I just finished recording two new radio interviews about A Kiss Before You Go. One was with Jeff Schectman, the host of the Morning Show on KVON in Napa, California. It aired today and I’ll post a link soon.
The other was with Shelley Irwin on the Morning Show on WGVU Radio, in Grand Rapids, Michigan. It’ll air tomorrow.
Wow! What an honor! I got to spend 45 minutes this morning talking with radio legend Bob Edwards about Patti and my new book. He’s an incredible interviewer and a true radio god. They think our talk will be aired on Valentine’s Day on his show, Bob Edwards Weekend, on PRI and on Sirius XM Public Radio (XM 121, Sirius 205). I’ll post a copy of the interview after it airs. And,yes, that’s Oprah’s studio.
I was just interviewed by Virginia Prescott on WORD OF MOUTH, New Hampshire Public Radio, NPR. It was nice long chat and you can hear it here.
I’ll be chatting on Word of Mouth on NHPR on Thursday at 12:15. If you’re in New Hampshire, you can hear me live on your radio. If you’re not, you can listen to the interview online when I post it later this week.
I was just on the Morning Show with Dean and Don on KMA serving Southwest Iowa, Northwest Missouri and Southeast Nebraska.
It was a lovely chat (you can hear it here) and they gave away a copy of A Kiss B4 U Go to Caller Number 5. If that was you, I hope you like the book!
And if you weren’t Caller Number 5 but still want a copy, you can get one!
I was invited by Chronicle Books, my publisher to be a guest blogger. I wrote this piece about my lifelong love of book beginning with my childhood stint as a librarian. Do you like it?
Steven Heller has written a beautiful and deep article about my book in one of my favorite magazines, the Atlantic.
A funny interview with me and some other stuff on The Morning News.
My favorite bookmaker (no, they won’t take bets on the Superbowl) Stillman & Birn has some nice words about my book on their Facebook page. They are the first to discuss my art work in depth and I appreciate their insight:THE ART OF “A KISS BEFORE YOU GO”
Much has been written about Danny Gregory’s new memoir, “A Kiss Before You Go”. The book is a powerful account of grief and mourning in the year following the death of Gregory’s wife Patti. The book has won acclaim in numerous reviews and has been cited as one of the top books in its category by Oprah Winfrey. But not enough has been written about the book’s graphics and their artistic achievement. This is understandable in a way: Gregory’s poignant narrative is so compelling, that it is the focus for the reader. But anyone interested in art journaling should take a careful look at these accomplished drawings, and the seamless way in which they are integrated with the text. Here are two examples of this. The first is a riff on Hokusai’s iconic “Great Wave”. Gregory uses this image as a metaphor for the waves of intense emotion which can be overwhelming in dealing with grief. The second image of a church on a black background has a more subtle connection to the narrative, an anecdote about the potential for people to atrophy, socially, in solitude. Both images have a tone of urgent spontaneity, yet both renderings are obviously grounded in an impressive technical mastery of draftsmanship and color control from a leading exponent of the art journal form. Click here to see an enlargement of these pages: http://bit.ly/UPY62O
Joy Corcoran has written a lovely and thoughtful review of my book. If you are on the fence about buying a copy, this might tip you into your local bookshop.
Danny Gregory 