The Moth
By: preface by Adam Gopnik ; foreword by George Dawes Green ; edited and with an introduction by Catherine Burns
Edition: First edition.
Publisher: Hyperion
Published: 2013
Language: eng
Number of pages: 407
ISBN-13: 9781401311117
Subjects: Moth radio hour (Radio program); Social life and customs; Popular culture; Biography; Anecdotes
Other titles: Moth radio hour (Radio program)
Description: In the tradition of book anthologies created from public radio programs such as StoryCorps and This I Believe, THE MOTH collects the best storytelling moments--most in print here for the very first time--straight from their archive of more than 3000 shows since the first Moth Evening in 1997.
Notes: "50 true stories"--Cover.

Includes dates, locations, and directors of the original performances of the stories.
Table of contents: title: Innocents abroad.; title: Life on a Möbius strip  -- by Janna Levin ;; title: Mission to India  -- by Dr. George Lombardi ;; title: Notes on an exorcism  -- by Andrew Solomon ;; title: Man and beast  -- by Alan Rabinowitz ;; title: The Prince and I  -- by Jillian Lauren ;; title: The day I became a matador  -- by A.E. Hotchner; title: In the trenches.; title: Life after death  -- by Damien Echols ;; title: Don't fall in love with your monkey  -- by Ari Handel ;; title: Tajik sonata  -- by Anoid Latipovna Rakhmatyllaeva ;; title: Impeachment day  -- by Joe Lockhart ;; title: Easter in a Texas roadhouse  -- by Wayne Reece ;; title: Bicycle safety on Essex  -- by Richard Price ;; title: Elevator ER  -- by Jon Levin ;; title: The big things you don't do  -- by Annie Duke; title: Coming home.; title: A view of the Earth  -- by Michael Massimino ;; title: Life flight  -- by Kimberly Reed ;; title: Angel  -- by Darryl "DMC" McDaniels ;; title: The house that Sherman didn't burn  -- by George Dawes Green ;; title: Cocktails in Attica  -- by Sherman "O.T." Powell ;; title: Whatever doesn't kill me  -- by Ed Gavagan; title: Generations.; title: LOL  -- by Adam Gopnik ;; title: Liberty card  -- by Marvin Gelfand ;; title: Discussing family trees in school can be dangerous  -- by Paul Nurse ;; title: The mug shot  -- by Steve Osborne ;; title: Good news versus bad  -- by Erin Barker ;; title: The apron strings of Savannah  -- by Edgar Oliver ;; title: A kind of wisdom  -- by Ellie Lee ;; title: A perfect circle  -- by Carly Johnstone; title: Shot through the heart.; title: War  -- by Sebastian Junger ;; title: We'll have to stop now  -- by Andy Christie ;; title: Her way  -- by Malcolm Gladwell ;; title: The case of the curious codes  -- by Cynthia Riggs ;; title: The accident  -- by Ophira Eisenberg ;; title: Sing Sing tattoo  -- by Ted Conover; title: Carpe diem.; title: My first day with the Yankees  -- by Matthew McGough ;; title: Under the influence  -- by Jeffery Rudell ;; title: Yes means yes?  -- by Elna Baker ;; title: One last family photo  -- by James Braly ;; title: A dish best served cold  -- by Tristan Jimerson ;; title: A work in progress  -- by Aimee Mullins ;; title: Unhooked  -- by Nathan Englander ;; title: The small town prisoner  -- by Wanda Bullard; title: Save me.; title: The past wasn't done with me  -- by Kemp Powers ;; title: Hair today gone tomorrow  -- by Jenny Allen ;; title: The one good man  -- by Joyce Maynard ;; title: Life support  -- by Stephanie Summerville ;; title: Where there's smoke  -- by Jenifer Hixson ;; title: Perfect moments  -- by Brian Finkelstein ;; title: Fireworks from above  -- by Faye Lane ;; title: Franny's last ride -- by Mike DeStefano.