Nicole Kear

Nicole Kear is the author of the memoir Now I See You. Her writing appears in The New York Times, New York, Psychology Today, Salon, and the Huffington Post, among others.

Kate Tellers

Kate Tellers is a storyteller, host, director of MothWorks at The Moth and co-author of their fourth book How to Tell a Story: The Essential Guide to Memorable Storytelling from The Moth which is available for pre-order now. Her story, “But Also Bring Cheese” is featured in The Moth’s All These Wonders: True Stories about Facing the Unknown and her writing has appeared on McSweeney's and The New Yorker.

A Little More Every Day

by Nicole Kear

Nicole Kear comes to terms with her degenerative blindness. 

But Also Bring Cheese

by Kate Tellers

A daughter contemplates how to face her mother’s death with grace. 

Sarah Bunger

Sarah Bunger is a high school english teacher in Chicago. She says that her Dad has continued to text her daily.

About Your Mother

by Sarah Bunger

Sarah Bunger becomes her father’s best friend and confidant after her mother dies.

Dan Souza

Dan Souza is a cast member on the Emmy Award-winning show, America's Test Kitchen and Senior Editor at Cook's Illustrated magazine which means he gets to cook, eat and talk about food a whole lot.

Under the Wires

by Dan Souza

A college kid has his jaw wired shut for a month and a half after having jaw surgery.

Catherine Palmer

Catherine Palmer is an audiologist and University professor. Her stories center around well-meaning parenting gone wrong resulting in various adventures around the world. She grew up in the Boston area and lived in Taos NM, Long Beach and Chicago before settling in Pittsburgh where she and her husband have raised their two boys. She is a frequent storyteller at the Pittsburgh Moth StorySLAM.

A Toast

by Catherine Palmer

Catherine Palmer takes her young sons on a work trip where they learn some inappropriate toasts, which they repeat at church.

This is Going to Suck

by Matthew Dicks

Holiday spirit fills an emergency room.

Al Letson

Al Letson is a poet, playwright, and broadcaster. His public radio show State of the RE:Union is distributed by PRX and NPR and can be heard on public radio stations around the country and online.

Love Song for Malawi

by Al Letson

Al travels to Malawi for a job and finds unexpected human connection in a prison

Bill Bernat

Bill Bernat lives in Seattle and works in technology. Bill promotes mental health awareness, and performs a one man show about weight loss, addiction and recovery, and wellness called "Becoming More Less Crazy."

Oreo Relapse

by Bill Bernat

A man is addicted to cookies.

Anne Driscoll

Anne Driscoll is a journalist, author, teacher and speaker. Anne has worked most recently with the Irish Innocence Project, Justice Brandeis Law Project and as a US Fulbright Scholar.

The Best Mugging

by Anne Driscoll

A teacher working to exonerate wrongly-convicted criminals is the victim of an attempted mugging.

Dori Samadzai Bonner

Dori is a writer and first came to The Moth through the pitchline.

A New Home

by Dori Samadzai Bonner

A family fights to stay in the country they call home.

Jillian Lauren

Jillian Lauren is author of the New York Times bestselling memoir, Some Girls: My Life in a Harem and the novel Pretty. Her new memoir, Everything You Ever Wanted, comes out in May.