Thirst: The Dog Days of August

Late summer lethargy didn’t stop us from convening to share tales at Black Spring Books.

The city's thick heat. Afternoons flattened across the heavy air. In the final heave before this season turns, tell us your stories of lethargic late summer nights, of teenage adventures, or canine companions...All are welcome.

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Storytellers

• Dan Vigilano is a comedian and storyteller who regularly makes everyone at the Moth laugh except the judges. His 2 one-man shows are on youtube at DangerDanV.

• David Rey Martinez has taken the comedy world by storm with his endearing and uproarious style. He’s done stand-up at Caroline’s, Gotham Comedy Club and many other NYC hot spots and has been in The New York Comedy Festival. He is also in an amazing hip-hop improv show called “Off Top” at the People’s Improv Theater. He’s also appeared in sketches for Funny or Die, guested on Chris Gethard Presents, and a multitude of podcasts.

• Katie Lee Wright is a lawyer by day, exploring her creative side by night. Although she does not consider herself a creative per se, her willingness to speak honestly of herself and her life experiences, and her gift for storytelling makes her a welcomed addition to the Thirst crew.

• Along with Samantha Brown, Adam Levy, Alex Brook Lynn & Grace Bialecki

Thirst: Foreign Soil

Thirst makes its first venture onto foreign soil with a night of stories co-hosted by Paris Lit Up at Culture Rapide in Paris.

Have you ever stood on strange terrain? Heels sinking into the soil or toes mashing on hard cobble. Tell us about the Earth you've explored, ditches you dug, or a faraway place that got away.

Storytellers

Bruce Sheffield got his voiceover nom de guerre in Paris, where he’s based, when the recording engineer forgot his last name and started referring to him as Bruce Shhh… It stuck and the rest is history. His poetry and singing background lend itself well to storytelling with narrative gravitas, intimacy and clarity.

Ronil Shah

Along with Adam Levy, Alex Brook Lynn & Grace Bialecki

Thirst: Hatch

We gathered on Pier 41 as the sunset over the Hudson to tell our hatching tales. We hatch ideas, plans, and eggs. They incubate and grow inside us before they're ready to make their way out into the world. A hatch is a portal to a new place, what goes through the hatch and comes out the other side?

Storytellers

Katie Lee Wright is a lawyer by day, exploring her creative side by night. Although she does not consider herself a creative per se, her willingness to speak honestly of herself and her life experiences, and her gift for storytelling makes her a welcomed addition to the Thirst crew.

Dan Vigilano is a comedian and storyteller who regularly makes everyone at the Moth laugh except the judges. His 2 one-man shows are on youtube at DangerDanV.

Along with Samantha Brown, Sophia Porotsky, Alex BK & Grace Bialecki

International Thirst: Roaming Charges

Storytellers

Annie Nocenti is a journalist, writer, teacher, editor, and filmmaker. She is best known for her work in comic books — as an editor for Marvel Comics, she edited New Mutants and The Uncanny X-Men — as well as her graphic novels The Seeds and Ruby Falls.

Matt Jones is a writer and editor who lives in Paris. He teaches at the French War College, runs a writing workshop at Shakespeare and Company, and edits Paris Lit Up Magazine. His most recent project is a blog on fitness, writing, leadership, masculinity

Mara Faye Lethem’s writing has recently appeared in the New York Times Book Review, LitHub, and BOMB magazine, and has been published in anthologies including Berkeley Noir, A Velocity of Being, Matar en Barcelona, and Brooklyn: A State of Mind. In addition to her many Spanish and Catalan translations, her novel A Person’s A Person, No Matter How Small is published by ANTIBOOKCLUB.

Adam Levy is a product manager, developer, writer, and technology futurist living in Manhattan. He has worked with Apple, Google, Uber, Facebook, The Washington Post, and Bloomberg. He knows, and he is very sorry.

Ronny Kerr is a writer and DJ who has crossed the United States on foot. He has musings about music and walking on his Medium.

Katie Bishop is a composer and writer.

Host by Alex Brook Lynn & Gracie Bialecki