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When Women Were Birds: Fifty-Four Variations on Voice

When Women Were Birds: Fifty-Four Variations on Voice

FromALOUD @ Los Angeles Public Library


When Women Were Birds: Fifty-Four Variations on Voice

FromALOUD @ Los Angeles Public Library

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Released:
May 9, 2012
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Podcast episode

Description

Upon her mother's passing, Williams inherited three shelves of journals. Not only was it a shock that her mother kept journals, but it was also a shock to see what the journals contained-pages and pages of blank pages. In fifty-four chapters that unfold like a series of yoga poses, each with its own logic and beauty, Williams-author of the iconic memoir Refuge-creates a soaring meditation on the mystery of her mother's empty journals, always asking, \"What does it mean to have a voice?\"
Released:
May 9, 2012
Format:
Podcast episode

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ALOUD is the Library Foundation of Los Angeles' award-winning literary series of live conversations, readings and performances at the historic Central Library and locations throughout Los Angeles.