topic: EVENT medium: PHOTO In November, 2010 PenTales Storytellers gathered in San Francisco to share their perspectives on “New Frontiers.”

topic: NEW FRONTIERS medium: TEXT “Success is to be measured not so much by the position one has reached in life, as by the obstacles which have been overcome while trying to succeed.” –Booker T. Washington “Freedom is more than crossing a border; freedom is a journey of the heart.” […]

topic: NEW FRONTIERS medium: SONG, AUDIO as shared at a PenTales event in Paris   Listen to the Song!

topic: NEW FRONTIERS medium: TEXT as submitted for the “Connected” Competition While walking through a shopping mall I witnessed a blatant act of human disconnection at its worst. A business man was walking through the mall while feverishly typing some response on his blackberry. He was completely oblivious to others […]

topic: NEW FRONTIERS medium: TEXT, VIDEO as shared at a PenTales event themed “New Frontiers”

topic: NEW FRONTIERS medium: TEXT, VIDEO as shared at a PenTales event themed “Once Upon a Time”

topic: NEW FRONTIERS medium: TEXT She barreled through the crowd wrapped tightly around my shrinking figure, a miniature dynamo of flying blond curls and righteous indignation. “Leave her alone! What are you staring at?!” she barked, her sense of authority belied by her diminutive stature. The other children withered before […]

topic: NEW FRONTIERS medium: TEXT With her feet bare and the street steaming, I imagine Vera standing outside the railway station, on the day she turned her fate around. Her departure was not about going somewhere, it was about leaving behind what was hers. It was a typical day for […]