Worth Repeating

San Antonio Stories

Paul Flahive, Tori Pool, Burgin Streetman, Paul Flahive, Tori Pool, Burgin Streetman, Tori Poole, Paul Flahive, Tori Poole, Burgin Streetman

• Publisher: Maverick Books
• Year: 2023
• Print ISBN: 978-1-59534-994-1
• eBook ISBN: 9781595349958
• Topic: Social Sciences
• Subtopic: Social Science Biographies
• Index: Social Sciences

"This soulful collection is perfect for fans of  The Moth  or  Humans of New York. " —  Publishers Weekly

People in San Antonio love to tell stories. Worth Repeating: San Antonio Stories is a collection of forty true tales, epic adventures, and intimate revelations from the heart of one of America’s fastest growing and most culturally diverse cities.There is the hilarious chronicle of being crowned Turkey Queen of Cuero, as well as stories of finding one’s place as an immigrant or refugee, the heartbreak of being on the AIDS epidemic’s front lines, and the redemption in writing My Little Pony fan fiction. From the birth of a Freedom Rider to the origins of a literary legend, from the search for a murdered mother’s memories to passing our abilities and disabilities along to our children, the pieces here are as varied and nuanced as the city its authors have called home at one time or another.They might not all take place in Texas, but every story has roots in its streets, suburbs, and history. Whether it’s an account of being stranded in Uganda, growing up in a Mexican border barrio, catching swine flu in Thailand, being among Harvard University’s first Black architecture students, growing up in Iran, or leaving India for a new life in Texas, each story has a soul that is puro San Antonio. From last chances to first tries, all of these personal narratives were originally performed in front of an audience at Worth Repeating, Texas Public Radio’s live storytelling series.Writers include Heather Armstrong, Tanveer Arora, Jennie Badger, Kiran Kaur Bains, Marion Barth, Sheila Black, Barbara Bowie, Norma Elia Cantú, Kelly Grey Carlisle, Cary Clack, Jess Elizarraras, Georgia Erck, Tiffany Farias-Sokoloski, Elizabeth Fauerso, Everett L. Fly, Larry Garza, Lorenzo Gomez III, Mike Knoop, David W. Lesch, Rey Lopez, Vanessa Martinez, Collin McGrath, Joaquin Muerte, Sanford Nowlin, Tori Pool, Wendy Rigby, Alex Rubio, Jonathan Ryan, Yara Samman, John Phillip Santos, Burgin Streetman, Whitley Strieber, Barbara S. Taylor, Michael Taylor, Kirsten Thompson, Clay Utley, Cristina Van Dusen, Eddie Vega, Ayon Wen-Waldron, and Bria Woods.

Table of contents

• Cover
• Title Page
• Copyright
• Contents
• Introduction
• Will You Go with Me?
• Millionaire Slumdog
• Turkey Royalty
• Ride-or-Die Friends
• Operation Babylift
• Passing My Disability
• The Hospital (and Jim Crow) Killed My Mom
• Oreo
• My Mother Was Thinking of Me
• Are You Out There?
• Puro San Antonio
• I Smell Gas
• The Vegetarian with Swine Flu
• A Science Experiment Gone Wrong
• Saving History
• Texas Roots
• The Beatdown That Wasn’t
• Everything Was Fine until the Violent Revolution
• Sharing Tea with Syrian Intelligence
• Grateful
• The Neighborhood of My Childhood
• How I Became a Brony
• Live, Laugh, Lowride
• Punk Rock, Leather Bars, and Life on the Road
• The Dropout Who Teaches High School
• Forever Changed
• Respect the Lechuza
• What Are You Doing Here?
• Sixteen and Living in a War Zone
• A City Boy—Under Protest
• Buried Alive
• Fake Heads and Wonder
• Dark Was the Night
• From High Finance to High-Wire Act
• Miseducation Blues
• Don’t Mess with a Theater Major
• Baddest Drug Dealer Undone
• Pilgrims Lost on the Journey
• In Service
• Reckoning with Racism
• Contributors
• Acknowledgments
• About the Authors