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“Foreign Affairs” Storytelling Events in Paris

“Foreign Affairs” Storytelling Events in Paris

topic: EVENT medium: PHOTO In July 2010, PenTales Storytellers gathered in Paris to share perspectives on “Foreign Affairs.” Stories included “Madam Interpreter” by Olivia Salazar-Winspear, “A Foreign Affair” by Caro, “A Family Affair” by Nadia, and “DAVE” by Josh  

“My 9/11 Story” by Catherine Nicholson, Paris

topic; 9/11 medium: TEXT as submitted for the “9/11” Open Call Remembering September 11th 2001 takes me back to my student flat in Germany, my washing-up, my radio, droning in a language I -frustratingly- didn’t properly understand. Occasionally a fighter jet roars overhead. My memories feel like a dislocation from […]

“Down and Out in Imaginary Paris” by Olivia Salazar-Winspear, Paris

When people think of Paris, mythical place names spring to mind: the Louvre, Notre Dame, the Musée d’Orsay, Versailles, the Eiffel Tower. In Imaginary Paris, every street corner has a view of the Eiffel Tower. Imaginary Paris exists in films, in literature, and in other people’s holiday photos. Even the […]

Great Expectations Salon Night in Paris

Great Expectations Salon Night in Paris

topic: EVENT medium: PHOTO In September 2010, PenTales Storytellers gathered in Paris to share perspectives on “Great Expectations.” Stories included “Great Expectations” by Olivia Salazar-Winspear, “The High Hopes of a Housefly” by Catherine Nicholson and “So, Great Expectations” by James Creedon.  

“9/11” by Jody Jenkins, Paris

topic: 9/11 medium: TEXT as submitted for the “9/11” Open Call PERHAPS IT’S NORMAL IN THE WAKE OF THE DEATH OF A friend you’ve known for so long – and I knew Jif longer than almost anyone in my life – to romanticize youth. So many emotions flood into the […]

PenTales4; an Event in Paris

topic: EVENT medium: TEXT, AUDIO     Stories: “Josefa González Espilco” by Warwick Wise “Freedom” by Helen Percival “El Carcel de amor, or, The Prison of Love*” by Olivia Salazar-Winspear “Freedom” by Catherine Nicholson Two Freedom Poems by Fiona Cameron “Freedom” by Jo and a song: “Run, Run by Flo”    

“Run, Run” a song about Freedom by Flo, Paris

“Run, Run” a song about Freedom by Flo, Paris

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

Two Freedom Poems by Fiona Cameron, Paris

Two Freedom Poems by Fiona Cameron, Paris

topic: NEW FRONTIERS medium: TEXT, AUDIO as shared at a PenTales event in Paris Listen to the Story! Freedom #1 From darkness, to LIGHT And 24 hours of freedom. We dance, we fly, we fuck like crazy, and then we die. FREEDOM#2 Lifted high, and lowered to the ground…. she […]

“Freedom” by Jo, Paris

“Freedom” by Jo, Paris

Listen to the Story! Way up in the North there’s a big forest, and in the big forest lives a whole crowd of beautiful butterflies. Every year the butterflies look forward to summer, and when summer comes they can’t wait to open up their wings, and warm them in the […]