Four storytellers- Thew Elliott, Kazeem Lawal, Donna McNeil, and Oliver Griswold, tell stories of "Gulp" moments including a mix tape that missed its mark, a pair of jeans that bought a young man his freedom, a summer tryst that tested a family's courage, and a political firestorm at a bucolic boarding school.

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Episode 35: Slant Gulp

In this episode we go back to November 17, when we won a National Arts and Humanities Youth Program Award for our Young Writers and Leaders program. While our Executive Director Heather Davis and YWL alum Ibrahim Shkara accepted the award from First Lady Michelle Obama at The White House, over 100 students, mentors, teachers, and friends gathered at The Telling Room to watch the live stream and celebrate the program.

Episode 34: The Biggest Party Ever

Storytellers included Kate Dalton, Abdi Nor Iftin, Karmo Sanders, Tina Smith, and Brendon Whitney

Episode 33: Slant Saved

An interview with Aruna Kenyi, one of our first students

Episode 32: Our First Student

A look at how a piece of writing is chosen for our annual anthology

Episode 31: Behind the Story

Five people tell live 10 minute stories on the theme of Home

Episode 30: Home

TR Student Grace Whited talks with teacher Andrew Griswold about the success of her story, Box of Hope

Episode 29: From Simple to Extraordinary

A Conversation with writers Jaed Coffin and Fadumo Issack

Episode 28: Climbing Trees

We explore personification through student stories of objects - in this case an old truck and the ice on a winter lake

Episode 27: The Feeling of Things

A look back at memorable stories from students Missouri Alice Williams and Edna Adan

Episode 26: Perception

A look back at some of our most memorable stories written by Omar Raouf, Aqila Sharafyar, and Sara Corbett

Episode 25: Sparrows, Doves, and Home

Five stories on the theme of wild from our Slant storytelling series in Deering Oaks Park this summer

Episode 24: Wild

Hear from Director of Publications Molly McGrath about our four young authors whose books are forthcoming

Episode 23: Young Emerging Authors Fellowship

Six stories from our Slant series on the theme of Roots. Storytellers: Jim McCarthy, Donna Galluzzo, Nick Bloom, Nathan Salsburg, Genna Cherichello, and Jaed Coffin.

Episode 22: Roots

Hear from our two writing contest winners, Kaitlyn Knight and Alicia Thurston

Episode 21: Writing Contest Winners

Stories from Portland, Maine's community writing center

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