Have you considered producing a new version that reflects the fact that some of the inmates, like Tookie Williams, have died? This is an amazing concept and I really want to air it for poetry month, but I don't want to air outdated material.
This program features the voices of inmates on death row - out of necessity they're all on the telephone - which gives the piece a kind of call-in energy - these voices sound exactly like all of the other telephone voices heard on the radio every day - they're so ordinary - even their poetry is basically ordinary - but they are people in exceptional circumstances - and that alone makes it rather eye-opening. The text read by the producer, along with spare music, some additional interviews - including a pretty imaginative prison guard - and an unusual voice reading billboard titles - creates a patchwork of alternating coolness and tension that is appealing. A nice, controlled piece of work.
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Nikole Robinson Carroll
Posted on January 10, 2009 at 06:20 PM | Permalink
Do you think it's possible to get an updated version of this?
Have you considered producing a new version that reflects the fact that some of the inmates, like Tookie Williams, have died? This is an amazing concept and I really want to air it for poetry month, but I don't want to air outdated material.
Marjorie Van Halteren
Posted on June 13, 2005 at 02:08 PM | Permalink
Review of Poetry on Death Row - voices from inside
This program features the voices of inmates on death row - out of necessity they're all on the telephone - which gives the piece a kind of call-in energy - these voices sound exactly like all of the other telephone voices heard on the radio every day - they're so ordinary - even their poetry is basically ordinary - but they are people in exceptional circumstances - and that alone makes it rather eye-opening. The text read by the producer, along with spare music, some additional interviews - including a pretty imaginative prison guard - and an unusual voice reading billboard titles - creates a patchwork of alternating coolness and tension that is appealing. A nice, controlled piece of work.