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Paul Bowles, Exile, and a Bar Mitzvah
A boy's Bar Mitzvah becomes a family battle ground, three literary pilgrims search for the author Paul Bowles in Morocco, and a novelist decides that the only way to cure her writer's block is to block out the world.
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Pornography, Divinity and Mercy
A father of twin teenage boys finds the internet a scary place for impressionable minds; a woman circles back to appreciate her strict minister grandfather; and a man strives to grant forgiveness after a devastating loss.
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Bulls, Bikes, Bullets, Brother
A college student goes running with the bulls in Pamplona, Spain; the complications of bicycle shopping; warning signs on a Match.com date; family secrets; and surviving the Khmer Rouge.
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A Little More Every Day
by Nicole Kear
Nicole Kear comes to terms with her degenerative blindness.
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Firemen, Bourbon, and Bathhouses
A literary woman sparks a romance with a New York City fireman, Jim Beam's great-grandson describes growing up under the watchful eye of his famous Kentucky bourbon family, and a father and son battle liberal guilt in a sauna.
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Cops, Dumpster Diving and Mental Illness
A tough New York City cop gets a small, fluffy dog; a college student tries dumpster diving; a Brooklyn mom has to deviate from her birth plan; and a surfer contends with his wife’s deep depression.
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January 7, 2014
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December 31, 2013
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December 24, 2013
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Literary Scandals & Fraud
Laura Albert, better known as J.T. LeRoy, details her side of what became a major literary scandal and a case of credit card fraud sets an amateur sleuth on a crime-solving caper.
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December 10, 2013
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November 26, 2013
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November 19, 2013
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November 12, 2013
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October 22, 2013
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October 8, 2013
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October 1, 2013
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PTSD, Lost Art, and The Berlin Wall
--- This episode is available on your local radio station, on PRX and below via The Moth Player. It will be published on iTunes | Spotify | RadioPublic | RSS on 4/20/2021 ---
The victim of a random stabbing struggles to reestablish his life while suffering from post traumatic stress disorder; author Nathan Englander describes coming of age at 19 while traveling through Europe to witness the fall of The Berlin Wall; and an artist and documentary film maker loses three years of work in an instant and finds it hard to continue.
Ed Gavagan is nearly stabbed to death by a gang, then loses his job and his home while working through PTSD.
Nathan Englander is still a teenager when he heads to Europe hoping to witness the fall of Communism in East Berlin.
Ellie Lee suffers an enormous setback in the making of her documentary but gets inspired, years later, to try again.