Most people are scared to death of talking in public. By the law averages and the fact that lots of shy people to end up writing, most writers are even more scared of reading in public.
A couple weeks ago, I took some lo-fi video of the Happy Ending reading series in New York. The event celebrated the literary journal, A Public Space, featuring an amazing list that included Ian Chillag (a producer at NPR's amazing Fresh Air) and my favorite National Book Award nominee, Jim Shepard.
The event was hosted and founded by novelist Amanda Stern, and I've turned my footage of her engaging reading into a lo-fi primer on how to make a better reading when you are sharing your stories, novels, or journalism.
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