Dispatches from the Moth
Explore interviews, storytelling tips, playlists and other Mothy fun curated by our staff and community.
Dispatches from the Moth · Posted On: Jun 11, 2014
by David Mutton
Our second-ever High School GrandSLAM took place on Monday. Nine high-school-student maestros took to the stage and told stories that made us laugh and made us cry. We learned about the beauty of an abandoned building, the trials of young love, and a girl’s dreams of becoming Hasidic. It was the type of magical evening that only The Moth can conjure. We have exciting plans in the year ahead.
We want to reach more students, build online teaching tools and provide the schools we serve with...
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Dispatches from the Moth · Posted On: May 16, 2014
by Jemma Brown
The Moth Award is given each year at The Moth Ball in New York City to honor the world’s greatest raconteurs. This year’s recipient, Zadie Smith, accepted The Moth Award and reflected on how her own relationship to storytelling has changed over the course of her life.
Watch Zadie Smith’s full acceptance speech below:
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Dispatches from the Moth · Posted On: Mar 12, 2014
by The Moth Staff
Storytellers, we’re making our way north!
We’re very excited to announce that we’ll be starting a new StorySLAM series in Vermont. The Moth StorySLAM is where everyday folks tell their stories. Heroes and hooligans, grandpas and undergrads, teachers, truck drivers, doctors or dog walkers… the people of Vermont!
The Vermont Moth StorySLAM will launch on Tuesday, March 18th at The Skinny Pancake and will continue throughout the season with support from VPR. The theme will be FIRSTS.
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Dispatches from the Moth · Posted On: Jan 06, 2014
by Jenifer Hixson, Senior Producer
Happy 2014, storytellers! We’re so happy to see a new StorySLAM take root and some older ones fully blossom.
First, we’re VERY excited to announce that we’ll be starting a brand new StorySLAM in the city of brotherly love, Philadelphia. The Moth StorySLAM is a showcase for true stories from everyday folks. Heroes and hell-raisers, students, grandpas, insurance agents and truck drivers–people from all corners are welcome. Philly has a thriving storytelling scene and we can’t wait to join in...
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Dispatches from the Moth · Posted On: Dec 20, 2013
by George Dawes Green
This past Monday, we held our first ever High School Grand Slam, featuring ten high school students from around New York City. George Dawes Green, our founder, reflects on the night. The first name called was Willa. When she approached the mike she seemed a little shy, as most high school girls would be before a microphone and a couple of hundred classmates and parents and teachers and Moth staff and Moth friends and Moth addicts.
She was nervous. We were all nervous. It was the first Moth...
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