The Moth

While doing research for a book on self help, a young writer finds herself getting sucked into a cult. Starlee Kine is a producer and writer whose work has been featured on public radio’s The American Life. She is currently working on a book about self-help titled, It IS Your Fault.

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An actor’s insistence on using his own horse in a film stunt has unpleasant consequences for his stunt double. Sam Shepard is an Oscar-nominated actor, screenwriter, director and Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright.

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The New York GrandSLAM-winning tale of a work dispute that gets completely out of hand. Peter Aguero was a member of the national touring company of Chicago City Limits, travelling to 37 states. His second favorite was Alaska. He’s an instructor for the MothSHOP Community Program, and the lead singer of The BTK Band, NY’s hardest-drinking improvised storytelling rock band. Their latest CD is available on itunes.

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A woman with cerebral palsy falls in love for the first time (story told through translator due to speech impediment). Janice Bartley is a graduate of The MothSHOP Community Program and a speaker for the Self-Advocacy Association of New York State.

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While working as a prison guard in Sing Sing, Conover pays a price for the tough attitude he develops as a survival skill. Ted Conover’s new book, The Routes of Man: How Roads Are Changing the World and the Way We Live Today, will be released on February 9. His book Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing was a finalist for a Pulitzer Prize. He is also the author of Rolling Nowhere; Coyotes: A Journey Across Borders with America’s Mexican Migrants and Whiteout: Lost in Aspen.

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A well-intentioned wedding toast goes horribly awry for a young man and his friends. Malcolm Gladwell is a staff writer for The New Yorker and author of the best sellers “Blink,” “The Tipping Point,” “Outliers,” and “What the Dog Saw.”

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The screwball tale of the child of a tough drill sergeant who is injured on a Texas military base in the early 1970’s. Ed Gavagan has lived in NYC since Ed Koch was mayor and has built and designed furniture on four continents.

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When a reporter uncovers unpunished crimes from the Civil Rights Movement, he begins to pursue the suspects, putting himself at great risk. Jerry Mitchell, an investigative reporter at The Clarion-Ledger in Jackson, Mississippi, was a 2006 Pulitzer Prize finalist. Over the past 20 years, his stories have helped put four Klansmen behind bars. We are thrilled to announce that he is a 2009 recipient of a John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation Genius Grant, which allows him to spend more time pursing Klansmen.

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A young writer at the end of his rope gets inspiration from a surprising source. Tony Hendra’s latest book George Carlin’s Last Words is currently in the NY Times Top 15 Best-Sellers, and is on sale now at www.amazon.com. He is also the author of Father Joe: The Man Who Saved My Soul and The Messiah of Morris Avenue: A Novel.

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An addict risks what is most precious to score drugs. David Carr is a reporter and columnist for The New York Times, and the author of the memoir, The Night of the Gun: A reporter investigates the darkest story of his life. His own.

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