Caren Schnur Neil has taught storytelling studies at Florida Atlantic University for more than two decades. A performance storyteller, she co-hosts The Public Storyteller on South Florida public radio WLRN.
Foreword
The Storyteller by Peretz Kaminsky
Acknowledgments
Introduction: Telling the Human Story
Timeline
Part I: In the Beginning... 1934-1952
Chapter 1: The Pearl
Chapter 2: The Elijah Story
Chapter 3: Piano Lessons
Chapter 4: The Book of Leaves
Chapter 5: The Farm
Chapter 6: Onstage
Chapter 7: The Only Jews
Chapter 8: What Joe Wants
Part II: A Woman in the World 1952-1967
Chapter 9: Shooting Star
Chapter 10: Higher Learning
Chapter 11: Tallulah Bankhead and Other Fallen Women
Chapter 12: Leaving Home
Chapter 13: Paris, By Way of Manhattan
Chapter 14: Coming Home
Chapter 15: Peklach of Joy
Chapter 16: Peklach of Sorrow
Part III: A Woman of Valor 1967-present
Chapter 17: Those Who Can...
Chapter 18: Kaddish
Chapter 19: The Storyteller
Chapter 20: The Joy of Teaching
Chapter 21: The Station That Speaks Your Language
Chapter 22: In Print
Chapter 23: Strengthen Yourself
Chapter 24: Here I Am
Chapter 25: Ever After
My Storyteller's Prayer by Peninnah Schram
Glossary of Yiddish and Hebrew Terms
Selected Publications and Recordings by Peninnah Schram
About the Author