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Packets of Dreams

From: Deborah Begel
Series: Calling America: Give Us Your Stories, Poems & Essays
Length: 03:34

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Caph2dreams_small Dreams wrapped in curious packages on this Calling America. We unwrap dreams. We float among kelp with dolphins, we climb out of a pink envelope to try out for supermodel.

The Rise and Fall of a Supermodel By Laquisha Tisdal Read by Renee Laster

Dolphin Dreams By Lyric Randall Read by Aminah Rose

Music: Don Otero on Mandolin


    As an African-American teen in a predominantly white, affluent public high school,
I dreamed many dreams. My ultimate dream was to be a supermodel as intellectual
as Tyra Banks, as thin as Naomi Campbell and as beautiful as Jay.
  --The Rise and Fall of a Supermodel By Laquisha Tisdal

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Piece Description

Dreams wrapped in curious packages on this Calling America. We unwrap dreams. We float among kelp with dolphins, we climb out of a pink envelope to try out for supermodel.

The Rise and Fall of a Supermodel By Laquisha Tisdal Read by Renee Laster

Dolphin Dreams By Lyric Randall Read by Aminah Rose

Music: Don Otero on Mandolin


    As an African-American teen in a predominantly white, affluent public high school,
I dreamed many dreams. My ultimate dream was to be a supermodel as intellectual
as Tyra Banks, as thin as Naomi Campbell and as beautiful as Jay.
  --The Rise and Fall of a Supermodel By Laquisha Tisdal

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