marriage http://wamc.org en "A Kiss Before You Go: An Illustrated Memoir of Love and Loss" by David Gregory http://wamc.org/post/kiss-you-go-illustrated-memoir-love-and-loss-david-gregory <p><span style="line-height: 1.5;">&nbsp;&nbsp;</span><span style="line-height: 1.5;">&nbsp;&nbsp;</span><span style="line-height: 1.5;">After the loss of his wife in a tragic accident, artist Danny Gregory chronicled his grief in the medium he knows best—the pages of his illustrated journals. His new book, </span><em style="line-height: 1.5;"><a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1452101949/ref=as_li_qf_sp_asin_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=9325&amp;creativeASIN=1452101949&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;tag=wamcnortheast-20">A Kiss Before You Go: An Illustrated Memoir of Love and Loss</a><img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=wamcnortheast-20&amp;l=as2&amp;o=1&amp;a=1452101949" style="border:none !important; margin:0px !important;" width="1"></em><span style="line-height: 1.5;">, reproduces these journal pages in a visual memoir of Gregory's journey towards recovery.</span></p><p>Gregory's process reminds us that creative expression offers its own therapy, and that living each day to its fullest may be as simple as putting pen to paper. Anyone who has experienced loss will take solace in this candid look at grieving.</p><p> Tue, 12 Mar 2013 14:35:00 +0000 Joe Donahue 59650 at http://wamc.org "A Kiss Before You Go: An Illustrated Memoir of Love and Loss" by David Gregory The Book Show #1277 - Ben Schrank http://wamc.org/post/book-show-1277-ben-schrank <p>In the new novel, <em><a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0374192499/ref=as_li_qf_sp_asin_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;tag=wamcnortheast-20&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=9325&amp;creativeASIN=0374192499">Love Is a Canoe</a><img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=wamcnortheast-20&amp;l=as2&amp;o=1&amp;a=0374192499" style="border:none !important; margin:0px !important;" width="1"></em>, partly set in the village of Millerton, NY, Ben Schrank delivers a smart, funny, romantic novel about the fragility of marriage and the difficulty of repairing the damage when well-intentioned people forget how to be good to one another.</p><p>Ben Schrank is also the author of the novels <em>Consent</em> and <em>Miracle Man</em>.</p><p> Tue, 08 Jan 2013 20:06:00 +0000 Joe Donahue 55083 at http://wamc.org The Book Show #1277 - Ben Schrank Cuomo Calls Obama's Gay Marriage Support a "Major Advancement" http://wamc.org/post/cuomo-calls-obamas-gay-marriage-support-major-advancement <p>Governor Cuomo, who won national praise and attention for championing the passage of same sex marriage in New York, calls President Obama&rsquo;s support of gay marriage a &ldquo;major advancement for equal rights in this country.&rdquo;&nbsp; Capitol Correspondent Karen DeWitt reports&hellip; &nbsp;</p> Thu, 10 May 2012 11:51:01 +0000 Karen Dewitt 38681 at http://wamc.org Cuomo Calls Obama's Gay Marriage Support a "Major Advancement"