The Radical Act of Community Storytelling reveals the gutsy nature of Penelope Starr who creates a space for others to find and reveal their own gutsiness in front of a live audience. She is an evangelist to her faith in storytelling, which changes the lives of the storyteller as well as those captured by the stories being told. More than a "how to", Penelope takes the reader on an odyssey of "how it was"...do as you please!
--Diana Leonard, PhD; Author, Introduction to the Speech Making Process, Director of Public Speaking, The University of Arizona

Penelope has penned a terrific primer for those inspired to raise their own voices and create their own community storytelling and, of course, a wonderful collection of unforgettable stories. Penelope is an evangelist for storytelling who preaches that truth is not simply stranger than fiction, it is more joyful, it is more compelling and it is more radically profound.
--David Fitzsimmons, nationally syndicated political cartoonist, columnist for the Arizona Daily Star

Penelope Starr writes in the intimate voice of a friend with such humor and vitality that you want to hang out with her beyond the length of this excellent read. Even if your own passion has little to do with producing a story-telling event, you'll want to finish Starr's exhilarating story about creating connection, acceptance of the "other," and growing compassionate community through the brave and sometimes radical act of telling your story.
--Amy Weintraub, author of Yoga for Depression (Broadway Books), Yoga Skills for Therapists (W.W. Norton) and founder of the LifeForce Yoga Healing Institute