Chester Aaron, a fiction writer whose story “Winterswijk” opens MANOA’s winter 2008 issue, recently appeared on National Public Radio’s series The Ninth Inning. The following paragraphs by senior producer Davar Iran Ardalan are from NPR’s blog on the series:
In early September, author and garlic farmer Chester Aaron emailed me and asked me to consider a program that focuses on the lives of seniors. “One neighbor,” Chester wrote, “a fisherman, 80 years old, kept his family going by continuing to fish. He died last week. His children and grandchildren had a wake. The tributes, by fishermen and wives, would have broken your heart but also given you hope.”
I was intrigued and over the course of the fall, we began reviewing essays and considering interesting seniors to feature. Today, as part of our series The Ninth Inning, you will hear the story of Chester Aaron himself.
See Aaron’s website for more about his life story.
