About Story Made
Our guiding question: What difference can a story make?
Just like Eudora Welty, we believe stories can "part a curtain, that invisible shadow that falls between people, the veil of indifference to each others's presence, each other's wonder, each other's human plight".
Our work is to share stories that can help us see each other more finely, listen more closely, and live more deeply.
In the words of Willa Cather, these stories will become a part of Something Entire -- like sun and air, or goodness and knowledge.
We're starting with podcast series, and we'll see where those take us and what else we become. We hope you listen, learn lots, and change in some way.
People of Story Made
Founder
Matt Sawyer
Willa Cather, Eudora Welty, & Jim Harbaugh evangelist. Events Coordinator & Bookseller at City Lights Bookstore in Sylva, NC. Rapper. Lifelong History student. Graduate of the University of Michigan & Vanderbilt University. I reside in Macon County, NC & feel lucky everyday I wake with rapture in these ancient mountains.
Designer
I'm a Michigan-based graphic designer with a focus on publishing and non-profit design. I'm currently an in-house designer at the Ann Arbor District Library and a freelance book designer. When I'm not designing a book, I'm probably reading (or buying) several, walking, taking photographs, or watching YouTube videos about food with my partner and dog. Although, these days I'm probably changing a diaper or napping on the couch.