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College Read 2018-19: The Moth Presents All These Wonders

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The eternal music of the spheres

The moon and stars talks /Tara Clancy https://themoth.org/stories/the-moon-and-stars-talks
Unusual normality /Ishmael Beah https://themoth.org/stories/unusual-normality
The quest for Chad /Arthur Bradford https://themoth.org/stories/the-quest-for-chad
The house of mourning /Kate Braestrup https://themoth.org/stories/the-house-of-mourning
The girl from Beckenham /Suzi Ronson https://themoth.org/stories/the-girl-from-beckenham
God, death, and Francis Crick /Christof Koch https://themoth.org/stories/god-death-and-francis-crick

Things I've seen

Fog of disbelief /Carl Pillitteri https://themoth.org/stories/fog-of-disbelief
The two times I met Laurence Fishburne /Chenjerai Kumanyika https://themoth.org/stories/the-two-times-i-met-laurence-fishburne
It matters a great deal /Kevin McGeehan https://themoth.org/stories/it-matters-a-great-deal
A tale of two dinners /Bliss Broyard https://themoth.org/stories/a-tale-of-two-dinners
Walking with RJ /Stephanie Peirolo https://themoth.org/stories/walking-with-rj

Keeping the lid on.

Go the %&# to sleep /Adam Mansbach https://themoth.org/stories/go-the-f-ck-to-sleep
Panic on the road to Jericho /Nadia Bolz-Weber https://themoth.org/stories/panic-on-the-road-to-jericho
Jenny /Samuel James https://themoth.org/stories/jenny
Déjà vu (again) /Cole Kazdin https://themoth.org/stories/deja-vu-again
Call me Charlie /Josh Bond https://themoth.org/stories/call-me-charlie
Modern family /Sara Barron https://themoth.org/stories/modern-family
R2, where are you? /Tig Notaro https://themoth.org/stories/r2-where-are-you

Grace rushes in

The shower /Tomi Reichental https://themoth.org/stories/the-shower
Cut /Josh Broder https://themoth.org/stories/cut
A phone call /Auburn Sandstrom https://themoth.org/stories/a-phone-call
Who can you trust? /Mary-Claire King https://themoth.org/stories/who-can-you-trust
A new home /Dori Samadzai Bonner https://themoth.org/stories/a-new-home
Greener grass /Jane Green https://themoth.org/stories/greener-grass
As if I was not there /Peter Pringle https://themoth.org/stories/as-if-i-was-not-there

Like a man does

Stumbling in the dark /John Turturro https://themoth.org/stories/stumbling-in-the-dark
Coming of age in a mausoleum /George Dawes Green https://themoth.org/stories/coming-of-age-in-a-mausoleum
Downstairs neighbors /Shannon Cason https://themoth.org/stories/downstairs-neighbors
Undercover in North Korea with its future leaders /Suki Kim https://themoth.org/stories/undercover-in-north-korea-with-its-future-leaders
My grandfather's shoes /Christian Garland https://themoth.org/stories/my-grandfathers-shoes
Leaping forward /Cybele Abbett https://themoth.org/stories/leaping-forward

To face the fear

Prom /Hasan Minhaj https://themoth.org/stories/prom
But also bring cheese /Kate Tellers https://themoth.org/stories/but-also-bring-cheese
Tired, from New York /Jessi Klein https://themoth.org/stories/tired-from-new-york
An impossible choice /Sasha Chanoff https://themoth.org/stories/an-impossible-choice
Then you will know! /Moshe Schulman https://themoth.org/stories/then-you-will-know
The price of freedom /Noreen Riols https://themoth.org/storytellers/noreen-riols

(the title matches the text of The Spy Who Loved Me)

By every claim of love

Summer camp /Meg Wolitzer https://themoth.org/stories/summer-camp
The weight of a ring /Amy Biancolli https://themoth.org/stories/the-weight-of-a-ring
Light and hope /Bethany van Delft https://themoth.org/stories/light-and-hope
Kidneys and commitments /Gil Reyes https://themoth.org/stories/kidneys-and-commitments
On approach to Pluto /Cathy Olkin https://themoth.org/stories/on-approach-to-pluto
Forgiveness /Hector Black https://themoth.org/stories/forgiveness
California gothic /Taylor Negron. https://themoth.org/stories/california-gothic