Archive for December, 2005
Anna Murphy
On November 5th, nine students participating in the Young Women Writers Workshop at the Carnegie Center for Literacy recorded pieces which they had written, prompted by StoryCorps interview questions. After each of them read what they had prepared, we began to have a less structured conversation regarding points of their essay/poem. In many cases, the [...]
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As I look back on this tremendous year and look forward into our future, I know that StoryCorps speaks to a real and lasting need. What happens in each interview bears out our motto that listening is an act of love and reveals the great poetry and wisdom present all around us in the lives [...]
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Greeting Haviland
So many times I walked into that room
and saw you lying on the blue couch
your long and beautiful body angling to look into the doorway
flicking the tip of your cigarette into the ashtray on the floor
the indifference required to look back to the tv
What-up big P you say
I say hello as I am taking off [...]
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