Tina McElroy Ansa, the author of five novels, also runs DownSouth Press, directs writers retreats on her home off the coast of Georgia, and is producing the screen adaptation of her first novel Baby of the Family with her filmmaker husband Jonee' Ansa. But above all, she is a storyteller.
A young journalist carefully sets the stage to make her first time memorable.
A young musician gets a once in a lifetime shot at the big time.
Todd Bush, a West Village stylist, has been storytelling behind his chair for 26 years. Transplanted to New York City from a farm in Alabama, he is a budding writer finishing up his first book Sissyhick: Slices Of Life From A Teenage Country Queer. He splits his time between New York and Montauk.
by Todd Bush
A father and son struggle to connect during hunting trips in rural Alabama.
Richard Kind is an accomplished stage, screen and television actor with many credits to his name. He is most widely known as "Paul Lassiter" on the ABC series Spin City, appearances on screen in The Hereafter
by Richard Kind
An actor proposes marriage, but waits a long, long time for an answer.
A man spends a lifetime trying to connect with a loving but emotionally distant mother.
Charlene Strong is a Human Rights Commissioner and advocate for equality. Her story and fight for family rights were critical in helping to pass landmark domestic partnership legislation in Washington state. Charlene is the subject of the award winning documentary, For My Wife..., chronicling the making of an activist.
Tragedy causes a woman to reevaluate her life.
Imam Khalid Latif is a university chaplain for NYU and director of NYU'S Islamic Center, a leading voice on Islam in America. He's a sought-after speaker, both in the U.S. and abroad, and has received many awards and recognitions for leadership over the last few years.
by Khalid Latif
An imam talks about his experiences as a Muslim student in New York City on 9/11.
by Ivan Kuraev
A Russian grandmother takes revenge when her grandson is bullied.
Diana Spechler is the author of the novels Who by Fire and Skinny, both on Harper Perennial. Her writing has appeared in The New York Times, GQ, The Wall Street Journal, O Magazine, Esquire
An off-screen romance hopes to make it to primetime.
by Aaron Wolfe
An incident in a paddy wagon transforms a minor felon.
Ameera Chowdhury is a research fellow at UCLA and got her PhD in math from UC San Diego. She's a regular storyteller at The Moth StorySLAMs in Los Angeles.
A teenager does a newspaper review of an Iggy Pop album and gets a surprising response.
Randi Skaggs is a sixth grade language arts teacher at a public school in Kentucky. She's the writer of plays, monologues, and a parenting blog called "Bluegrass Baby Momma". She lives in Louisville with her husband and her daughter Stella.