The Story Talks Back

Dr. Judith Ruskay Rabinor: Celebrating the special beauty and challenges of mother-daughter stories

TSTB interviews Dr. Judith Ruskay Rabinor --- clinical psychologist, author, speaker, and writing coach. She is supervisor at The Center for the Study of Anorexia and Bulimia and a consultant to The Renfrew Center Foundation.

Dr. Rabinor is the author of "The Girl in the Red Boots: Making Peace with My Mother" … "A Starving Madness: Tales of Hunger, Hope and Healing" … and "Befriending Your Ex After Divorce: Making Life Better for You, Your Kids and Yes Your Ex." She offers psychotherapy on-line for individuals, couples and families and conducts groups for binge eaters, clinicians and writers.

#mothersday #motherlove #motherstruggles #mothersanddaughters #psychotherapy #psychoanalysis #thetalkingcure #newyorkcity #NYCtherapists #mothersday2022 #understandingmoms #difficultmothers

Preview: Dr. Judith Rabinor talks about mothers, stories, and coming to terms with ambivalence

Dr. Judith Rabinor is the author, most recently, of the powerful memoir "The Girl in the Red Boots: Making Peace with My Mother." As a psychotherapist practicing in New York City, Dr. Rabinor has made mother/daughter relationships one of her specialties -- but she still faced big challenges in coming to terms with the complex legacy of her own Mom. In this timely excerpt from our forthcoming full interview, Dr. Rabinor talks about coming to terms with her mother's refusal to acknowledge negative feelings of any kind -- an emotional armor that felt almost impenetrable at times. #mothersday #motherlove #motherstruggles #mothersanddaughters #psychotherapy #psychoanalysis #thetalkingcure #newyorkcity #NYCtherapists

Bianca Stone: From poetry to myth to comics -- sharing stories and experiences with readers

TSTB interviews Bianca Stone -- gifted poet, visual artist, creator of 'poetry comics, and educator. Her brand-new verse collection, What Is Otherwise Infinite, has been featured on NPR and in The New York Times and has been called "extraordinary" by The Washington Post. Stone is also the author of The Mobius Strip Club of Grief (2018) and Someone Else's Wedding Vows (2014), as well as A Little Called Pauline (2020), a children’s book with text by Gertrude Stein. Stone teaches poetry and is Creative Director at the Ruth Stone House in Vermont. #stories #storytelling #storytellers #poetry #poetrylovers #poems #poetrycollections #poetrycomics #graphicnovels #biancastone #annecarson #ruthstone #vermont #vermontpoets #vermontartists

Preview: Bianca Stone explores the crucial interactions between storytellers and their audiences

Bianca Stone is a gifted poet, visual artist, and creator of 'poetry comics who affirms and celebrates life even as she acknowledges its dark, desperate moments. Her brand-new verse collection, What Is Otherwise Infinite, has been featured on NPR and hailed as "extraordinary" by The Washington Post. She is also the author of The Mobius Strip Club of Grief (2018) and Someone Else's Wedding Vows (2014). In this excerpt from our forthcoming full conversation with Stone, she talks about searching for the best words to convey an experience, and why the heart of storytelling lies in the connections between storytellers and their audiences. #stories #storytelling #storytellers #poetry #poetrylovers #poems #poetrycollections #poetrycomics #graphicnovels #biancastone #annecarson #ruthstone

Jack Rabid: The ”godfather” of punk rock journalists shares his own story

TSTB interviews the legendary Jack Rabid -- music writer and critic extraordinaire. Hailed as the “godfather of punk rock journalism,” Rabid is the founder, editor, and publisher of New York music magazine The Big Takeover, which celebrated its 40th anniversary in 2020. His writing has appeared in Interview, the Village Voice, Creem, Spin, Paper, Trouser Press Record Guide, and Musichound, and he hosts "The Big Takeover Show" on realpunkradio.com every Monday at noon. Over the years, Rabid has interviewed and profiled artists from Radiohead to the Kinks to the Clash and championed hundreds of up-and-coming artists. He is also a drummer who has played with the bands Leaving Trains, Even Worse, Last Burning Embers, and Springhouse. Rabid lives in Brooklyn with his wife, Mary, and their children Jim and Caroline. #punk #punkrock #punkrockstories #stories #storyteller #storytelling #alternativerock #rockjournalists #bands #bandstories #sexpistols #theclash #radiohead #thesmiths #thekinks #thepretenders #musicstories #musicjournalists 

Preview: Jack Rabid shares stories of his passion for music outside the mainstream

At the age of 18 -- while still in high school -- Jack Rabid founded "The Big Takeover," a magazine devoted to the alternative music that had become his obsession. Over 40 years later, TBT (as its known by fans) has become a powerful force on the rock/punk landscape, and Rabid has become a legend in his own right. In this excerpt from our forthcoming interview, Rabid tells how his love of rock music began even before kindergarten, and why punk music was and is his central focus as a writer, publisher, and fan. #tbt #thebigtakeover #punkrock #punkmusic #alternativerock #alternativemusic #fanzines #magazinepublishing #magazinewriting #musicinterviews #jackrabid

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Richard Kostelanetz: The ”Earl of Wordship” shares stories of artistic experimentation and discovery

TSTB shares a wide-ranging interview with Richard Kostelanetz, a powerful presence in New York's avant-garde literary and art scenes for several generations. Born in New York City in 1940, Kostelanetz has published more than fifty books of criticism, cultural history, and creative work, in addition to editing over three dozen anthologies. Relentlessly experimental and productive, Kostelanetz is a “force of one” in the New York City avant garde scene – creating “visual poetry,” “audiotapographies,” “foreshortenings,” “kinetic writings,” and works in dozens of other obscure, fascinating, and sometimes self-created genres. His more conventional works include a 700-page “Dictionary of the Avant-Gardes”; an intimate history of the Soho, New York, arts scene; and rich anthologies by or about John Cage, E. E. Cummings, Philip Glass, Virgil Thomson, and other writers and composers. Kostelanetz has received fellowships from the Guggenheim Foundation, The Fund for Investigative Journalism, the Pulitzer Foundation, and others. Dubbed ‘“the Bibliomaniac of Ridgewood” by The New York Times, Kostelanetz lives in a converted factory building in Queens that he calls “Wordship” – surrounded by over 25,000 books, hundreds of videotapes, and his own artwork. He opens a section of his home as a bookshop on the last Sunday of each month. At the beginning of our interview, Kostelanetz continues an earlier train of thought about an artist who interests him. He also speaks to his assistant, Andrew Morinelli, at several points in our conversation. #richardkostelanetz #johncage #virgilthomson #eecummings #avantgarde #avantgardesoho #avantgardeNYC #eastvillageart #greenwichvillage #soholofts #loftliving #sohogalleries #experimentalfiction #experimentalwriting #digitalpublishing #digitalpress

Preview: Richard Kostelanetz on his lifetime of discovery -- as writer, editor, and publisher

Since the 1960s, Richard Kostelanetz has been a distinctive voice for experimentation in poetry, fiction, and criticism. The author or editor of over 100 books, Kostelanetz has been an integral part of the New York City avant-garde scene for several generations, working in a seemingly inexhaustible variety of boundary-crossing genres -- among them “visual poetry,” “audiotapographies,” “foreshortenings,” and “kinetic writings.” He has also published anthologies and analyses of composer/author John Cage, critic Virgil Thomson, poet e e cummings, and many others. In this excerpt from our forthcoming full-length interview with Kostelanetz, he talks about the path of discovery he has followed as an artist and entrepreneur. #richardkostelanetz #johncage #virgilthomson #eecummings #avantgarde #avantgardesoho #avantgardeNYC #eastvillageart #greenwichvillage #soholofts #loftliving #sohogalleries #experimentalfiction #experimentalwriting #digitalpublishing #digitalpress

Julie Lythcott-Haims: Stories of Black biracial life in white America

TSTB interviews the extraordinary Julie Lythcott-Haims -- author of the best-selling "How to Raise an Adult"; "Real American" -- a powerful poetic memoir of Black biracial life in white American spaces; and "Your Turn," a wise perspective on being an adult in today's complex world. Lythcott-Haims talks to us about becoming a source of white discomfort and confusion during her Midwest childhood; finding her voice -- and rediscovering her traumatic past -- through writing; and using her compassion and intelligence to help people come to terms with their experiences. #stories #storytellers #storytelling #memoir #adulthood #beinganadult #howtoraiseanadult #yourturn #realamerican #AfricanAmerican #Black #Blacklife #Blackstories #biracial #biraciallife #biracialstories #biracialidentity #Blackchildhood #racism #racialprejudice #socialjustice #racialequality #socialequality #martinlutherkingjr #civilrights #civilrightsmovement #blacklivesmatter

Preview: Julie Lythcott-Haims talks about being ”problematic” in white-centric America

Born to a white English mother and African-American father, Julie Lythcott-Haims came to the US as a child and quickly discovered the powerful, enigmatic force of American racism. She beautifully -- and forcefully -- records this and other indelible life experiences in her celebrated memoir, "Real American." In this clip from our forthcoming interview with Lythcott-Haims, she talks about her inescapable feeling of being an "other" in a seemingly homogeneous racial landscape. #realamerican #julielythcotthaims #racism #USracism #racialidentity #biracial #biracialidentity #biracialexperience #biracialboomers #themulattotrope #beingtheother #racematters #prejudice #whiteracism #whitesupremacy #mlk #malcolmx #blacklivesmatter