Adventures in the Land of Single Fatherhood

The story of the single mother is now fairly common. But the story of the single father is only now being told. The number of solo dads has skyrocketed to nearly 2 million. Our guest is Trey Ellis, author of the best-seller “Bedtime Stories: Adventures in the Land of Single Fatherhood,” a memoir tells how he juggles raising two kids with his social life. Then - how retail giant IKEA is helping to save the environment.

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Single Fatherhood The number of solo dads has skyrocketed, almost doubling between 1990 and 2006 to about 2 million. Its estimated in the coming years one in every two kids will live with a single parent at some point. Our guest is Trey Ellis, author of Bedtime Stories: Adventures in the Land of Single Fatherhood. His memoir discusses being single and raising two children.
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Bagging Plastic Bags Many companies are now talking about going green but IKEA for years led the way. Their recent Bag the Plastic Bag campaign eliminated over 64 million plastic bags from ending up in trash dumps, trees or oceans. Well learn more about the program from Mona Astra Liss, Director of Corporate Communication for IKEA.
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Trey Ellis Trey Ellis is a novelist, screenwriter, essayist and professor. He is the author of Bedtime Stories: Adventures in the Land of Single-Fatherhood. His acclaimed first novel, Platitudes, was reissued by Northeastern University Press along with his influential essay, "The New Black Aesthetic." He is also the author of Home Repairs and Right Here, Right Now which was a recipient of the American Book Award. His work for the screen includes the Emmy nominated Tuskegee Airmen, and Good Fences starring Danny Glover and Whoopi Goldberg which was shortlisted for the PEN award for Best Teleplay of the year. His essays have appeared in The New York Times, Playboy, The Washington Post, The Los Angeles Times and Vanity Fair, among others and he has contributed audio commentary to NPR's All Things Considered. His first play, Fly, was produced and performed at the Lincoln Center Institute. He blogs about single-parenting on Babble.com and lives in Manhattan with his two children where he is an Assistant Professor of Film at Columbia. Click Here to Visit His Website