| Length | 07:00 |
| Licensor | Judith Sloan |
| Producer(s) | Judith Sloan |
| Formats | Commentary, Diary, Essay |
| Topics | African American, Literature, Youth |
| Produced | September 13, 2007 |
| Added to PRX | February 25, 2008 |
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WINNER FIRST PLACE, Missouri Review Narrative Essay about working with at-risk-youth
April 30: Premiere of Live Performance Version
From the Missouri Review: Our first installment of the Audio Competition winners features the first place recipient of the Narrative Essay category, Judith Sloan. The essay, "Sweeping Statements," is a first-person author-read accounting of teaching theatre, writing, and juggling in jails and alternative sentencing institutions with incarcerated teenagers. Category judge Jay Allison, of transom.org, says the essay "truly left the page and warranted its existence in sound."
Sloan is an actress, oral historian and audio artist. Her audio pieces have been produced for National Public Radio and New York Public Radio. She is also co-founder of the non-profit arts organization EarSay, http://www.earsay.org/.
The audio piece was written, produced, voice edited and performed by Judith Sloan. Music produced and performed by Taylor Rivelli for Taylormade Sounds, LLC. Trumpets performed by Dave Guy. Music sequencing Tomek Gross, tweaked by Judith.
