The Moth
- Authors
- Burns, Catherine & Green, George Dawes & Gopnik, Adam
- Publisher
- Grand Central Publishing
- Tags
- anthologies , history & criticism , humor & entertainment , humour , arts & photography , literature & fiction , movements & periods , biographies & memoirs , memoirs , essays & correspondence , criticism & theory , performing arts , biography , essays
- ISBN
- 9781401305963
- Date
- 2013-01-01T08:00:00+00:00
- Size
- 0.79 MB
- Lang
- en
The first collection from celebrated storytelling phenomenon The Moth presents fifty spellbinding, soul-bearing stories selected from their extensive archive. With tales from writer Malcolm Gladwell's wedding toast gone horribly awry; legendary rapper Darryl "DMC" McDaniels' obsession with a Sarah McLachlan song; poker champion Annie Duke's two million-dollar hand; and A. E. Hotchner's death-defying stint in a bullring . . . with his friend Ernest Hemingway. Read about the panic of former Clinton Press Secretary Joe Lockhart when he misses Air Force One after a hard night of drinking in Moscow, and Dr. George Lombardi's fight to save Mother Teresa's life. Inspired by friends telling stories on a porch, The Moth was born in small-town Georgia, garnered a cult following in New York City, and then rose to national acclaim with the wildly popular podcast and Peabody Award-winning weekly public radio show The Moth Radio Hour. A beloved read for Moth enthusiasts and all who savor well-told, hilarious, and heartbreaking stories.