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The Moth: The Promise
In November of last year, I told this story about my high school sweetheart at a Moth GrandSLAM in Brooklyn. I was lucky enough to have the story air on the Moth Radio Hour and their podcast a couple months later. I can’t tell you what a honor and thrill that is. I hear from…
Read MoreThe Moth: The Great Stargazing Betrayal
On December 29, 2014, I took the stage at The Moth StorySLAM at The Bitter End in Manhattan to tell a story. The theme of the night was Rewards. I told a story about an evening of stargazing with my students that went terrible wrong. I finished in first place. Here a recording of the…
Read MoreThe Moth: Sex and Frozen Corn
The first gift that my daughter ever received was a stuffed ear of corn from our friend, Justine. It’s been sitting on the corner of her bookshelf for the last six years. She knows that it was the first gift she ever received – given to her before she was even born – but she’s…
Read MoreResolution update: March 2015
Each month I post the progress of my New Year’s resolutions here as a means of holding myself accountable. The following are the results through the month of February. PERSONAL HEALTH 1. Don’t die. Didn’t even come close to dying. 2. Lose 20 pounds. I remain just one pound down. At this pace, I will…
Read MoreSpeak Up is two years old! It began with a snow day and a simple question to my wife.
Speak Up, the storytelling organization that my wife and I founded in 2013, is approaching it’s two year anniversary. It was born on a snow day much like the one we experienced in the northeast earlier this week. My storytelling career began about five years ago with the discovery of The Moth’s podcast. A friend…
Read MoreI have a lot of stories to tell. More than you could ever imagine. I suspect that Bill Murray would understand why.
Bill Murray on the Howard Stern show: Howard Stern: “Who teaches you to tell a story? Is it something you are born with?” Bill Murray: “No, I don’t think you’re born with it. You have to hear stories and you have to live stories. You have to have a bunch of experiences and be able…
Read MoreMy story was featured on The Moth’s podcast this week. I still get goose bumps.
I was thrilled to learn that one of the stories that I told at a Moth StorySLAM in Boston last year was featured on their podcast this week. I’ve seen a much younger version of myself on The Moth’s homepage once before, but it’s very much like seeing one of my novels on a bookstore…
Read MoreThe Moth: Secret Bedroom Move
The following is a story that I told at a Moth StorySLAM at The Bitter End in New York City in 2013. The theme of the night was Space. I told a story about secretly moving my bedroom to the basement when I was a child. I finished in second place.
Read MoreThe Moth: No Santa
The following is a story that I told at a Moth StorySLAM at Housing Works in New York City in 2014. The theme of the night was Secrets. I told a story about my discovery that Santa wasn’t real and more. I finished in first place.
Read MoreI won a Moth StorySLAM, and that wasn’t the best part of the night. Seriously.
I won a Moth StorySLAM at The Oberon Theater in Cambridge on Tuesday night. I managed to win from first position, which isn’t easy. I’ve won 13 Moth StorySLAMs in the last three years, but I’ve never won after having to go first. Few storytellers do. I was excited. Thrilled, even, But winning was not…
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