Comments on: The New Storytelling

By: Megan

Megan — Tue, 10 Aug 2010 02:02:32 +0000

Awesome, David! We'd love to be a part of the 2amt conversation!

By: David J. Loehr

David J. Loehr — Sun, 01 Aug 2010 09:06:08 +0000

I know, I've been watching for a while now. We should definitely get you on a 2amt podcast about storytelling. (Not like any one 'cast will exhaust a topic, of course…)

By: Megan

Megan — Sun, 01 Aug 2010 08:56:33 +0000

Hi, David! 2nd Story has a podcast series going, available here: http://www.2ndstory.com/whatis/videos.php

By: Ian Belknap

Ian Belknap — Fri, 30 Jul 2010 20:19:10 +0000

While my tender, tender feelings are still smarting a bit, all is forgiven.

If we could figure a way to put a stake in the heart of reductive, we'd really be getting someplace. And Elizabeth, I'm abandoning my family and moving to Austin to take part in your show. I can crash on your couch, yeah?

By: Gwydion Suilebhan

Gwydion Suilebhan — Fri, 30 Jul 2010 18:18:30 +0000

Definitely. Please.

By: David J. Loehr

David J. Loehr — Fri, 30 Jul 2010 01:05:50 +0000

Needless to say, a 2amt podcast profiling some of these formats would be a good idea, yes?

By: Eric Ziegenhagen

Eric Ziegenhagen — Fri, 30 Jul 2010 00:07:06 +0000

Ian, I agree -- I'm excited that there isn't a reductive way to describe these events.

And I forgot to mention WRITE CLUB. My bad. For everyone else, this Time Out article gives a good idea of what it is (and I loved taking part in the "Sex vs. Death" bout in January):
http://chicago.timeout.com/articles/books/87163...

Also, this week's Austin Chronicle gives an extended overview of this type of event in that city, including my friend Elizabeth Crane's own The Awesome! and Great! Reading Series!:
http://www.austinchronicle.com/gyrobase/Issue/s...

The article describes five separate events currently happening. Crane's concept is "you have two writers and one musician. And the writers will read an original story that they wrote for the show, loosely inspired by a song that I give them. And then the musician does a song that's loosely inspired by a story. I try to draw from a broad range of music, something that suits what I know of the writers' work, but sometimes I'll just give them some weird, random thing. So we'll have a reader, then a song, then a reader."

All of these shows have an element of performance, a playful structure, and a balance between inclusive, participatory, and talented.

By: Ian Belknap

Ian Belknap — Thu, 29 Jul 2010 23:30:36 +0000

Excellent points, all. But you forgot WRITE CLUB – now monthly at Hideout.

And I would advocate for us all to remain resolute in slipping the buzzword bonds – a virtue of these shows is their sui generis-ness, though as you rightly suggest, they share certain things in common in their approach/voice/world view, etc.