Voices of the Stringtown Poetry Workshop
Series: The Sound of Our Land
From: This Land Press
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In the late 1970's, Mary McAnally led a poetry workshop for the inmates at Stringtown Prison in Stringtown, Okla. She taught at the prison twice a week for three years, helping many of the prisoners get published in literary journals across the country. In this segment, we hear McAnally discuss the movement to rehabilitate prisoners. We also hear two of the prisoner poets, Milton Gracen and William "Indian Bill" Hogner, read and discuss their poetry.
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| Intervention | Dan Friel | Live at WFMU. | WFMU | 2008 | 03:25 |
| Rise and Fall | Ignatz | Live Music from Brian Turner's Show. | WFMU | 2008 | 03:44 |
| Funeral Chant | Seneca Indians | Funeral Chant. | Columbia | 1913 | 01:19 |
Additional Credits
Featuring poetry by William "Indian Bill" Hogner and Milton Gracen.
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Micah Whetstone
Posted on April 18, 2012 at 11:51 AM | Permalink
NPM Shoe-in
Sound-rich, revealing and personal. This would be an excellent choice for National Poetry Month to underscore the very real healing powers of poetry and self-expression.