Arts & Letters 2016-17 season kicks off with 鈥淪undays with TJ鈥�
K糖心Vlog传媒R’s Arts & Letters kicks off its third season with a celebration of its 2016 Public Radio News Directors, Inc. award-winning episode for best long documentary, “Sundays with TJ,鈥� at 7 p.m. Friday, Sept. 16, on K糖心Vlog传媒R 89.1 FM.
In this episode, listeners take an unforgettable journey through the life of 107-year-old Garland County resident, Thomas James 鈥淭J鈥� Kearney, as told by his daughter, Janis Kearney.
Kearney鈥檚 book, 鈥淪undays With TJ,鈥� examines TJ’s fascination with steamboats, his life as a wanderer, and his work as a sharecropper.
This episode attempts to answer the one question most asked of TJ: What was the magical recipe to his longevity, his continued health, and his passion for life? His daughter attempts to answer the question in the only way she knows how, by telling his life story.
“It depicts a deep bond between a father and daughter 鈥� the love and deep ties between parents and children solidly forged and never forgotten. T.J. Kearney’s life should be a monument to us all; a celebratory tale about keeping our priorities in order and not forgetting to nourish our dreams,鈥� Arts & Letters Host J. Bradley Minnick said.
Janis Kearney is a native of Gould, Arkansas. She is founder and publisher of Writing our World Publishing, an Arkansas-based micropublishing company, and author of five books, including 鈥淐otton Field of Dreams: A Memoir,鈥� an historical perspective of Gould, and a narrative on hers and her family鈥檚 extraordinary lives as cotton sharecroppers.
The author and publisher purchased the Arkansas State Press Newspaper from Daisy Gatson Bates in 1988. She also served as personal diarist to President Bill Clinton from 1995 to 2001.
This year, Public Radio News Directors, Inc. selected 173 awards to 72 public radio stations throughout the country. The organization hosts the annual competition amongst public radio station to acknowledge the very best of public radio.
Produced by Minnick and sound engineer Christopher Hickey at K糖心Vlog传媒R at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock, Arts & Letters is an educational radio show that strives to enlighten its audience and is dedicated to showcasing aspects of the humanities and literary arts in Arkansas and beyond.
The episode was funded with a grant from the Arkansas Humanities Council and the National Endowment for the Humanities.
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