The moth
Title:
The moth
Author:
Burns, Catherine, 1969-, editor
ISBN:
9781846689901
9781846689895
Physical Description:
400 pages : portraits ; 22 cm
General Note:
"50 extraordinary true stories"--Cover.
Includes dates, locations, and directors of the original performances of the stories.
Contents:
Innocents abroad. Life on a Möbius strip / Mission to India / Notes on an exorcism / Man and beast / The Prince and I / The day I became a matador / In the trenches. Life after death / Don't fall in love with your monkey / Tajik sonata / Impeachment day / Easter in a Texas roadhouse / Bicycle safety on Essex / Elevator ER / The big things you don't do / Coming home. A view of the Earth / Life flight / Angel / The house that Sherman didn't burn / Cocktails in Attica / Whatever doesn't kill me / Generations. LOL / Liberty card / Discussing family trees in school can be dangerous / The mug shot / Good news versus bad / The apron strings of Savannah / A kind of wisdom / A perfect circle / Shot through the heart. War / We'll have to stop now / Her way / The case of the curious codes / The accident / Sing Sing tattoo / Carpe diem. My first day with the Yankees / Under the influence / Yes means yes? / One last family photo / A dish best served cold / A work in progress / Unhooked / The small town prisoner / Save me. The past wasn't done with me / Hair today gone tomorrow / The one good man / Life support / Where there's smoke / Perfect moments / Fireworks from above / Franny's last ride
Abstract:
Before television and radio, before penny paperbacks and mass literacy, people would gather on porches, on the steps outside their homes, and tell stories. The storytellers knew their craft and bewitched listeners would sit and listen long into the night as moths flitted around overhead. The Moth is a non-profit group that is trying to recapture this lost art, helping storytellers - old hands and novices alike - hone their stories before playing to packed crowds at sold-out live events ... The very best of these stories are collected here: whether it's Bill Clinton's hell-raising press secretary or a leading geneticist with a family secret; a doctor whisked away by nuns to a Mother Teresa's bedside or a film director saving her father's Chinatown store from money-grabbing developers; the Sultan of Brunei's concubine or a friend of Hemingway's who accidentally talks himself into a role as a substitute bullfighter, these eccentric, pitch-perfect - and all, amazingly, true - stories range from the poignant to the downright hilarious.
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Format:
Books
Document ID:
SD_ILS:1493404
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