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- "1990 Bobbie Louise Hawkins - First Story"
- Summary: Bobbie Louise Hawkins is a Beat era writer and one woman performer, reading a beautiful piece
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Review of 1990 Bobbie Louise Hawkins - First Story
Dmae Lo Roberts
Posted on April 11, 2005 at 09:30 AM
This piece is part of a series on Beat Poets and it would work well if a station ran several of these pieces as part of a special during April poetry month. I don't always like writers reading their own work but Bobbie Louise Hawkins' voice as well as her writing really draws you in. She's a good storyteller with a textured voice. This is also a live reading and a couple times you hear the audience responding. That could be distracting to listeners. I don't know if this is something that a station can run as a standalone without some prep. She's not as well known as Allen Ginsberg but with the proper intro and as part of a series, it could be a real plus.