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- Cheryl-Anne Millsap
- Username: catmillsap
- Location: Spokane, Washington
- Joined PRX: Mar 09, 2005
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- "The Lord God Bird"
- Summary: An innovative story about the rediscovery of the Ivory Billed Woodpecker in Brinkley, Arkansas that blends interviews and an original song by Sufjan Stevens.
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Review of The Lord God Bird
Cheryl-Anne Millsap
Posted on December 03, 2005 at 09:47 PM
This piece captures the mystique of the Ivory Billed woodpecker, and the hopes of the fading small town that has pinned its survival to the bird's "resurection."
The soft cadence of rural southern voices, accompanied by the haunting melody of the original song, lingered in my ear and in my mind, bringing to life
a complex part of the country and the reality of an almost mythical bird.