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Shh! by Patricia Starek is nothing to be quiet about. On this CD Patricia 's wordsmithing talent is evident as she wields language of the heart and soul while delivering her work with a deftness and acuity that provoke and proclaim. Her poetic journey will take you through tender, tough and thoughtful terrain. Take the walk. Glenis Redmond, Award Winning Poet. About Patricia: North Carolina native and Brooklyn denizen Patricia Starek marries two passions: teaching and writing. Her career as a poet began quietly as a teenager, navigating change and weaving her reality into metaphor. In 1996 she moved loudly into the slam arena as a member of the Asheville, NC slam team. Higher Education brought her to New York city and she has since performed in various venues throughout the city, across the United States and Internationally. After completing a masters in Special Education from Bank Street College of Education, she taught in the NYC public schools and has begun a clinical practice teaching reading to students with a wide range of learning differences. This cd was born from necessity and passion. After nearly ten years of worked with struggling students in durham,nc; newark,nj; and nyc she had collected a series of poems that reflect a teacher's daily struggle to remain faithful and inspired. Her poetry speaks to the heart of the struggle and celebrates those moments in the classroom that keep teachers going back. Poetry helps her navigate and validate the inequities,devastation, beauty, and committment that she has witnessed inside so many of our American schools. Simultaneously this cd is a meditation and celebration of her love. They are sensuous and vulnerable. They are not cliche. Listerers will journey with her through an evolving relationship, exploring infatuation, interracial love, dedication, and alienation, and revelation. This cd was engineered and produced by Celena Glenn. Celena mixed and mistressly mastered all of the tracks. On many of the tracks she listened carefully and laid down some beats that compliment and augment the poems. Check out the artist's website: http://www.loydartists.com/stepsisters.html Track List: 1. shh! 2. tuesday 3. night lights 4. unseen boys 5. stars and grapes 6. why do i come back? 7. suspect 8. regular 9. come sit at my table 10. loving you 11. perpendicular 12. tuesday (acapella) 13. shh! (remix) Suggested CDs:Other Genres:
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