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Audio Recording Carmen Giménez Smith reading from her poetry

Hispanic-American poet Carmen Giménez Smith reading from her work

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Title

  • Carmen Giménez Smith reading from her poetry

Summary

  • Ms. Giménez Smith reads from her following works: Odalisque in Pieces, The City She Was, Goodbye Flicker, and Bring Down the Little Birds: On Mothering, Art, Work, and Everything Else.

Names

  • Giménez Smith, Carmen, 1971-
  • PALABRA Archive (Library of Congress)

Created / Published

  • 2012.

Contents

  • From Odalisque in Pieces: Photo of a Girl on a Beach; Moonrock; Finding the Lark; Pillow Talk; How to Splint Things on the Run; Red Litany; Lapsarian; Déja Vù -- From The City She Was: For About Five Minutes in the Aughts; The Walk; Museum of Lost Acquaintance; The City She Was; Bleeding Heart; Smaller, Quieter; Red Baroness; My Open Sesame -- From Goodbye Flicker: We Shall Now Hear What Happened; Backstory; Bluebeard; Catastrophic Dreaming; Silver Poet's Indictment; Tongue-Cut Sparrow -- From Bring Down the Little Birds: On Mothering, Art, Work, and Everything Else: (excerpt in English); (excerpt in Spanish).

Headings

  • -  United States--Poetry and Prose

Notes

  • -  Prose and poems in English.
  • -  Recorded for the Archive of Hispanic Literature on Tape.
  • -  Recorded May 22, 2012, at the Library of Congress Recording Laboratory, Washington, D.C.

Medium

  • 1 sound file (50:12 min.) : digital, WAV file (24 bit, 96 kHz)

Call Number/Physical Location

  • AHLOT0052

Digital Id

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 2016686152

Access Advisory

  • Collection is open for research. To request materials, please contact the Hispanic Reading Room.

Online Format

  • audio

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Credit Line: Library of Congress, Hispanic Division

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Chicago citation style:

Giménez Smith, Carmen, and Palabra Archive. Carmen Giménez Smith reading from her poetry. 2012. Audio. https://www.loc.gov/item/2016686152/.

APA citation style:

Giménez Smith, C. & Palabra Archive. (2012) Carmen Giménez Smith reading from her poetry. [Audio] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/2016686152/.

MLA citation style:

Giménez Smith, Carmen, and Palabra Archive. Carmen Giménez Smith reading from her poetry. 2012. Audio. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/2016686152/>.