by Caren Neile. Twice in two months this past winter, I participated in peace rallies at Florida Atlantic University in Boca Raton. The rallies were held in the “free speech area,” little more than a slab of concrete connecting two sides of the urban campus. Because I teach storytelling at the university and host a […]
Is There a Storyteller in the House? Telling for Peace Details »
by Mary K. Clark. Imagine having a conversation without someone glancing down at their smartphone – repeatedly. The ancient art of conversation was revived in lower Manhattan this week; people talking with people, sharing and telling stories, in real time – no filters or interruptions. Bianca Bosker writes in New York Blackout Kills Phones, Revives
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told by Yvonne Healy Click to Listen healy Family was a blue envelope crinkly thin as onion skin. My mother sliced it with a butter knife careful to preserve the criss-crossed messages of love held inside. My uncle was the sweet, rank aroma of a brown box stuffed with shamrock plants grown moldy on the
By Laura Packer The recent resurgence in fairy-tale based media, such as movies (Hansel and Gretel, Sleeping Beauty), TV shows (Once Upon a Time, Grimm), literature (Kelly Link, Neil Gaiman, Bill Willingham, and others), and games (The Path) makes it clear that these stories have deep resonance in our culture. But what is it about
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By Susanna Holstein The school visit was all that I wanted it to be: well planned, well received, a joyful, thoughtful sharing of stories and songs with over 500 children, parents and teachers. It was an affirmation of what I do. During the times when I have no storytelling work I turn my focus to
Flavorwire (New York, NY), May 11, 2012 Summary: The Moth founder George Dawes Green says that the key to a really great story is vulnerability. “Great storytellers really never tell about triumphs — they always focus on weakness and loss, and their own humanity, their own clownishness.” “Getting other people to be quiet —
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By Cassandra Cushing Cassie is a Next Generation Scholarship recipient for attending the 2013 National Storytelling Conference, August 1-4 in Richmond, VA. My storytelling teachers and mentors told me that sometimes a synergy between the teller, the tale and the audience can emerge in an almost tangible relationship—an unseen but nonetheless palpable energy becomes present
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by Nancy Mellon Hawthorn Press, 2000 ISBN – 1-903458-08-0 Book Reviews by Katrina Kenison and Thomas Moore Katrina Kenison Nancy Mellon invites us to liberate the inner storyteller who resides within each one of us. In this wise and wonderful book, she provides all the tools parents and teachers need to engage in this practical,
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By Allison Cox, ©2014. I managed to escape work early enough that afternoon. I remember wanting to escape all the traffic and concrete of the city. I was lucky enough to drive right onto the ferry just before it left for my island. Once home, I lingered on the front deck of my house, soaking
