Dave Isay, author portrait
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Dave Isay

David Isay is the founder of StoryCorps and its parent company, Sound Portraits Productions. Over the past two decades his radio documentary work has won nearly every award in broadcasting, including five Peabody awards. David has also received a Guggenheim Fellowship, a MacArthur Fellowship, and a United States Artists Fellowship. He is the author (or coauthor) of numerous books based on Sound Portraits' radio stories, including Our America: Life and Death on the South Side of Chicago and Flophouse. He and his wife, Jennifer Gonnerman, live in Brooklyn.
Callings
Ties That Bind
Listening Is an Act of Love

Finding what you are meant to do | Dave Isay

Books

Callings
Ties That Bind
Listening Is an Act of Love

Media

Finding what you are meant to do | Dave Isay

Career and Technical Education Month

February is Career and Technical Education Month, described as a time to “celebrate the value of Career and Technical Education and the achievements and accomplishments of CTE programs across the country.” Find a history of career and technical education here.   We’d like to highlight a few books that can help your students navigate their

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