You may call me a big mermaid from your stomach

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You may call me a big mermaid from your stomach- Williams.jpg
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You may call me a big mermaid from your stomach- Williams.jpg
You may call me a big mermaid from your stomach- Williams.jpg
You may call me a big mermaid from your stomach- Williams.jpg
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You may call me a big mermaid from your stomach

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You may call me a big mermaid from your stomach is a collections of scatterings and weaving togethers. Sol Enae Lee did the text and cover design for this piece.

Instrumentation:
Soprano, Alto, Tenor, Bass, Percussion (one player- snare drum- sticks and brushes, bass drum, three drums (high, medium, low), ocean drum, suspended cymbal- yarn mallets and bow, woodblock, anvil/brake drum, water- two metal or glass bowls and a pitcher and Group Percussion (two glass bowls- one halfway full with water, one glass cup with 20-30 grains of rice, one hardcover book- large, two ceramic fragments, two fizzing tablets),

Duration: 21’30”

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Program notes

You may call me a big mermaid from your stomach is a collaborative work by Sol Enae Lee and Gordon H. Williams. Sol wrote the text from and for Gloria Anzaldúa - starting with an interview between Anzaldúa and Andrea Lunsford and moving through series of translations- of scatterings and weavings to develop a poetic and powerful writing.