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Fall Arts Guide
Storytelling
World's Oldest Pastime Gains Popularity in Philly: Considering that storytelling has been around as long as humans, it seems silly to call it a “trend.” But that’s really the only way to describe the slew of storytelling/live-reading events that have popped up around the city within past five years or so.
Spoken Word
Events: Poerty, StorySlams & more.
Books
Author Sarah Rose Etter Keeps It Surreal: The author of Tongue Party won the presitigious Caketrain Chapbook Competition in May.
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