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Story-power: Why We Need it to Survive

Story-power: Why We Need it to Survive

[This is the full text of my book-tour talk including the readings (in italics) from A Biography of Story, A Brief History of Humanity.] The title for this talk, ‘Story-power: Why We Need it to Survive’, was inspired by a

Trish July 10, 2017October 5, 2017 About Writing, Stories Read more

A Love Letter to Story?

A Love Letter to Story?

Now that A Biography of Story, A Brief History of Humanity is released, I want to show you why I wrote this non-fiction book and broke three ‘golden rules’ of publishing. One of my editors described the book as ‘a love letter

Trish March 28, 2017April 23, 2017 About Writing, publishing Read more

Table of Contents to Story’s ‘Biography’

This post is linked from the main post for A Biography of Story, A Brief History of Humanity Pasted below is the Table of Contents for Story’s ‘biography’. (Unfortunately, I do not have here the beautiful Aldine type that we chose

Trish November 25, 2016March 17, 2017 Uncategorized Read more

An Introduction to Story’s ‘Biography’

This post is linked from the main post for A Biography of Story, A Brief History of Humanity Pasted below is the introductory section to Story’s ‘biography’. (Unfortunately, I do not have here the beautiful Aldine type that we chose for

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Travel Tales of Mogpog 4: More on Masks

We’ve been making masks for thousands of years. Why?  Masks conceal, but they also reveal, transform and share – they are metaphors. Our minds are made of metaphors. In this fourth Tale of Mogpog, the town in the Philippines where

Trish January 20, 2012March 26, 2018 Philippines, Travel Read more

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