This week we listen to a story that Jen told at the Moth StorySlam and Takeyla interviews her. Jen describes how she turned a favorite anecdote about her grandmother into a story. Jen also talks about the book she published last year, 'We Are Staying: Eighty Years in the Life of a Family, a Store, and a Neighborhood' and how she used storytelling techniques to write this book.
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We listen to a story Jen Rubin told at the Moth in Madison StorySlam in 2017, explore the themes in the story and discuss how she crafted it.
(Audio recording by Mad Manor Multimedia)
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