The Moth Radio Hour
Mighty: Bull, pen, gun
An author who treasures the art of letter-writing is spellbound by an inmate who becomes a pen pal, a man comes to terms with a personal tragedy caused by a gun, and a writer describes how Ernest Hemingway persuades him to risk his life by…
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Storytellers:
A. E. Hotchner lets Ernest Hemmingway talk him into dressing like a matador to face a bull in Spain.
Kemp Powers is only 14 when he learns that playing with a loaded gun can have devastating consequences.
Joyce Maynard is seduced by an inmate with extraordinary letter-writiing skills.
Hosted by The Moth's Artistic Director, Catherine Burns.
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Photo of Kemp Powers by Jason Falchook