Rachel Dratch

Rachel Dratch spent seven years as a cast member on Saturday Night Live. Before that she spent four years on the Mainstage of Chicago's Second City. Her book, Girl Walks into a Bar is available now.

Horsemeat

by Rachel Dratch

After losing her job, a comic tries to use her time wisely.

Tina McElroy Ansa

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.

Juicy Lessons From 'The Place'

by Tina McElroy Ansa

A young journalist carefully sets the stage to make her first time memorable.

The Gig

by Christian McBride

A young musician gets a once in a lifetime shot at the big time.

Todd Bush

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.

Blammbi

by Todd Bush

A father and son struggle to connect during hunting trips in rural Alabama.

Richard Kind

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 and A Serious Man, and on stage in The Producer, TheTale of the Allergist's Wife and Candide at the New York Opera.

I Don't

by Richard Kind

An actor proposes marriage, but waits a long, long time for an answer.

Triumph of Love

by Walter Mosley

A man spends a lifetime trying to connect with a loving but emotionally distant mother.

Charlene Strong

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.

It Wasn't Enough

by Charlene Strong

Tragedy causes a woman to reevaluate her life.

Khalid Latif

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.

Shattered Silence

by Khalid Latif

An imam talks about his experiences as a Muslim student in New York City on 9/11.

Babushka's Revenge

by Ivan Kuraev

A Russian grandmother takes revenge when her grandson is bullied.

Diana Spechler

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 and elsewhere. She teaches writing in New York City and for Stanford's Online Writers Studio.

Real Love

by Diana Spechler

An off-screen romance hopes to make it to primetime.

Little Boy in the Big House

by Aaron Wolfe

An incident in a paddy wagon transforms a minor felon.

Ameera Chowdhury

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.

School Night

by Ameera Chowdhury

A teenager does a newspaper review of an Iggy Pop album and gets a surprising response.