Storytelling Archives - M. Leona Godin

Turn Me into Gold: A Storytelling Party * SF, In-Person

I’m super excited to perform for the first time in my hometown of San Francisco at “Turn Me into Gold: A Storytelling Party”! I’ll be telling a story that’s part family history plus disability, part archaeological mystery… produced by Back Pocket Media and held in the Saint Joseph’s Arts Society on March 2 … Hope to hear you there! Buy… Read more

Story Collider * Live Event in Astoria, NY!

On Sunday, October 24 at 7pm, I’ll be thrilled to return to my old hood of Astoria to do my first live performance in like, OMG, 3 years?! I’ll be telling a story about translation–sensory translation–at the wonderful Story Collider… Sunday, October 24, 2021 7:00 PM 8:30 PM QED Astoria – OUTDOORS27-16 23rd AvenueQueens, NY, 11105United States (map) Join us… Read more

The Blind Feeding the Lame: Growing Disabled with Dad * Essay & Live RISK Performance

This essay about the very different experiences my father and I had growing disabled first appeared at Catapult last June. I performed a storytelling version for a live taping of the Risk! Podcast, which aired in December in an episode called “Quality Time.” Scroll down for the performance followed by the essay. I republish both versions here in honor of… Read more