Compelling People — Interesting Lives
Wednesday
November 2018
COMMENTS
Written by Marc Parker and Melissa Benefield Parker, Posted in Interviews Authors
Becket Ghioto is the author of eleven books, including three books of poetry. He was a diocesan seminarian for three years and a Benedictine monk for five. From 2005 until 2017, Becket was the personal assistant to Vampire Chronicles author Anne Rice.
Monday
November 2018
COMMENTS
Written by Marc Parker and Melissa Benefield Parker, Posted in Interviews Newsmakers
Frank Schaeffer is a New York Times bestselling author of more than a dozen books. He is a survivor of both polio and an evangelical/fundamentalist childhood, an acclaimed writer who overcame severe dyslexia, a homeschooled, self-taught documentary movie director and an artist with a loyal following of international collectors who own many of his paintings.
Friday
October 2018
COMMENTS
Written by Marc Parker and Melissa Benefield Parker, Posted in Interviews Authors
April Ryan has been a White House correspondent for the American Urban Radio Networks since the Clinton administration. In addition, she can be seen almost daily as a political analyst for CNN. She has been featured in Vogue, Cosmopolitan and Elle magazines as well as the New York Times, Washington Post and Politico, to name a few, and has appeared on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert, Anderson Cooper 360, Hardball, Meet the Press and many other television news programs. In 2017, the National Association of Black Journalists named her the “Journalist of the Year.”
Friday
October 2018
COMMENTS
Written by Marc Parker and Melissa Benefield Parker, Posted in Interviews Musicians
John Popper is a founding member of Blues Traveler, serving as the band’s frontman with lead vocals and harmonica. They are known for such hits as “Run Around,” “Hook,” “But Anyway” and “The Mountains Win Again.” Other current band members are Chan Kinchla, Tad Kinchla, Ben Wilson and Brendan Hill. Bobby Sheehan, a co-founder of Blues Traveler, passed away in 1999.
