How to Tell a Story, Paperback Book, By: The Moth

Over the past twenty-five years, the directors of The Moth have worked with people from all walks of life-including astronauts, hairdressers, rock stars, a retired pickpocket, high school students, and Nobel Prize winners-to develop true personal stories that have moved and delighted live audiences and listeners of The Moth's Peabody Award-winning radio hour and podcast. A leader in the modern storytelling movement, The Moth inspires thousands of people around the globe to share their stories each year. Now, with How to Tell a Story, The Moth will help you learn how to uncover and craft your own unique stories, like Moth storytellers Mike Birbiglia, Rosanne Cash, Neil Gaiman, Elizabeth Gilbert, Padma Lakshmi, Darryl DMC" McDaniels, Tig Notaro, Boots Riley, Betty Reid Soskin, John Turturro, and more. The Moth is an acclaimed nonprofit organization dedicated to the art and craft of storytelling. Since its launch in 1997, The Moth has presented more than fifty thousand stories and received the MacArthur Award for Creative and Effective Institutions and a Peabody Award for The Moth Radio Hour, which airs on more than 570 stations nationwide. The Moth podcast is downloaded more than ninety million times annually. Meg Bowles, Catherine Burns, Jenifer Hixson, Sarah Austin Jenness, and Kate Tellers, along with The Moth's artistic and workshop teams, have spent more than two decades helping people all around the world tell their true personal stories.