The Radical Act of Community Storytelling: Empowering Voices in Uncensored Events  is a how-to, memoir with a twist of advocacy for the democratic structure of community storytelling. Personal storytelling is radical because it is rooted in the principals of community building, equity, personal power and political consciousness. In this model of community storytelling, there is no judgement, no hierarchy, no competition, just respect and giving all people a voice.

Penelope Starr is the retired executive producer of Odyssey Storytelling, a popular monthly community storytelling series she founded in 2004 in Tucson, Arizona. She taught myself to produce, write, perform, do marketing, find and mentor storytellers, facilitate rehearsals, make and maintain websites and emcee the show, all in six weeks.