My first friend Joel
“In writing you work towards a result that you won’t see for years, and can’t be sure you’ll ever see. It takes stamina and self-mastery and faith. It demands those things of you, then gives them back with a little…
Storytelling in a pandemic
When I lived in Minneapolis, I was lucky enough to participate in the Story Club series. It was always a great mix of open mic and curated storytellers from around the Twin Cities with an occasional out of town guest….
Shelly & Taylor
I’ve been trying to write a memoir for about six years. When I say trying, I mean I’ve been tossing the idea around in my mind, writing outlines, gathering research, interviewing family members, and fruitlessly trying to combine my existing…
Archived on The Moth!
My dream came true in December 2019. My story from the 2014 Moth MainStage show in Denver played on The Moth Radio Hour! The Moth Radio Hour not only airs on over 500 radio stations, reaching about 1 million listeners,…
“Love and a Lazy Eye” aka “Oculus Sinister”
“Oculus Sinister” by Taylor Tower This essay was published on nerve.com in November 2011. The site has since disappeared so here it is. I am a lazy-eyed woman. My condition is called third nerve palsy, which is a pretty terrible…
Confabulation: Family Stories
Since moving back to Montréal, I’ve performed in Confabulation twice. It feels good to be back at home with my storytelling family. Confabulation is where I started telling stories on stage for the first time and it has totally changed…
Mixtape: True Tales Told
I’ve been working on this story for a few years now. I performed it once before with what I think now was a very confusing structure. I think this version gets as close as ever to what I’m trying to…
Banned for life
In September 2013, four days after I moved to Minneapolis, I put my name in the hat at The Moth StorySLAM in St. Paul. They pulled nine out of ten names and none of them were mine. Finally, the last…
The Moth GrandSLAM
So one of my life goals has been achieved: telling a story in a Moth GrandSLAM. I qualified by winning a Twin Cities Moth story slam back in September. The theme is Fish out of Water, which is basically the…
Paper Arts
I always liked drawing but never thought I was any good at it. I think a lot of kids have that moment when they become aware that there are people who are “good” at things and people who are…
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