Category Archives: Storytelling
TELL YOUR TRUE TALE: The New Kid
On Tell Your True Tale — my storytelling page –David Orr contributes a new story about his first day in Catholic school. Check out “The New Kid.” Very hip story. Share it if you like it, and send in … Continue reading
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SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA: Dorothy Inghram — the first black teacher in San Bernardino
This is a sweet obit — of the first black teacher in San Bernardino, who took an elementary school job there in 1942. She later became the first black superintendent of a school district in California, and has a library … Continue reading
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STORYTELLING: Hieroglyphics in prison
A great story in the LA Times today about a prison inmate who taught himself ancient hieroglyphics from his cell in solitary confinement at the state prison in Tehachapi. He now writes to the Biblical Archaeology Review, arguing the findings … Continue reading
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STORYTELLING: Tucson Festival of Books
Hey all — I’ll be at the Tucson Festival of Books this weekend, with an event both Saturday and Sunday, both at 11:30 a.m. Digging in the Dirt: A Discussion of Setting as Character Panel / Sat 11:30 AM – … Continue reading
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TELL YOUR TRUE TALE — “Angel” by Michel Stone
This week on my storytelling website, Tell Your True Tale, South Carolina novelist Michel Stone contributes a story of a Mexican immigrant smuggled into the United States, welded into the belly of a truck. Angel is powerful stuff. Check out … Continue reading
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STORYTELLING: Lives well spent
Some of the best storytelling in many papers, and certainly in the LA Times, is found in the obituaries. Today there were two that made for great reading, and left me thinking about what it meant to have a life … Continue reading
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TELL YOUR TRUE TALE: Dos Camarones
This week on TYTT, my storytelling page, Laurie Trautman writes the story of her encounter with thieves in Nicaragua. Check out Dos Camarones (Two Shrimp). Story’s great, nicely told. Let me know what you think. Better yet, write your own … Continue reading
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