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Telling Stories. . . Creating Worlds

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 Community groups anywhere in Kentucky may book these programs for just $175 a program 

as long as funding lasts. 

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Liar, Liar Storyteller

Liar, Liar Storyteller

Liar, Liar Storyteller

 Kentuckians have long entertained each other by stretching the truth to impossibility by telling tall tales. Perhaps you’ve heard of Paul Bunyan or Pecos Bill? Those fellows have  no place in Kentucky tall tale lore! Instead, we’ve got smart dogs, Daniel Boone, and telling lies for the fun of it!  Using selections from her oral and writt

 Kentuckians have long entertained each other by stretching the truth to impossibility by telling tall tales. Perhaps you’ve heard of Paul Bunyan or Pecos Bill? Those fellows have  no place in Kentucky tall tale lore! Instead, we’ve got smart dogs, Daniel Boone, and telling lies for the fun of it!  Using selections from her oral and written repertoire, Mary examines both the traditional and the evolving contemporary uses of tall tale telling. 

The Storytelling Art

Liar, Liar Storyteller

Liar, Liar Storyteller

 Explore the heart of the art of storytelling. Using examples from 

her oral and written repertoire,

 Hamilton shines light on what storytelling is and how it functions

 both as a performing art

 and as an essential element 

of everyday life.


Feeding Nightmares

Liar, Liar Storyteller

Feeding Nightmares

 Dread, deception, death, and dismemberment—such are the ingredients of Kentucky tales that have fed nightmares for generations. In this talk, Hamilton shares sample stories and reveals who told them, who collected them, and how she came to add them to her storytelling repertoire.  You may also end up wondering why anyone told such creepy tales! 


Copyright 2018, Mary Hamilton