This compilation represents some of the best stories from The Moth's Mainstage Series, Stories at The Moth, which is held monthly in New York City and occasionally beyond.Featuring stories by:
Joyce Maynard, author of the memoir At Home in the World and the novels To Die For, The Usual Rules, Internal Combustion, and others.
Jon Levin, who, when not working on obscure documentaries, is writing a psycho-spiritual memoir set against a backdrop of politics, corporate media, pop-culture, and drug abuse. Just like everyone else.
Ava Kay Jones, a voodoo and Yoruba priestess and the leader of the award-winning Vodoo Macumba Dance Ensemble. She was born on Halloween and holds a degree in law.
Nathaniel Eaton, a journalist, storyteller, and teacher living in San Francisco. He's the senior editor of En Fuego Magazine, a contributing columnist for SF Weekly, and a travel writer for The New York Post.
Bob Zellner, who was personally recruited by Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., to serve in the civil rights movement. From 1961 to 1967 he was arrested 25 times in five states. He is co-chair of the national Civil Rights Coordinating Committee.
With an introduction by Jonathan Ames.
