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Audio Letter 1 --"Grandma & Grandpa"

"Grandma & Grandpa" was my first attempt at working with sound on my own computer. I thought recording a "letter home" would be a nice way, especially for my grandmother, to get a letter. The recording quality is poor and the many hours of fighting commuter problems comes through in my voice. I sound a bit like I've been hit over the head by a big cabbage.

Grandma & Grandpa
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Grandma & Grandpa
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Audio Letter 2 --"Aggie"

"Aggie" was suppose to be the first in a series of monthly audio letters home. However, since it's taken me nine months just to figure out how to get it home, I haven't produced a sequel yet. Now that I have discovered a method of "sending" these letters, I hope to make more.

Aggie
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Aggie
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Blue Deer Translations --

Blue Deer Translations appeared first as a book just before Christmas 2000. What you find here is the audio version. The whole book includes approximately 15 poems by Kang Ok Koo, Ko Un, Pak Mogwol, Kim Sowol, and Yoon Dong Ju that Suk Ja and I translated. There are also a few poems I wrote myself. The book, in both forms, is dedicated to Kang Ok Koo and Bob de Fremery. They both passed away this last fall (2000). Both were great inspirations to Suk Ja and I both.

The process of recording and mixing all of the poems will take a fair amount of time. Here are the first couple of poems. Please check back every now and then to listen to the next "page."

"Traveler" by Pak Mogwol
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"Traveler"
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"Young Roe Deer" by Pak Mogwol
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"Young Roe Deer"
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"Mountain Peach Blossom 1" by Pak Mogwol
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"Mountain Peach Blossom 1"
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"The Preface" by Yoon Dong Ju
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"The Preface"
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