The Master

Snap Judgment

Snap Judgment and PRX

Snap, Glynn, Storytelling, Wnyc, Society & Culture/personal Journals, Performing Arts, Washington, Society & Culture/documentary, Arts/performing Arts, Music, Arts

4.8 • 11.2K Ratings

🗓️ 13 March 2025

⏱️ 50 minutes

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Summary

"His secrets filled the air around him like smoke..." A young boy idolizes his karate instructor. Each kick, throw, and punch a step on the path to becoming a man. But the power of his presence cannot hold back the questions of his character.

STORIES

The Master

Thank you, Simon Shieh, for sharing your story! Read the poems featured in this story and more -- in Simon's debut poetry collection Master.

And an extra special thank you to Katherine Litwin.

Produced by John Fecile. Edited by Anna Sussman and Nancy López. Original Score by Renzo Gorrio and Doug Stuart. Artwork by Teo Ducot.

Ego Tripping - Nikki Giovanni

Read by Flo Wiley. Music by Pat Mesiti-Miller.

Burning Books

Glynn's mom finds the devil in her house.

Performed by Glynn Washington at Snap LIVE. Original score composed and performed by Alex Mandel, Tim Frick, and David Brandt.

Season 16 - Episode 11

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0:00.0	Snap Studios
0:02.0	Okay, sixth grade, rural Michigan.
0:12.0	Close to where we live, there's a livery stable,
0:17.0	where the rich folk keep their horses.
0:20.0	Now it means my buddies come through and muck stables, move, feed, do chores or whatever,
0:25.6	for the exalted privilege of getting to be around horses.
0:29.6	No, we can't ride the horses.
0:33.6	At least we better not get caught riding horses.
0:35.6	Still, we get to ten the most beautiful animals that have ever breathed air.
0:42.3	And there's one.
0:44.3	Just Not Bay-like from a story looks like a patronus, glorious, but no one can get near her.
0:52.3	She bites, she winny, she kicks. We call her demon. You can't even walk near her. She bites, she winnie, she kicks.
0:54.6	We call her demon.
0:55.8	You can't even walk by her.
0:58.7	Except for the owner's son, Chad.
1:01.1	The one that says to us,
1:02.8	well, that water hose ain't for you.
1:04.5	You bend over and get water from the horse's trough.
1:06.5	You're so thirsty.
1:08.7	The one that hisses at us to keep your head down. Don't you look me in the eyes. The one that hisses at us to keep your head down.
1:11.4	Don't you look me in the eyes.
1:14.1	The one always blinking.
	...

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