PRX - Pieces for Format: First-Person Essay

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Danny: “Animal in the Wild”
From: YMCA/YSVP Story Squad
Series: Urban Warriors: Story Album
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On the streets, Danny compares himself to an animal in the wild that is in constant danger. Growing up around gangbangers, it felt natural for him ...

  • Added: Jul 20, 2016
  • Length: 06:49
Guns, Mental Illness and Addiction
From: Tim Lineaweaver
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A first person account of overcoming the urge for violence. NB: The content of this essay is intense - addressing subjects of a sensitive nature.

Bought by KKRN, KUER, KCMJ Community Radio, PRX Remix, and WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass.


  • Added: Jun 03, 2014
  • Length: 03:55
  • Purchases: 5
Antonio and John
From: Littleglobe
Caption: John Gallegos, left, is interviewed by Antonio Martinez, right, with assistance from Marquell Hicks, center., Credit: Laura Marcus Green
N’MPower participant, Antonio Martinez, interviews Spanish Colonial artist John Gallegos, in a community engagement project between the Museum of I...

  • Added: Apr 09, 2014
  • Length: 06:34
The Lil Boy by Juwan Wooten
From: Free Spirit Media
Series: "Where I'm From" North Lawndale College Prep - Collins Campus
Caption: Free Spirit Media
Using the poem "Where I'm From" by Willie Perdomo as a creative prompt, students created poems to share and express where they come from and how th...

  • Added: Nov 12, 2012
  • Length: 01:47
Funny Thing, Being Mugged
From: Jake Warga
Caption: My glasses, Credit: Jake Warga
A personal story of being violently mugged

Bought by KUT, HCC Radio The Dragon, KCRW, KUT, and PRX Remix


  • Added: Oct 25, 2010
  • Length: 19:00
  • Purchases: 5