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Linda Goodman 
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Directory Member Since:
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Linda Goodman was born in the Appalachian Mountains of Virginia, where she learned the art of storytelling from her father, a former coal miner who was himself a master yarnspinner. In November 1988, while she was living in Enfield, Connecticut, she rediscovered the “oral tradition” while attending the first annual Tellabration. She has been entertaining audiences throughout the country with her original stories, traditional tales, and monologues ever since. She has appeared and taught workshops at the National Storytelling Conference, the Connecticut Storytelling Festival, the Storytelling Institute at Southern Connecticut State University, the Three Apples Storytelling Festival in Harvard, Massachusetts, the Jonnycake Festival in Peacedale, Rhode Island, the Corn Island Storytelling Festival in Kentucky, Barter Theater in Abingdon, Virginia, and Storyfest in Richmond, Virginia. Her works are known for their “Southern Appalachian” flavor, and her recording, Jessie and Other Stories, has been aired on The Story Tree, a Tennessee-based storytelling program heard on National Public Radio. “I was born into a culture that is fading away. I feel an obligation to keep that culture alive in my stories,” she enthuses. “I also feel an obligation to people my stories with Southern Appalachian characters of intelligence and integrity.” Linda is a member of the National Storytelling Network (NSN), the League for Advancement of New England Storytelling( LANES) and the Virginia Storytelling Alliance (VASA). She is also a past Program Coordinator of Boston’s Sharing the Fire, the largest and oldest regional storytelling conference in the country, and she has served on the board of the Three Apples Storytelling Festival as its programming chair. She became a member of the Dramatists’ Guild in 1992, after her one act play, Empty Wells, was named a finalist in a national competition. Her stories have appeared in Storytelling World, Chicken Soup for the Mother’s Soul, Stories for the Family Heart, The Appalachian Quarterly, and other publications. Her monologue collection, Daughters of the Appalachians, was released by Overmountain Press in December 1999 and has been performed, not only by Linda, but by several theater companies, as well. Linda lived in New England from August, 1985 to August, 1998. She now resides in Richmond, Virginia. She is a certified lay speaker in the United Methodist Church, the 1995 recipient of the Excellence in Storytelling Award presented by the Storytelling Institute at Southern Connecticut State University, and a 1998 recipient of a Storytelling World Honor Award. She is a charter member of the Barter Storytellers of Abingdon, Virginia, the country’s first professional storytelling troupe associated with a professional theater.
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Contact Information:
Linda Goodman
P.O. Box 1351
Chesterfield, Virginia 23832
Country: USA
Phone: 804-778-7456
E-Mail: happytales@aol.com
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