Jun 19 2025
Not enough people have read my favorite book on writing. Every year I read 25–50 books on the art and craft of writing. While all the books I read become reference books. I’ve read Meander, Spiral, Explode by Jane Alison cover to cover three times. I love it because it teaches you to write better prose by first learning …
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May 14 2025
We’re beyond excited to welcome back one of our most beloved features—Aviya Kushner, author of The Grammar of God. If you were in the audience the last time she graced our stage, you already know why this is such a big deal. Aviya has that rare gift of weaving the ancient with the immediate, the …
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May 10 2025
We say this every time, but we truly mean it: we get the best people. Denise McIntosh is joining our lineup of features on June 15th, and she’s bringing with her the kind of singular voice that leaves a room a little lighter, a little funnier, and a lot more human. Some folks live in …
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Apr 18 2025
I shudder at the idea of people faking seduction. Especially if it’s actively directed toward me! I don’t want to see naked people who wouldn’t even want to see me shirtless at the beach. That’s my baseline. Yes, I frequently avert my eyes during sex scenes in movies. “Oh, do you need more popcorn? I’ll …
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Apr 18 2025
Todd was monaloging at you again. “This is how I see it. My heart doesn’t know why it pumps. My heart doesn’t care, it just does what it does. And maybe, who knows, on some microscopic level, in its atoms, or in the atom’s atoms, it is searching for an answer. Maybe at night I …
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Apr 12 2025
You’ve got a friend who tells easy to digest stories. Stories about the nice lady they met at Sephora or the old man who’s dog they love to pet. Then there’s performance artists like Howard Liberman. His mouth opens and you stop, sit back, and listen. His stories linger long after the last word. You …
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Apr 06 2025
Some storytellers draw you in with nostalgia. Others, with vulnerability. Then there are those like DJ Rybski—people who land a punchline so precisely you’re still chuckling hours later, even while processing the sting of truth buried inside it. For our April 6th Story Luck show, we’re thrilled to welcome stand-up comic DJ Rybski to the …
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Mar 14 2025
Teachers who think they hold all the power learn the hard way I have a superpower. Conversations are often thought to be back-and-forth volleys. But I have the ability to carry out a whole conversation all by myself. Those who know me understand I can talk for an entire day. Assuming I get the chance. …
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Mar 12 2025
Ashley and I look like two peas in a pod. Classic best friends: Same figures, glasses, same class schedule, similar habits and ideologies. But our personalities? Polar opposites. If you had known us back in high school, you’ld have wondered, “What set the foundation of their friendship?” She wanted peace. I wanted chaos. (Not the …
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Mar 10 2025
How did Vaisya unlearn communication? Vaisya lingered on the video call, watching her best friend Rachel fidget with her necklace — a nervous habit she’d recognized from college. Fifteen years ago, they’d solidified their best friend status by going horse debating everything from foreign policy to third wave feminism. Rankling over who was a better …
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A Common Storytelling Mistake: Your Personal Story's Not a TedTalk, But it Sounds Like One.
Here’s how to fight the robotic nature of templates
Any lived moment, can become awe inspiring to an audience.
Through the art and craft of storytelling from the stage, you can offer up…
My uncle died and I've been writing about him nonstop ever since.
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