Award-winning public broadcaster wryly muses on his life from ages 8 to 68

Sixty Slices of Life...on Wry: The Private Life of a Public Broadcaster by Fred Flaxman offers a behind-the-scenes look at the world of public radio, TV and journalism

ASHEVILLE, N.C. (MMD Newswire) February 10, 2010 -- Story Book Publishers' Sixty Slices of Life...on Wry: The Private Life of a Public Broadcaster by Fred Flaxman is a tongue-in-cheek memoir, proceeding chronologically from when the author learned about life from his dog when he was 8 to when he learned that he was an old man in the Paris Metro at 68.

Filled with an insider's look at the world of public broadcasting, Flaxman's book also offers witty guidance on such topics as how to get your child to listen to classical music, how not to pass the test for American citizenship, and even whether or not to purchase a potbellied pig. Some of these "slices" were previously published in The Wall Street Journal, Chicago Tribune, San Francisco Chronicle and other major metropolitan newspapers, while others were written especially for this book.

Sixty Slices of Life is written for anyone interested in public radio, TV, France, dogs, cats, music, or life in general. Says John Friedman, author of Out of the Blue: A History of Lightning: Science, Superstition, and Amazing Stories of Survival and a producer of the Oscar-winning the documentary Hotel Terminus, "Sixty Slices is a feast of tasty morsels. Flaxman has the ability to see humor and the absurd even in the most mundane experiences. It is a warmhearted, often nostalgic, potpourri."

Bahia Abrams, author of The Other Half of My Soul says, "Sixty Slices of Life ... on Wry is at once moving, funny, and true. Fred Flaxman has proved himself a master at intertwining his life's experiences with tenderness, love and laugh-out-loud humor. I was filled with warm fuzzies and did not want these beautiful stories to end."

Sixty Slices of Life...on Wry: The Private Life of a Public Broadcaster is available for sale online at Amazon.com and other channels.

About the Author
Fred Flaxman is the producer and presenter of Compact Discoveries, a classic music public radio series that has been broadcast by 160 stations in the U.S., Puerto Rico, Haiti, Spain and the Philippines. An award-winning writer, producer and public radio executive, his articles have appeared in The New York Times, The Washington Post, The Wall Street Journal, The Baltimore Sun and more. Flaxman was also the recipient of a first place award from the National Society of Newspaper Columnists.

MEDIA CONTACT:
Fred Flaxman
E-mail: fred@flaxman.us
Phone: (828) 645-8580
Web: www.fredflaxman.com

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