lopez

As heard on NPR, a wondrous nationwide celebration of our shared humanity StoryCorps founder and legendary radio producer Dave Isay selects the most memorable stories from StoryCorps'' collection, creating a moving portrait of American life. The voices here connect us to real people and their lives--to their experiences of profound joy, sadness, courage, and despair, to good times and hard times, to good deeds and misdeeds. To read this book is to be reminded of how rich and varied the American storybook truly is, how resistant to easy categorization or stereotype. We are our history, individually and collectively, and Listening Is an Act of Love touchingly reminds us of this powerful truth.Dave Isay''s newest book, Callings, is now available from Penguin Press.

"What I want to say to you is that sometimes life catches you by surprise and you feel unequipped to handle what it brings you, but every bit of life you''ve lived before that moment equips you to live through it. That''s what I would give to you." -Fanni Victoria Green-Lemons, in conversation with her daughter, Danyealah Green-Lemons In Mom, Dave Isay-StoryCorps''s founder and the editor of the project''s bestselling collection, Listening Is an Act of Love-presents a celebration of American mothers. Featuring StoryCorps''s most revelatory stories on the subject, Mom looks across a diversity of experience to present an entirely original portrait of motherhood. Through conversations between parents and children, husbands and wives, siblings and friends, the life of the American mother unfolds. In stories that take us from the woods of New Hampshire to urban Detroit and beyond, we meet mothers and children from all walks of life-an immigrant mother instilling in her children the importance of education, adult children caring for an elderly parent, a woman remembering the sound of her mother''s laugh, and mothers and children of all ages learning to grow into new roles over time. Visiting families in moments of profound joy and sadness, courage and despair, struggle and triumph, we learn new truths about that most primal and sacred of bonds-the relationship between mother and child. With this vital contribution to the American storybook, StoryCorps has created a tribute to mothers that honors the wealth of our national experience. An appreciation of the wisdom and generosity passed between mothers and children, this generation to the next, Mom offers powerful lessons in the meaning of family and the expansiveness of the human heart.Watch a Video

A celebration of love from StoryCorpsIn All There Is, StoryCorps founder David Isay shares stories from the revolutionary oral history project, revealing the many remarkable journeys that relationships can take.

 

In these pages we discover that love is found in unexpected places: a New York tollbooth, a military base in Iraq, an airport lounge. We encounter love that survives discrimination, illness, poverty, distance—even death. Carrying us from the excitement and anticipation of courtship to the deep connection of lifelong commitment, All There Is enriches our understanding of love and of the resilience of the human spirit.Dave Isay''s newest book, Callings, will be published by Penguin Press on April 19, 2016. 

From the Trade Paperback edition.

A celebration of the relationships that bring us strength, purpose, and joy Ties That Bind honors the people who nourish and strengthen us. StoryCorps founder Dave Isay draws from ten years of the revolutionary oral history project’s rich archives, collecting conversations that celebrate the power of the human bond and capture the moment at which individuals become family. Between blood relations, friends, coworkers, and neighbors, in the most trying circumstances and in the unlikeliest of places, enduring connections are formed and lives are forever changed. The stories shared in Ties That Bind reveal our need to reach out, to support, and to share life’s burdens and joys. We meet two brothers, separately cast out by their parents, who reconnect and rebuild a new family around each other. We encounter unexpected joy: A gay woman reveals to her beloved granddaughter that she grew up believing that family was a happiness she would never be able to experience. We witness lifechanging friendship: An Iraq war veteran recalls his wartime bond with two local children and how his relationship with his wife helped him overcome the trauma of losing them. Against unspeakable odds, at their most desperate moments, the individuals we meet in Ties That Bind find their way to one another, discovering hope and healing. Commemorating ten years of StoryCorps, the conversations collected in Ties That Bind are a testament to the transformational power of listening.

Glimpse the breadth and power of the American experience through the voices and stories of everyday people in the first-ever graphic novel from the acclaimed nonprofit StoryCorps.Listen. Honor. Share.In the first graphic novel collection from StoryCorps, readers are given a glimpse of the beauty, power, and scope of the American experience as lived and told by everyday people. Selected from hundreds of thousands of interviews recorded in every corner of the country, these fourteen stories introduce you to a woman born into slavery who becomes a pioneering midwife in Black Mountain, North Carolina; an act of kindness during the Great Depression remembered, and repaid, decades later; a father on his deathbed who finally reveals his experiences in a concentration camp during the Holocaust; a family’s journey from cleaning offices to graduating college; an airline employee who unknowingly let terrorists onto a plane on September 11; and so much more.With striking art by Sharon De La Cruz and an introduction by renowned young adult author Jason Reynolds, who once worked for StoryCorps himself, this collection illuminates the humanity and possibility in us all.

The first-ever graphic novel from the acclaimed nonprofit StoryCorps, showcasing history and diversity of America. Listen. Honor. Share. In this graphic novel collection illuminating the humanity and possibility in us all — readers get a glimpse at the breadth of the American experience over the past century. Each person has their own family stories, their own lived experiences, and their own personal history. In fourteen stories spanning the past one hundred years of American history, readers will experience the diversity and depth of the people who make up this nation. In addition to an intro by acclaimed and award-winning novelist Jason Reynolds, who was once a StoryCorps facilitator, this graphic novel features: "Labor of Love" by Mary Othella Burnette "Hard Times" by Virginia Hill Fairbrother "The Room" by Debra Fischer "Lessons from My Father" by William "Lynn" Weaver "A Place in the World" by Storm Reyes "The Busboy" by Juan Romero "A Giant" by Colleen and Meaghan Starkloff "Crossing" by Blanca and Connie Alvarez "My Aunties" by Stefan Lynch "Eyes on the Stars" by Carl McNair "Last Sight" by Allen Hoe "September 12th" by Vaugh Allex "Father and Son" by Aidan and Albert Sykes "Like Me" by Gabe and Chris Lopez

As heard on NPR, a wondrous nationwide celebration of our shared humanity StoryCorps founder and legendary radio producer Dave Isay selects the most memorable stories from StoryCorps'' collection, creating a moving portrait of American life. The voices here connect us to real people and their lives--to their experiences of profound joy, sadness, courage, and despair, to good times and hard times, to good deeds and misdeeds. To read this book is to be reminded of how rich and varied the American storybook truly is, how resistant to easy categorization or stereotype. We are our history, individually and collectively, and Listening Is an Act of Love touchingly reminds us of this powerful truth.Dave Isay''s newest book, Callings, is now available from Penguin Press.

"What I want to say to you is that sometimes life catches you by surprise and you feel unequipped to handle what it brings you, but every bit of life you''ve lived before that moment equips you to live through it. That''s what I would give to you." -Fanni Victoria Green-Lemons, in conversation with her daughter, Danyealah Green-Lemons In Mom, Dave Isay-StoryCorps''s founder and the editor of the project''s bestselling collection, Listening Is an Act of Love-presents a celebration of American mothers. Featuring StoryCorps''s most revelatory stories on the subject, Mom looks across a diversity of experience to present an entirely original portrait of motherhood. Through conversations between parents and children, husbands and wives, siblings and friends, the life of the American mother unfolds. In stories that take us from the woods of New Hampshire to urban Detroit and beyond, we meet mothers and children from all walks of life-an immigrant mother instilling in her children the importance of education, adult children caring for an elderly parent, a woman remembering the sound of her mother''s laugh, and mothers and children of all ages learning to grow into new roles over time. Visiting families in moments of profound joy and sadness, courage and despair, struggle and triumph, we learn new truths about that most primal and sacred of bonds-the relationship between mother and child. With this vital contribution to the American storybook, StoryCorps has created a tribute to mothers that honors the wealth of our national experience. An appreciation of the wisdom and generosity passed between mothers and children, this generation to the next, Mom offers powerful lessons in the meaning of family and the expansiveness of the human heart.Watch a Video

A celebration of love from StoryCorpsIn All There Is, StoryCorps founder David Isay shares stories from the revolutionary oral history project, revealing the many remarkable journeys that relationships can take.

 

In these pages we discover that love is found in unexpected places: a New York tollbooth, a military base in Iraq, an airport lounge. We encounter love that survives discrimination, illness, poverty, distance—even death. Carrying us from the excitement and anticipation of courtship to the deep connection of lifelong commitment, All There Is enriches our understanding of love and of the resilience of the human spirit.Dave Isay''s newest book, Callings, will be published by Penguin Press on April 19, 2016. 

From the Trade Paperback edition.

A celebration of the relationships that bring us strength, purpose, and joy Ties That Bind honors the people who nourish and strengthen us. StoryCorps founder Dave Isay draws from ten years of the revolutionary oral history project’s rich archives, collecting conversations that celebrate the power of the human bond and capture the moment at which individuals become family. Between blood relations, friends, coworkers, and neighbors, in the most trying circumstances and in the unlikeliest of places, enduring connections are formed and lives are forever changed. The stories shared in Ties That Bind reveal our need to reach out, to support, and to share life’s burdens and joys. We meet two brothers, separately cast out by their parents, who reconnect and rebuild a new family around each other. We encounter unexpected joy: A gay woman reveals to her beloved granddaughter that she grew up believing that family was a happiness she would never be able to experience. We witness lifechanging friendship: An Iraq war veteran recalls his wartime bond with two local children and how his relationship with his wife helped him overcome the trauma of losing them. Against unspeakable odds, at their most desperate moments, the individuals we meet in Ties That Bind find their way to one another, discovering hope and healing. Commemorating ten years of StoryCorps, the conversations collected in Ties That Bind are a testament to the transformational power of listening.