The Moth presents All these wonders : true stories about facing the unknown
(2017)

Nonfiction

Book

Call Numbers:
791.447/MOTH

Availability

Locations Call Number Status
Adult Nonfiction 791.447/MOTH Available

Details

PUBLISHED
New York : Crown Archetype, [2017]
©2017
EDITION
First edition
DESCRIPTION

xvii, 330 pages ; 20 cm

ISBN/ISSN
9781101904404, 1101904402
LANGUAGE
English
NOTES

Foreword by Neil Gaiman

"All These Wonders features voices both familiar and new. Storytellers include Louis C.K., Tig Notaro, John Turturro, and Meg Wolitzer, as well as a hip hop "one hit wonder," an astronomer gazing at the surface of Pluto for the first time, and a young female spy risking everything as part of Churchill's "secret army" during World War II. They share their ventures into uncharted territory--and how their lives were changed forever by what they found there. These true stories have been carefully selected and adapted to the page by the creative minds at The Moth, and will encompass the very best of the 17,000+ stories performed in live Moth shows around the world."--

CONTENTS

Foreword /

Neil Gaiman --

Introduction /

Catherine Burns -- Eternal music of the spheres -- Moon and stars talks / Tara Clancy -- Unusual normality / Ishmael Beah -- Quest for Chad / Arthur Bradford -- House of mourning / Kate Braestrup -- Girl from Beckenham / Suzi Ronson -- God, death, and Francis Crick / Christof Koch -- Things I've seen -- Fog of disbelief / Carl Pillitteri -- Two times I met Laurence Fishburne / Chenjerai Kumanyika -- It matters a great deal / Kevin McGeehan -- A tale of two dinners / Bliss Broyard ;

Untitled /

Louis C.K. -- Walking with RJ / Stephanie Peirolo -- Keeping the lid on. Go the %&# to sleep / Adam Mansbach -- Panic on the road to Jericho / Nadia Bolz-Weber -- Jenny / Samuel James -- Déjà vu (again) / Cole Kazdin -- Call me Charlie / Josh Bond -- Modern family / Sara Barron -- R2, where are you? / Tig Notaro -- Grace rushes in -- Shower / Tomi Reichental -- Cut / Josh Broder -- A phone call / Auburn Sandstrom -- Who can you trust? / Mary-Claire King -- A new home / Dori Samadzai Bonner -- Greener grass / Jane Green -- As if I was not there / Peter Pringle -- Like a man does -- Stumbling in the dark / John Turturro -- Coming of age in a mausoleum / George Dawes Green -- Downstairs neighbors / Shannon Cason -- Undercover in North Korea with its future leaders / Suki Kim -- My grandfather's shoes / Christian Garland -- Leaping forward / Cybele Abbett -- To face the fear -- Prom / Hasan Minhaj -- But also bring cheese / Kate Tellers -- Tired, from New York / Jessi Klein -- An impossible choice / Sasha Chanoff -- Then you will know! / Moshe Schulman -- Price of freedom / Noreen Riols -- By every claim of love -- Summer camp / Meg Wolitzer -- Weight of a ring / Amy Biancolli -- Light and hope / Bethany van Delft -- Kidneys and commitments / Gil Reyes -- On approach to Pluto / Cathy Olkin -- Forgiveness / Hector Black -- California gothic / Taylor Negron

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