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Edition #3: Lorenzo Pace and Patricia Spears Jones |
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First broadcast May 22, 2006
BOMB Magazine's live interview series for 2005, The Figure in Narrative, paired a prominent novelist or poet with an acclaimed visual artist for an intimate discussion about the creative process. WPS1 recorded Lorenzo Pace as he was interviewed by Patricia Spears Jones on Nov. 9, 2005 at the New York Academy of Art in Manhattan, who co-sponsored the event. Betsy Sussler, Editor-in-Chief of Bomb Magazine introduces the program.
Lorenzo Pace is an artist whose sculptures, installations and performance art have received worldwide acclaim. His 300-ton homage to African slaves on a burial site discovered in lower Manhattan was unveiled in 2000. He is also the author of the children's book, Jalani and the Lock, based on his great grandfather's voyage from Africa to America.
Patricia Spears Jones is an award-winning poet and the author of the collection The Weather That Kills (Coffee House Press). She is a contributing editor to Heliotrope and is the co-editor Ordinary Women: An Anthology of New York City Women. She is one of five poets commissioned by Mabou Mines for a performance piece entitled Song for New York: What Women Do While Men Sit Knitting, to premiere in July, 2006. (52.5 minutes)
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