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Pelham Bay

Series: Sound Poetry
From: WFUV
Length: 00:04:51

Remembering days at a gritty but still summery Bronx beach. Read the full description.
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Piece Description

Poet Janet Kaplan reads her poem "Pelham Bay", about her childhood visits to a Bronx beach; reading is mixed with "narrative" production elements and music.

Intro and Outro

INTRO:

Janet Kaplan reads her poem, "Pelham Bay."

OUTRO:

That piece produced by Nora Flaherty

Musical Works

Title Artist Album Label Year Length
The Message Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five The Message. Sugar Hill 1982 00:30
Maybe Chantels The Chantels. End 1958 00:30
You-you Zha Beijing Angelic Choir Chinese Lullabies. Wind Records 1996 00:45