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Massmouth’s Andrea Lovett on truth in storytelling

  April 07, 2012

“We expect stories to be a little bit embellished, but our rule is 99 percent true,” says Andrea Lovett, a professional storyteller and founder of Massmouth, a nonprofit storytelling organization that will conclude its 2011-12 story slam season Wednesday night with the Big Mouth Off at the Coolidge Corner Theatre in Brookline. Fifteen Massachusetts-based storytellers will perform, and ticket proceeds will benefit the StoriesLive High School Scholarship Story Slam.

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