The Moth Presents Occasional Magic: True Stories About Defying the Impossible
by Catherine Burns (Editor)
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"Carefully selected by the creative minds at The Moth, and adapted to the page to preserve the raw energy of live storytelling, OCCASIONAL MAGIC features voices familiar and new. Alongside Adam Gopnik, Krista Tippett, Andrew Solomon, Rosanne Cash, Ophira Eisenberg, and Wang Ping, storytellers from around the world share times when, in the face of challenging situations, they found moments of beauty, wonder, and clarity, shedding light on their lives and helping them find a path forward." -- show more ONIX annotation. show lessTags
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Highly compelling, uplifting, and heart-tugging anthology of personal essays.
I’ve said it before, I’ll say it again: real people are much more interesting than ‘celebrities.’ The Moth is an interesting community of storytellers, we are all Moth in some way. Not all of us have the confidence to get up and tell our story, but fortunately these people have, literally. Here is an anthology of those spoken word stories.
A wide variety of stories, some of which I really enjoyed and others I didn't really connect with. Nice short stories to consume in about 15 mins each.
Not what I expected....
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- Biography & Memoir
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- 808.543 — Literature & rhetoric Literature, rhetoric & criticism Rhetoric and collections of literary texts from more than two literatures Public Speaking, Debate Slam Poetry And Storytelling Storytelling
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- PN4193 .I5 .M68 — Language and Literature Literature (General) Literature (General) Oratory. Elocution, etc.
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