{"id":204,"date":"2012-11-29T16:07:23","date_gmt":"2012-11-29T23:07:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/marcuslmatthews.com\/?p=204"},"modified":"2019-10-26T17:21:34","modified_gmt":"2019-10-27T00:21:34","slug":"204","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/marcuslmatthews.com\/?p=204","title":{"rendered":"Memphis Author to Appear on national television, the Maury Show"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/marcuslmatthews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/dec5thMMATTHEWS.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/marcuslmatthews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/dec5thMMATTHEWS-300x243.png\" alt=\"\" title=\"dec5thMMATTHEWS\" width=\"300\" height=\"243\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-205\" srcset=\"https:\/\/marcuslmatthews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/dec5thMMATTHEWS-300x243.png 300w, https:\/\/marcuslmatthews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/dec5thMMATTHEWS.png 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>Memphis Author to Appear on national television, the Maury Show<br \/>\nMEMPHIS, TENN. Nov. 28, 2012\u2014Five men, five stories, one book.<br \/>\nOn Dec. 5, Marcus Matthews, author of \u201cI Am Not the Father: Narratives of Men Falsely Accused of Paternity,\u201d will appear on the nationally syndicated program the Maury Show.<br \/>\nA native Memphian, Matthews will be featured in a segment during the show where he discusses his book, upcoming documentary, and his personal story about being erroneously accused of fathering a child when he was a 17-year-old senior in high school.<br \/>\nMatthews self-published \u201cI Am Not the Father\u201d in August 2010 and said he was flattered when he received the invitation to appear on the Maury Show, which boasts more than 3 million viewers daily.<br \/>\n\u201cIt\u2019s not every day that a Memphian gets to tell his story to more than 3 million people on national TV,\u201d Matthews said.<br \/>\n\t\t\tThe Maury Show<br \/>\n\t\t\tMemphis, WPTY 24<br \/>\n\t\t\tDec. 5, 2012<br \/>\n\t\t\t4 p.m. <\/p>\n<p>Since its publication, Matthews has used his book as a platform to address the issue of paternity fraud locally and now nationally.<br \/>\nWhen he is not discussing paternity fraud or his book, Matthews teaches English at Hamilton High School and is currently a doctoral candidate for Higher and Adult Education at the University of Memphis.<br \/>\nMatthews received his master\u2019s degree in Instruction and Curriculum Leadership from The University of Memphis in 2008 and his bachelor\u2019s in Journalism in 2003 from there as well.<br \/>\nMatthews was recognized as The University of Memphis 2003 Newspaper\/Magazine Student of the Year in 2003. He was recognized during The University of Memphis\u2019 2012 Centennial Commencement &#8211; one of only 101 graduates in the school\u2019s history being honored.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Memphis Author to Appear on national television, the Maury Show MEMPHIS, TENN. Nov. 28, 2012\u2014Five men, five stories, one book. On Dec. 5, Marcus Matthews, author of \u201cI Am Not the Father: Narratives of Men Falsely Accused of Paternity,\u201d will appear on the nationally syndicated program the Maury Show. 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