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- Emily Hanford
- Username: ehanford
- Location: Takoma Park, Maryland
- Joined PRX: Feb 11, 2004
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- "Dear Birth Mother"
- Summary: After waiting for Mr. Right (who has yet to arrive) - and after years of fertility treatments - Suzanne, a single woman in her forties, decided to adopt. She chose transracial adoption.
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Review of Dear Birth Mother
Emily Hanford
Posted on November 06, 2005 at 04:24 PM
This is a great, great piece. I could say so much about how imtimate and honest it is, how important the subject matter, how beautiful the production.....
it is all those things.
And what I really loved the most about it, from a radio head point of view, is the way time and tense were dealt with in the story. There were all these bautiful moments where we were hearing interview/ present tense narration, layered in with reflection/ past tense description, layered on to ambiance, present tense scene tape. It was so rich and complex, and yet came off in such an elegant and simple sound.
The piece deserves all the praise it is getting. If you're a programmer, you should find a way to air this piece.