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

by Kevin D. Cordi Ph.D. (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:	9781624911408
Publisher:	Parkhurst Brothers Publishers Inc
Publication date:	09/01/2021
Edition description:	First Edition, First Edition
Pages:	300
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.80(d)
Age Range:	12 - 18 Years

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

Embracing the Narrative-Guided Jackie Torrence 10

The Courage to Be Seen Jill Howe 21

The Second Wave: A DIY Renaissance in American Storytelling Scott Whitehair 26

Does It Sound Right? Ward Rubrecht 34

Our Greatest Algorithm-Stories All the Way Down Amanda Claire Buckley 45

Tales Caught in a Web: Storytelling and Social Media Csenge Virág Zalka 58

Old Boats, New Waters: An Exploration of New Trad Storytelling Danielle Bellone 72

The (Subjective) Truth that Tells the Truth Alison Bergblom Johnson 85

Five Stories about Truth Claims in Storytelling Charles Parrott 98

Telling Hard Stories Cooper Braun 108

The Importance of Folktales for New Voices Marie Lupien-Durocher Petronelxa van Dijk 126

Story Activism Carolina Quiroga-Stultz 146

Further Along the Path Together: Learning from a Master Storyteller Caleb Winebrenner 159

Creating Community through Collaboration: Calling the Next Generation of Story Artists Dustin K. Loehr 170

A Home for Stories Holly Audrey Robison 181

Growing Storytellers-The Saskill Story Sadarri Saskill 194

Competitive Storytelling: The Ups and Downs of Artists Competing Katie Knutson 210

Herding the Cats: Producing Live Storytelling Shows Allison Broeren 222

A Next Generation Storyteller Behind Prison Walls Michael D. McCarty Daniel Henson 235

The Maze of Storytelling 2.0: A Letter to the Next Generation of Storytellers Rama Ldrees 243

Diversifying The Concept of Diversity Donte Woods-Spikes 249

Is Storytelling Dying? Or are we killing it? Cassie Cushing 258

Afterword 272

About the Editor 273

Editorial Reviews

“Kevin Cordi has made it his crusade to teach the value of a storytelling legacy.

The National Storytelling Network

When the electronic wizards took over the world they forgot to zap one lone knight. Kevin Cordi is tilting at push-button entertainment with the simplest of weapons—his brain and tongue. Kevin Cordi is raising an army to rekindle interest in human’s oldest communication skill, storytelling.

Fresno Bee Guy Keeler