Tomorrow's Storytellers Today: A New Generation of Storytellers Assesses the State of the Art

by Kevin D. Cordi (Editor)

Overview

Kevin Cordi, educator and champion of a new generation of storytellers, elicits insights on the challenges young talents face as they practice an ancient art form in today’s culture:
•     Charles Parrott on truth claims in storytelling today
•     Danielle Bellone on the blending of old forms and new audience concerns
•     Alison Bergblom Johnson on the storyteller’s relationship to the story
•     Cooper Braun on what works and what doesn’t when telling hard or “dark” stories
•     Marie Lupine-Durocher and Petronella van Dijk on what wonder tales teach the next generation of storytellers
•     Carolina Quiroga-Stultz on storytelling that starts conversations about frontiers and borders
•    And eleven more chapters of stories and examination of the art of storytelling in the current era.
The contributors come from many different storytelling traditions as well as many modern subcultures. Their concerns will be of interest to educators, storytellers, art watchers, and cultural thinkers. There is no other book like Tomorrow’s Storytellers Today.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781624911378
Publisher:	Parkhurst Brothers, Inc.
Publication date:	09/01/2021
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	300
File size:	564 KB

About the Author

Kevin D. Cordi, Assistant Professor of Education at Ohio Northern University, is a storyteller, a former national chair of youth storytelling organizations, and the author of Playing with Stories: Story Crafting for Writers, Teachers, and Other Imaginative Thinkers (Parkhurst Brothers). He has presented/performed as an International/National Story/Storytelling Performer and/or Consultant in over forty-five states, England, Japan, Singapore, Scotland, Canada, and Qatar. www.kevincordi.com

Table of Contents

Contents Embracing the Narrative—Guided by Jackie Torrence The Courage to Be Seen | Jill Howe The Second Wave: A DIY Renaissance in American Storytelling | Scott Whitehair Does It Sound Right? | Ward Rubrecht Our Greatest Algorithm—Stories All the Way Down | Amanda Claire Buckley Tales Caught in a Web: Storytelling and Social Media | Csenge Virág Zalka Old Boats, New Waters: An Exploration of New Trad Storytelling | Danielle Bellone The (Subjective) Truth that Tells the Truth | Alison Bergblom Johnson Five Stories about Truth Claims in Storytelling | Charles Parrott Telling Hard Stories | Cooper Braun The Importance of Folktales for New Voices | Marie Lupien-Durocher & Petronella van Dijk Story Activism | Carolina Quiroga-Stultz Further Along the Path Together: Learning from a Master Storyteller | Caleb Winebrenner Creating Community through Collaboration: Calling the Next Generation of Story Artists | Dustin K. Loehr A Home for Stories | Holly and Audrey Robison Growing Storytellers—The Saskill Story | Sadarri Saskill Competitive Storytelling: The Ups and Downs of Artists Competing | Katie Knutson Herding the Cats: Producing Live Storytelling Shows | Allison Broeren A Next Generation Storyteller Behind Prison Walls | Michael D. McCarty with Daniel Henson The Maze of Storytelling 2.0: A Letter to the Next Generation of Storytellers | Rama Idrees Diversifying The Concept of Diversity | Donte Woods-Spikes Is Storytelling Dying? Or are we killing it? | Cassie Cushing Afterword About the Editor