lewis grizzard

WRITERS' BLOCK What a wonder this week's guest is. An author, a musician, a singer, as well as a blogger & podcaster. All these add up to one heck of a story teller! Sean Dietrich joins Patti Callahan Henry and Ron Block to discuss his latest highly regarded and intensely personal novel, Kinfolk. Sean shares deeply personal aspects of his life and how they helped shape this story of Fathers and Daughters. His ability to share stories is captivating throughout this conversation, and is certain to draw listeners in as close as it did the hosts. Recounting his experience being called to perform at the Grand Old Opry is riveting, emotional and goosebump enducing. This epsisode is unforgettable and true Southern Hospitality in creative form! 

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In this episode, we're talking Lewis Grizzard by two people who knew him well – Jim Minter and David Boyd Sr. 

Jim Minter was managing editor of the Atlanta Constitution and oversaw the consolidation of the Journal and Constitution newsrooms in 1982, and in 1986 was named senior editor of the Journal and Constitution and Vice President of Cox Newspapers. 

Minter talks about discovering Lewis, bringing him to Atlanta and watching his career take off.  

Joining Jim is Coweta’s very own David Boyd Sr. A political cartoonist first at the Newnan Times-Herald, Boyd also illustrated several of Lewis’s books and calendars. Friends and golfing buddies, they traveled twice to Scotland to golf at St. Andrews.  

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