Lesson #64: FINDING YOUR GROOVE: “LIL’ MAMA” - Audrey Ellen Pleasant
INTRODUCTORY GREETINGS
Happy 2024! We are happy to share with you the first Storytelling School Blog of the year!
This month’s story is told by Audrey Ellen Pleasant who shared with us all the way back in 2010. Inspired by the new year we are highlighting a story about doing new things, getting out of our comfort zones, and movin’ and groovin’.
This month’s Storytelling School story is:
“Lil’ Mama” b...
Lesson #63: DISCOVERY: “HARMONY SCAFFOLDS HOME” - Anaïs Cerina Irizarry Austin
This month our Storytelling School story is “Harmony Scaffolds Home” by Anaïs Cerina Irizarry Austin. Anaïs is an alum of our Story Lab program and this story will be featured on the second episode of the second season of GROWN! Grown is The Moth’s newest podcast all about what it means to grow up. You can listen to Grown wherever you listen to podcasts! HARMONY SCAFFOLDS HOME by Anaïs Cerina Irizarry Austin
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Lesson #62: Rise and Shine “Stepping Into Me” - Jake Haller
Welcome back to Storytelling School! We’re celebrating this month with a story all about stepping into oneself. Jake Haller told this month’s story at the GrandSLAM for The Moth's Education Program in New York City on June 8, 2019.
This month’s Storytelling School story is:
“Stepping Into Me” by Jake Haller
Watch the videoYou can read the transcript of TELLER’S story here....
Lesson #61: FORECASTING: “Bring Me Liberty or Bring Me A Dress” - Sue Schmidt
INTRODUCTORY GREETINGS
Welcome back to Storytelling School! We’re celebrating this Back to School season with a story all about learning from our elders. Sue Schmidt told this month’s story in Miami in 2018.
This month’s Storytelling School story is:
“Bring Me Liberty or Bring Me A Dress” by Sue Schmidt
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This month’s Storytelling School post was written by guest author and Moth Story Lab alum, August Selvaggio! August first joined The Moth through our All Country program (now called The Moth Story Lab Virtual) in the Spring of 2022 as a 10th Grader. From Rhode Island, August will graduate from high school in 2024.
--Last Spring, during my Sophomore year of high school, I participated in The Moth Education Program’s virtual All Country youth storytelling workshop (now called ‘Moth Story Lab)’...
