Every Family Has a Legend
From: Deborah Begel
Series: Calling America: Give Us Your Stories, Poems & Essays
Length: 03:02
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Every family has a legend, larger than life, etched in the mind. Today on Calling America, legends, how we remember.
Auntie Kath
By Donna Pucciani
Read by Jennifer Poe
Laying Sod for Dad
By Barry Dunlap
Read by Ari Rabinowitz
Serengeti Crow
By Glenis Redmond
Read by Allison Briggs
Music: Native flute by John Case
The other night at dinner
we laughed, "Are you going to eat that?"
Steve grabbed Susan's final crust
and we invoked Auntie Kath,
who re-lives herself whenever
someone reaches for a morsel
left on another's plate.
--Auntie Kath By Donna Pucciani
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Piece Description
Every family has a legend, larger than life, etched in the mind. Today on Calling America, legends, how we remember.
Auntie Kath
By Donna Pucciani
Read by Jennifer Poe
Laying Sod for Dad
By Barry Dunlap
Read by Ari Rabinowitz
Serengeti Crow
By Glenis Redmond
Read by Allison Briggs
Music: Native flute by John Case
The other night at dinner
we laughed, "Are you going to eat that?"
Steve grabbed Susan's final crust
and we invoked Auntie Kath,
who re-lives herself whenever
someone reaches for a morsel
left on another's plate.
--Auntie Kath By Donna Pucciani
Timing and Cues
Modules can stand alone. No Host needed.
In cue: Every family has a legend...
Out cue: Let legends live in words.
Additional Files
- Actor Ari Rabinowitz (ca_ph_11b_legends.jpg)
- Musician John Case (ca_ph_11_legends.jpg)
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