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massmouth sends Jim Stahl to Chicago as rep at National Story Slam
The slam audience decided to send Jim Stahl to Chicago as rep at the Windy City National Story Slam. Too exhausted to write much, but what a great night of stories at the Cambridge Public Library. After concert of 12 amazing and diverse personal narratives, Jim Stahl, won the All Star Story Slam with his story Wigs,Nightgowns and Fried Chicken is our official massmouth representative at the National Story Slam. Congratulations Jim and all who told their stories, Andrea Lovett, Nicolette Heavey and Chris Osborne were the able co-hosts. Runner up was Daniel Gewertz. All the stories were just fabulous. Must have been very hard decisions for the audience and we all reflected on how hard it would have been to be a judge at that slam. Here is a video clip from Jim's story.
About R. Jim Stahl
R. Jim Stahl is founding editor of Merlyn's Pen magazine (1985-2001), the American Teen Writer Series (est. 1996) and The New Library of Young Adult Writing (est. 2003). In these roles he encouraged and edited the early works of teenage writers who today are shaping the literary scene. Before launching Merlyn's Pen with help from many friends, Stahl taught English at the University of Chicago Lab School, the Landon School in Bethesda, Maryland, and the American International School in Vienna, Austria. He attended Georgetown University and the University of Chicago, where he earned a Master of Arts in Teaching.
Stahl's personal essay about his career encouraging creative kids recently aired (January 2010) on the NPR-sponsored program, THIS I BELIEVE, produced by Frederic Reamer for NPR affiliate WRNI, in Rhode Island, where Stahl lives, consults, writes, and sails on Narragansett Bay. In July 2010, he'll join the Black Dog Tall Ships for a special "Writer's Week" edition of their popular "Kids Cruise" program (Martha's Vineyard, MA). He recently began performing for audiences in his autobiographical Monologues of a One-Eyed Son, a one-man show about "growing up long-haired, short-winded, one-eyed and two-fisted in the finest suburbs from Boston to Miami."
Call 1-800-247-2027 or Email stahl@merlynspen.org for information. Merlyn's Pen & the New Library of Young Adult Writing
Stahl's personal essay about his career encouraging creative kids recently aired (January 2010) on the NPR-sponsored program, THIS I BELIEVE, produced by Frederic Reamer for NPR affiliate WRNI, in Rhode Island, where Stahl lives, consults, writes, and sails on Narragansett Bay. In July 2010, he'll join the Black Dog Tall Ships for a special "Writer's Week" edition of their popular "Kids Cruise" program (Martha's Vineyard, MA). He recently began performing for audiences in his autobiographical Monologues of a One-Eyed Son, a one-man show about "growing up long-haired, short-winded, one-eyed and two-fisted in the finest suburbs from Boston to Miami."
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