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Deborah Harper, President of Psychjourney, interviews Mr. David Giffels, author of All the Way Home: Building a Family in a Falling-Down House published by William Morrow. Former Beavis and Butt-Head writer David Giffels is a columnist for the Akron Beacon Journal. Giffels is the coauthor of two other books: the rock biography Are We Not Men? We Are Devo! (SAF Publishing, 2003); and Wheels of Fortune: The Story of Rubber in Akron, a 1998 history of his hometown that is the bestselling title in University of Akron Press history. His essays appear in The American Midwest: An Interpretive Encyclopedia (Indiana University Press, 2006), and The Appalachians: Americaâs First and Last Frontier (Random House, 2004), and he received a âNotable Essayâ citation in Da Capo Best Music Writing 2004.. His writing has also appeared in the New York Times magazine and Redbook. He is a contributing commentator and essayist on National Public Radio station WKSU in Kent, Ohio. In a 17-year career, he has won dozens of journalism awards, including the 2006 National Award for Commentary from the American Association of Sunday and Feature Editors. He has been nominated five times for the Pulitzer Prize. Giffels has Bachelorâs degrees in English and Mass Media and a Masterâs degree in English/Creative Writing from the University of Akron. Visit his website.

Soap Box Derby, Akron, Ohio. Saturday, July 21, 2007