Arobateau tells stories and performs music and poetry

Audio recording containing 2 parts. Part 01 made on Sept 27, 1965, with Arobateau (22 years of age) reading poems, playing piano and guitar, and singing. Includes a reading and comparison of T.S. Eliot's "Wasteland" to Arobateau's own poems. Pet birds make noise in the background at certain points during the recording. Includes mention of an inspirational experience of talking to a secretary from a poetry magazine, with Arobateau wanting the magazine to publish a self-composed poem that was written on Arobateau’s 21st birthday. The poem is then read out loud. Part 02 is more poetry reading, including a mention of wanting to record all of Arobateau's works. Recording ends with more piano, guitar and singing.

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Identifier: p5547r74n
Collection: Red Jordan Arobateau
Institution: Transgender Archives, University of Victoria
Creator(s): Arobateau, Red Jordan
Date Created: Sep. 27, 1965
Genre: Poetry
Sound Recordings
Topic(s): Black transgender people
Latino/a/x transgender people
Lesbian authors
Lesbian poetry
Lesbian poets
LGBTQ+ poetry
LGBTQ+ poets
LGBTQ+ spiritual people
Multiracial transgender people
Trans men
Transgender authors
Resource Type: Audio
Analog Format: 01:27:51 (Part 01)
Language: English
Rights: In copyright
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