In the late ’80s, Adi Gevins and I got a grant to produce an eight-part series of half-hour documentaries called A Gathering of Days: An American Holiday Sampler. She did Father’s Day, Independence Day, New Year’s and one other delightful program whose theme I’ve temporarily forgotten. My contributions were: 1. For Mothers’ Day, Mothers: 2. For Halloween, The Time Between: 3. For Christmas and the winter holidays, ‘Tis the Season: 4. For Valentine’s Day, Attachments: […]
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Radio Programs: Skip Through the Shadows
I can’t believe I still haven’t put all my old radio programs online. Oh, I’ve trickled out one or two over the past decade, but now—in celebration of turning sixty—it’s time for a full-on onslaught. The first batch is something I artsily titled Skip Through The Shadows: Scenes from Childhood, a ten-part series about the trials and tribulations of childhood. A labor of love, it took three years to produce, aired on NPR’s All Things […]
Read moreRadio Programs: Bugs
Just for fun, I’m going to include my very first edited audio exercise, for a class at San Francisco State University. I need hardly tell you that it never hit the airwaves, but it was this project that bit me with the—you know—radio bug. Not bad for a first crack at slicing tape, though the topic lacks a certain je ne sais quoi.
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My ex-husband just sent an e-mail to tell me that Jean Ritchie, one of my all-time idols, has had a serious stroke. She must be in her eighties by now. For those of you who don’t know Jean Ritchie: she’s one of the earliest Appalachian singer-songwriters to emerge from the hollers into the eyes and ears of the rest of the world during the folk revival. Her music is political, courageous and moving: ballads about […]
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