Nabil Ayers, MY LIFE IN THE SUNSHINE: Searching for My Father and Discovering My Family
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Zibby Owens
4.5 • 644 Ratings
🗓️ 23 September 2022
⏱️ 26 minutes
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Summary
Entrepreneur, author, and musician Nabil Ayers joins Zibby to discuss his debut memoir, My Life in the Sunshine, which tells the story of his unique family structure and how he met his father, jazz artist Roy Ayers, when he was 35. The two talk about Nabil's mother and his reactions to the decisions she made that ultimately shaped his life, his relationship with Judaism, and how Zibby accidentally shared this book's cover before Nabil did. Nabil also shares how he found his way to writing later in life and how his wife pushed him to finally share this story.
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| 0:00.0 | Hi, I'm Zivie Owens, the creator and host of the award-winning podcast that you're listening to right now. |
| 0:07.8 | Thank you so much called Moms Don't Have Time to Read Books. |
| 0:10.7 | It is a daily podcast 365 days a year, and each day we talk to an author about all of the things related to their career, their book, their life, and more in 30 minutes or |
| 0:21.1 | less, because who has time? I am now an author myself, although I wasn't when I started this |
| 0:25.9 | podcast, and you can get my new memoir, Bookends, a memoir of Love, Loss, and Literature, |
| 0:31.8 | wherever books are sold starting July 1st, and my children's book, Princess Charming. You can |
| 0:37.4 | learn more about me at Zibby Owens.com, |
| 0:39.5 | but really you're here to learn more about the authors, |
| 0:42.3 | and that is what we're going to do. |
| 0:44.4 | Also, be sure to check out all the other podcasts |
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| 0:58.3 | Thank you. at Zcastnetwork.com and definitely check out those shows as well. Today is a special week for Zimbi Books because we have announced our spring |
| 1:03.4 | season of books launching in 2023 and are releasing one cover each day for this week |
| 1:10.6 | of September 19th at Zibby Books on Instagram. |
| 1:14.9 | So check it out and follow along and see what our first books coming out starting in February |
| 1:19.7 | 2023 are all about on Zimby Books. |
| 1:22.0 | And while you're at it, check out the new ZibbyMag. |
| 1:24.8 | ZimbiMag.com, which we launched last week and is the new literary lifestyle destination. |
| 1:30.7 | Check it out. Nabil Iers is the author of My Life in the Sunshine, searching for my father and discovering |
| 1:37.1 | my family. He has written about race and music for the New York Times, NPR, Pitchfork, |
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