{"id":14364,"date":"2021-02-02T18:38:12","date_gmt":"2021-02-02T18:38:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thebookbeat.com\/bookshop\/?post_type=product&p=14364"},"modified":"2024-02-01T21:19:23","modified_gmt":"2024-02-01T21:19:23","slug":"scratching-the-surface","status":"publish","type":"product","link":"https:\/\/www.thebookbeat.com\/bookshop\/catalog\/scratching-the-surface\/","title":{"rendered":"Scratching the Surface: Adventures in Storytelling by Harvey Ovshinsky"},"content":{"rendered":"

Scratching the Surface: Adventures in Storytelling<\/em> is a deeply personal and intimate memoir told through the lens of Harvey Ovshinsky\u2019s lifetime of adventures as an urban enthusiast. He was only seventeen when he started The Fifth Estate<\/i>, one of the country\u2019s oldest underground newspapers. Five years later, he became one of the country\u2019s youngest news directors in commercial radio at WABX-FM, Detroit\u2019s notorious progressive rock station. Both jobs placed Ovshinsky directly in the bullseye of the nation\u2019s tumultuous counterculture of the 1960s and 70s. When he became a documentary director, Ovshinsky\u2019s dispatches from his hometown were awarded broadcasting\u2019s highest honors, including a national Emmy, a Peabody, and the American Film Institute\u2019s Robert M. Bennett Award for Excellence. Wayne State University Press<\/a><\/p>\n

A storyteller should give a reader \u201ca sense of community, of belonging, and that\u2019s what storytelling does, it\u2019s a shared experience.\u201d \u2014 Harvey Ovshinsky, author, educator and storyteller<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

“Leave it to Harvey Ovshinsky to create a new genre, the biotext, where memoir meets textbook. With its mix of life struggles, creative escapades, and production war stories, Scratching the Surface<\/em> reads like a fireside chat with a storytelling sage. I\u2019ll be keeping this trove of inspiration and concrete advice on my writing desk for years to come.”<\/strong>
\n\u2013 Desiree Cooper, author, filmmaker, Kresge Artist Fellow, and Pulitzer Prize\u2013nominated journalist<\/p>\n

“Harvey is a master storyteller with a passion for creating inspiring films and television programs. He\u2019s driven by his love of helping others tell their own stories, so if you have one to tell, Scratching the Surface is an invaluable resource and a great guide to unleashing your own creativity.”<\/strong>
\n\u2013 Bill Pace, television and feature film producer on A League of Their Own<\/em>; HBO\u2019s A Private Matter;<\/em> PBS\u2019s LateNight America<\/em>; and movies for CBS, ABC, NBC, and Hallmark Hall of Fame<\/p>\n

About the Author:<\/strong> Harvey Ovshinsky is a veteran educator and a multimedia journalist whose lifelong passion for telling Detroit stories was once described by the Detroit Metro Times<\/em> as being \u201ca colorful and fantastic voyage, at times brave and visionary.\u201d Ovshinsky\u2019s memoir, Scratching the Surface: Adventures in Storytelling<\/em> (2020) was published by Wayne State University Press,<\/p>\n

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