Hello from Cincinnati!   Welcome to my new project Story A Week / Story Thursdays / S-A-W I’m out on tour, but thats not going to stop me… (fingers crossed) Every Thursday, I’m going to “drop” a story of some kind. … Read more

"Binder is a skilled writer and performer, and in these stories he’s as charming as ever…" 
– Alan Rosenberg, USA TODAY NETWORK

Every year we celebrate by shopping.

Yeah yeah, we want to give gifts and get gifts (as Shmeini Schlemiel says), but I've always found it hard.

Do you try to buy something you think they will like? Do you give…

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When her parents' marriage falls apart, how will Rachel Cohen adapt?

Every year I write a Hanukkah story. This one is just out.

Click the link below to find it on Spotify, iTunes and others…
https://distrokid.com/hyperfollow/markbinder/broken-candles-feat-izzy-abrahmson

Listen to the story on Spotify, Apple, Amazon, GooglePlay and more…

More than a decade a go, I almost went blind. I was wearing contact lenses at the beach and either grit from the sand or a batch of bad…

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You've met Og and Marsha, haven't you?

Well, this story is both prehistoric and contemporary.

Listen on Spotify, Apple Music, and Amazon

TOUR DATES

• Chinatown for Chanukah on Spotify - https://open.spotify.com/album/6dBEN4ehfqxkfGz5r9XCXD
• Listen to, Chinatown for Chanukah on East…

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A multi-part serialization (in progress)

This is the first installment of a serial.

 

 

#audiobook #audiobookshort #serial #serialization #LifeDuringCovid #fatherandson #family #yoga #parenting #onlineschool #virtualschool 

I had a dream that Julie Andrews was making a television show about my bagel story…
But I hadn't written one yet. So when I woke up…

 

#audiobook #audibookshort #roshhashanah #yomkippur #jewishholidays #bagel #bread #chelm

 

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Just released!
Mark Binder 2020, a live "story concert" for the whole family.

Every summer, Mark tells stories. This is the ONLY way you can hear him perform live. A 45 minute program the whole family will enjoy.

Enjoy

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As it says in the introduction, a good friend asked me to write a humorous story about the coronavirus.
It's too soon. But… I remembered that I'd written this story a decade ago. 

Enjoy!

- Mark Binder