CURIUM: E.E. CUMMINGS FRIED IN A HARD DRIVE

Length 07:26
Licensor Echoes
Producer(s) John Diliberto
Formats Documentary, Soft Feature
Topics Literature, Music
Produced February 2, 2007
Added to PRX February 13, 2007
 

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Summary:

A POET GETS DIGITIZED

Additional Credits and Funding:

reporter: Kimberly Haas

Timely on:

April: National Poetry Month

Tones:

Intriguing, NPR NewsMagazine-y, Sound Rich

Language:

English

Description:

April is National Poetry Month
CURIUM: E.E. CUMMINGS FRIED IN A HARD DRIVE
A POET GETS DIGITIZED
E.E. Cummings was a poet in word and form, sculpting his verse in graphic designs and synthesist Evan Sorenstein has plugged into this. Under his recording guise as Curium he's made a beguiling recording, setting charming readings of Cummings poetry, read by a 3-year-old girl, an 80-something grandmother and everyone in between. Processed, stretched and distorted, he's set their words in a subtle ambient soundscape on the album Nowever. Curium talks about a poetry and music disc that transcends the form. Kimberly Haas reports.