Dispatches from the Moth · Posted On: Jul 03, 2019
by The Moth Staff
After a vigorous selection process, The Moth’s Global Community Program selected six talented alumni to become potential instructors for its workshop programs in the Global South. This first cohort includes individuals from Africa and Asia who are currently undergoing a robust training process to become teachers of the craft of true personal storytelling.
The newest addition to this remarkable group is Masooma Ranalvi, a social activist who, in addition to her time with The Moth, works as a ...
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Dispatches from the Moth · Posted On: Jun 26, 2019
by The Moth Staff
This week, The Moth celebrates Pride Month, and the 50th Anniversary of the Stonewall riots with a bold range of stories that explore the diversity of the LGBTQIA+ experience in this special playlist. From stories of love, loss, identity and everything in between, we hope you laugh, cry and connect with these 11 storytellers as they shine a light on the wide spectrum of queer identity.
For more, listen to our Pride-focused podcast, Pride 2019: Celebrating Stonewall 50, out this Friday, June 2...
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Dispatches from the Moth · Posted On: Jun 17, 2019
by The Moth Staff
This Spring, alongside the release of our third book, Occasional Magic, The Moth debuted a brand new logo, designed in partnership our friend Stephen Doyle and his talented team at Doyle Partners.
We talked with The Moth’s Artistic Director, Catherine Burns, and Stephen Doyle about the power of imagery, the inspiration behind The Moth’s new logo and more.
When did you decide to update The Moth’s logo?
CB: We’d had our old logo for about ten years, and so it seemed like a good time to fr...
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Dispatches from the Moth · Posted On: Jun 05, 2019
by Suzanne Rust
NeShaune’s father may be gone, but his spirit of encouragement is here to stay.
How did you know that this was the Moth story you had to tell?
The night I told the story I was excited, nervous and anxious about the idea of telling it. But then a Bill Withers’ song came on and I was flooded with feelings of my dad and all the things he made me believe I could do, and I just needed people to know. I wanted someone else to feel what I was feeling…the strength, the love, the co...
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Dispatches from the Moth · Posted On: May 30, 2019
by Suzanne Rust
While in military school, a stroke of good luck helps Edgar save face—and some important documents.What about you is most Southern?
When I was growing up Savannah, it languished in a beautiful sort of desolation and decay. It had a haunted quality, like a ghost town, a quality I found very beautiful. Mother taught Helen and me to love all that was desolate, decayed and abandoned, and founded a society called the Society for the Preservation of Decay. It had only three members, M...
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