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We Saw You with Karen Carrier Ep. 4

The Memphis restaurateur remembers her bohemian aunt Gloria Sklen.

We continue our interview with restaurateur/artist Karen Carrier. This is episode four, which is part of the We Saw You video series — hosted by yours truly — about Memphians and Mid-Southerners.

In this episode, Carrier and I sat down at her home while she talked about her aunt, Gloria Sklen, who lived in New York. 

Sklen, who sounds like the eccentric bohemian Auntie Mame was a mosaic artist and “just wild,” Carrier says. “I was just mesmerized by her.”

By Michael Donahue

Michael Donahue began his career in 1975 at the now-defunct Memphis Press-Scimitar and moved to The Commercial Appeal in 1984, where he wrote about food and dining, music, and covered social events until early 2017, when he joined Contemporary Media.