Spring Picture Roll, 2020. ”We Are Still Alive”

This is an encore episode while I focus on my teaching.

 

This week's guest is Amy Cook.

I first came across Amy's work by reading Clipping In, a story that pleasantly ties together portions of her life that many of us can relate to and all of us will enjoy. It was here that I learned about Amy's condition, Central Muscular Hypotonia -- Think Cerebral Palsy 

Next, Amy takes us along on her runs through the area where she lives in New York City. What makes the imagery of Spring Picture Roll, 2020 unique is that it is during the dark days of COVID. My favorite line and one that represents her vision so well is "The sky, peppered with Bob Ross clouds, is at its most outgoing cyan."

Finally, Amy reads The Shadow Child for us. It's the preamble that pulled me in: "This is a piece about my family's history in relation to the Holocaust and secrets that were kept from children." It's eye-opening, and it offers yet another layer to what we know about the Holocaust.

Care to read more of Amy's work? Visit her website and enjoy.

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