16:44
The Day I Became a Matador
A man's relationship with a famous writer takes an unexpected twist.
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Mighty: Bull, Pen, Gun
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An author who treasures the art of letter-writing is spellbound by an
inmate who becomes a pen pal, a man comes to terms with a personal
tragedy caused by a gun, and a writer describes how Ernest Hemingway
persuades him to risk his life by pretending to be a matador. Hosted by
The Moth’s Artistic Director, Catherine Burns.
The Moth Radio Hour is produced by The Moth and Jay Allison of Atlantic
Public Media.
A. E. Hotchner lets Ernest Hemmingway talk him into dressing like a matador to face a bull in Spain.
Kemp Powers is only 14 when he learns that playing with a loaded gun can have devastating consequences.
Joyce Maynard is seduced by an inmate with extraordinary letter-writing skills.
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12:38
The Past Wasn't Done With Me
by Kemp Powers
Kemp Powers is only 14 when he learns that playing with a loaded gun can have devastating consequences.
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The One Good Man
An author who treasures the art of letter-writing is spellbound by an inmate who becomes a pen pal.
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Extras From This Episode
Mighty extras
A.E. Hotchner
You can read Ernest Hemingway’s side of the story in The Dangerous Summer.
All photos by Larry Barrows, LIFE magazine.
A.E. Hotchner gets advice from his “manager”, Ernest Hemingway, before the bullfight.
The subjects of The Dangerous Summer, from left to right – Ernest Hemingway, Luis Miguel Dominguin, A.E. Hotchner and Antonio Ordonez.
Kemp Powers
You can read more about Kemp’s life before and after in The Shooting, available as an e-book through Amazon.
All photos courtesy Kemp Powers.
Kemp as a baby.
Kemp and his kids, Mingus and Mackenzie.
Joyce Maynard
Joyce and her kids around the time of her correspondence with Grizzly. Photo courtesy Joyce Maynard.
The cover of Joyce's tenth book, Count the Ways, which will be released June 29, 2021