An unusual and exhausting but unforgettable weekend thanks to a July night in 2011
I'm often astounded by the places that a story told on a stage in 2011 has taken me.This weekend I had the honor working with caregivers at Yale New Haven…
The gift of a memory is one of the best gifts of all
While visiting Hyde School in Bath, Maine, I ate breakfast with a teacher and hometown friend named Sean. We got to talking about our childhoods, specifically the time our parents…
The Georgia Senate is controlled by bigots in the pocket of the NRA
In the last two weeks, the Georgia Senate has made two unfortunate decisions:Last week, they approved a bill eliminating a tax break for Delta Air Lines after Delta eliminated its…
From genius to Bart Simpson
When I stepped out of the shower, I found my five year-old son, Charlie, reading the graphic novel version of A Wrinkle in Time on our bed. Charlie's full name…
Boy vs. Girl: Our 100th episode
Boy vs. Girl, the podcast that I produce with my partner, Rachel Leventhal-Weiner, just published our 100th episode. While I don't often get excited about round numbers, 100 is a pretty…
This is the way to live
Last night I met my in-laws, Barbara and Gerry Green, at a restaurant in New York for dinner before performing in a storytelling show down the street. As Elysha and…
A sign, a grade book, and a bathtub are just a few of my memories of Hyde School
I had the honor of spending two days in Bath, Maine, recently, visiting with the eleventh and twelfth grade students of Hyde School. I taught them about storytelling, performed my…
4 good ideas and 4 bad ideas about book clubs
PopSugar's Elyssa Friedland offers 10 tips for a successful book club.I've been a member of a book club for more than a decade. Six people - three couples - meet…
Being a jerk and needing food stamps are mutually exclusive conditions
I was standing in line behind a man at a local convenience store, waiting. His credit card was being rejected, and he was clearly getting frustrated.He turned to me. "Do…
I performed in the dark. Without amplification. The results were surprising.
The worst experience I ever had while telling a story was on election night 2016 at a live show of Slate's The Gist. I was telling the story about my…
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