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A literary editor since she graduated from college, Hilda Raz became a public poet after she was sent by Prairie Schooner to the Breadloaf writing conference to represent the magazine, and there, found her own poetic voice as well. Raz talks about balancing the roles of editing, teaching and writing, and her books that record her experiences with motherhood, surviving breast cancer and coming to terms with her child's transsexuality. She reads from her books All Odd and Splendid, What Happens
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Piece Description
A literary editor since she graduated from college, Hilda Raz became a public poet after she was sent by Prairie Schooner to the Breadloaf writing conference to represent the magazine, and there, found her own poetic voice as well. Raz talks about balancing the roles of editing, teaching and writing, and her books that record her experiences with motherhood, surviving breast cancer and coming to terms with her child's transsexuality. She reads from her books All Odd and Splendid, What Happens
Broadcast History
This program originally uplinked to PRSS' Content Depot for distrubution to stations nation-wide on: August 28, 2009
Timing and Cues
PROMO: Next time on New Letters on the Air… Hilda Raz, a renowned poet and editor, received a letter from her daughter, telling Raz that she was in the process of becoming a man, and did Hilda want them to remain a family. Hilda Raz reads poems and talks about parenting her son, on the next NEW LETTERS ON THE AIR.
UPLINK DATE: 08/28/2009
PROGRAM LENGTH: 29:00 minutes
INCUE: (music) "I'm a writer, so from the very first minute..."
OUTCUE: "...Thanks for listening to New Letters on the Air."
Musical Works
| Title | Artist | Album | Label | Year | Length |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Heartwarming | Kevin MacLeod | Royalty Free Music. | incompetech.com | 00:00 | |
| Vision of Persistence | Kevin MacLeod | Royalty Free Music. | incompetech.com | 00:00 | |
| Atlantean Twilight | Kevin MacLeod | Royalty Free Music. | incompetech.com | 00:00 | |
| Winter Chimes | Kevin MacLeod | Royalty Free Music. | incompetech.com | 00:00 | |
| Shades of Spring | Kevin MacLeod | Royalty Free Music. | incompetech.com | 00:00 | |
| Wonderful World | Studio Cutz | Solo Piano Magic. | Studio Cutz Production Library | 00:00 |
Additional Credits
New Letters on the Air is a production of the University of Missouri-Kansas City and the quarterly literary magazine NEW LETTERS. Partial financial support also comes from the Missouri Arts Council, a state agency.
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