Everyone once and a while NPR puts on this thing they call The Moth. It's this event where they invite people to come read something they have written and or share a story of theirs. I think its amazing, I discovered this during another class when we could review a few stories and get extra credit. I then fell in love and downloaded all the videos I could. For this blog I watched Nancy Finton's story "I Never Saw His Face" which i found to be amazingly powerful. She tells the dark story of her almost rape and lightens the mood with some dark humor.)
One of the reasons I love The Moth is because it exposes me to all sorts of writers and story tellers that i never would have heard of if it hadn't been for the Moth. Not only does it expose all sorts of writers but it lets you hear the story in their voice, it lets you feel the emotion. It puts a face, an expression, a person to the words. It turns a story into a life experience and I think that is amazing.
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In case that first story was a little dark here is the first story I ever witnessed by the Moth and it is much happier. I hope you enjoy!
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