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August 25, 2014 by Paula Reed Nancarrow
I’m currently working on a story for performance at Story Arts of Minnesota’s quarterly PROMPT series. These stories are “based …
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Category: Uncategorized
| Tags: creative process, Lynda Barry, Margaret Atwood, myth, Odyssey, Penelope, Penelopiad, research, Story Arts of Minnesota, storytelling, weaving, What It is, women's narratives, Work in Process, writing process
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August 17, 2014 by Paula Reed Nancarrow
This is the third and last of the three guest posts I wrote for Word Sprout’s 2014 blog residency. These …
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Category: List Posts, Republished from Elsewhere
| Tags: Allison Broeren, blogging, Button Poetry, Cole Sarar, creative practice, day jobs, Elizabeth Ellis, Katherine Glover, Loren Niemi, Mimi Nguyen, money, Ring Ring Poetry, Sam Cook, slam poetry, spoken word, Story Arts of Minnesota, storytelling, Taylor Tower, Two Chairs Telling, Ward Rubrecht, Word Sprout
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August 10, 2014 by Paula Reed Nancarrow
This month I will be republishing the three guest posts I wrote for Word Sprout’s 2014 blog residency. These included …
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Category: Republished from Elsewhere
| Tags: Allison Broeren, Amy Salloway, Connie Regan Blake, creative practice, Kathryn Tucker Windham, Laura Buchholz, Lewis Mundt, Mimi Nguyen, Neil Hilborn, oral tradition, Paul Canada, spoken word, story slam, storytelling, Taylor Tower, Thadra Sheridan, Wonder Dave Crady, Word Sprout, writing process, YouTube
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August 9, 2014 by Paula Reed Nancarrow
This is my first vacation from performing in the Minnesota Fringe Festival in awhile. That was deliberate; I didn’t even enter …
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Category: Performance Reviews
| Tags: Alex Cleberg, Cole Sarar, George MacDonald, Hannah Cheese, Javier Morillo, Katherine Glover, Minnesota Fringe Festival, phillip andrew bennet low, reviews, Richard Rousseau, Story Arts of Minnesota, storytelling, Tim Uren, Windy Bowlsby, YouTube
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August 3, 2014 by Paula Reed Nancarrow
This month I will be republishing the three guest posts I wrote for Word Sprout’s 2014 blog residency. These included …
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Category: Republished from Elsewhere
| Tags: Alzheimers, creative practice, divorce, family life, marriage, storytelling, Word Sprout, writing, writing process
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July 27, 2014 by Paula Reed Nancarrow
I have not yet shared a folk or fairy tale on this blog. They are deeply powerful cultural stories, and …
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Category: Myth, folk and faery, Stories I've Told
| Tags: childbirth, children, clergy, damnation, family life, fear, folk tale, forgiveness, marriage, Minnesota Fringe Festival, pregnancy, shadow, sin, spell, storytelling, wise woman, witch
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July 5, 2014 by Paula Reed Nancarrow
I’ve posted a couple of stories involving my daughter on this blog. It seemed time to share one about my son. …
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Category: Memoir, Stories I've Told
| Tags: Aidan of Lindisfarne, family life, HIV/AIDS, parenting, RSV, storytelling
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June 29, 2014 by Paula Reed Nancarrow
Word Sprout’s last story slam of the season – the Grand Slam – is this Tuesday, July 1. I hate …
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Category: Uncategorized
| Tags: blame, Domenichino, DSM, Eve, ICD, impulsive, mental health, OCD, spoken word, story slam, storytelling, temptation, trichotillomania, Work in Process, writing process
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June 22, 2014 by Paula Reed Nancarrow
In honor of my daughter’s graduation from the University of Chicago last weekend – with a Master’s in Divinity, no …
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Category: Stories I've Told
| Tags: Carl Sagan, family life, messiness, Ms. Frizzle, parenting, science, story slam, storytelling
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June 15, 2014 by Paula Reed Nancarrow
This is the second in a series of posts about performance storytellers who are long time bloggers. It is in response …
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Category: Blogging and Social Media
| Tags: blogging, creative practice, storytellers who blog, storytelling, writing process