Michele Carlo

Michele Carlo is a writer, storyteller (and sometime actor) who has told stories across the U.S., including the Clearwater Arts & Music Festival and MOTH Mainstage in New York, the STF and NSN story conferences, the RISK! and Story Collider live shows and podcasts, on NPR (Latino USA and WNYC radio), and the WGBH-PBS series, Stories from the Stage. Michele is also the author of the NYC-set memoir, Fish Out of Agua, and has contributed to several literary anthologies.

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updated: 09/13/2023

Man-O-Pause

After navigating serious doubt about finding romance again after her divorce in her 40’s, Michele finds new love in he...

04/18/2023

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45 Years

(Content warning: sexual assault) At 15, Michele was told by an Aunt that because she was developing an attractive behin...

02/15/2022

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After Dark

Michele plants cat-poop in an eggplant in order to get revenge on a neighbor woman who has been stealing from her garden...

06/29/2021

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Iglesia con Pollo

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07/21/2020

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Kill Whitey Day

In the Bronx in the 1970s, schools had traditions like “Kill Whitey Day,” and “Kill Black and Puerto R...

09/18/2017

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The Gift

As a kid, Michele had her first kiss with a boy in a Christmas snowstorm. It was romantic and thrilling. A couple days l...

12/21/2012

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Night of the Black Chrysanthemum

In the Bronx in the 70s, Teenage Michele witnessed two Puerto Rican families in her building having a supernatural battl...

11/04/2012

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