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Author(s)Sabrina Pena Young
PublisherThird Millennium Publishing
ISBN / ASINB006ZLF2T2
ISBN-13978B006ZLF2T4
MarketplaceCanada 🇨🇦
Description
Opening the door to a crack addict on a freezing winter's night leads to chilling and personal questions about charity, humanity, and the soul in S. Peña Young's controversial short story. An insightful brief look at the harsh realities of homelessness and poverty inspired by the author's relationship with an older "houseless" woman who struggled daily with the horrors of crack addiction. Not light-hearted reading but for readers curious about social issues, urban life, and poverty.
Excerpt:
"What are you doing in this part of town, Elma?"
"Jus'ta meet some friends."
Why ask? Sure, friends. Nice friends with nice powders and needles and rocks. Real nice friends who will kill you for a bag of the good stuff. Friends. Kind of how I'm your friend, your supplier, but not drugs, just food, and a ride or two. I'm a supplier, too.
About Sabrina Peña Young:
Award-winning composer and published author Sabrina Pena Young composes mind-numbing electroacoustic works heard in Asia, North America, Australia, and Europe. Her multimedia works have been performed at venues like the Beijing Conservatory, the International Computer Music Conference, Miramax's Project Greenlight, the Athena Festival, the New York International Independent Film Festival, Art Basil Miami, Turkey's Cinema for Peace, and Pulsefield International Exhibition of Sound Art.
Recent projects include World Order #5, an apocalyptic tale about the decimation of the human race by a HIV mutation written for the Kansas State University percussion ensemble, 3D animation, and electronic music, and the Creation, a CGI multimedia oratorio composed for the Millikin University Women's Chorus and Millikin University Percussion Ensemble. Creation won the New Genre Prize from the 2011 IAWM Search for New Music. Performances of "Light" from Creation in 2012 included performances in Argentina and NYC.
In 2010 Sabrina Peña Young began work on Libertaria: The Virtual Opera, a sci-fi animated opera set in the year 2139 AD. Libertaria includes a live international cast and film crew, virtual choirs, sound synthesis, machinima, and contemporary choral writing, and is produced entirely online using crowdsourcing, social networking, and the Internet. Libertaria premiered October 5th, 2013 in Lake Worth, Florida, with additional screenings in the US and abroad.
Origins, a riveting album of cinematic soundscapes, pulsating rhythms and enigmatic vocals, was released on CD Baby and i-Tunes in 2008. Origins includes World Order #1, a pounding dance piece about nuclear war and Looking Glass, a nightmarish musical poem. Listen to Origins today at Amazon!
The Feminine Musique: Multimedia and Women Today (Available at Amazon)
In 2009 Young published The Feminine Musique: Multimedia and Women Today. The Feminine Musique traces the intersection of experimental music and new media through the works of innovative composers and artists who embraced social change, technology, and music.Young has written for the Kapralova Society Journal, Percussive Notes, Panpipes, the IAWM Music Journal, the SEAMUS Music Journal, and various fine arts websites.
Excerpt:
"What are you doing in this part of town, Elma?"
"Jus'ta meet some friends."
Why ask? Sure, friends. Nice friends with nice powders and needles and rocks. Real nice friends who will kill you for a bag of the good stuff. Friends. Kind of how I'm your friend, your supplier, but not drugs, just food, and a ride or two. I'm a supplier, too.
About Sabrina Peña Young:
Award-winning composer and published author Sabrina Pena Young composes mind-numbing electroacoustic works heard in Asia, North America, Australia, and Europe. Her multimedia works have been performed at venues like the Beijing Conservatory, the International Computer Music Conference, Miramax's Project Greenlight, the Athena Festival, the New York International Independent Film Festival, Art Basil Miami, Turkey's Cinema for Peace, and Pulsefield International Exhibition of Sound Art.
Recent projects include World Order #5, an apocalyptic tale about the decimation of the human race by a HIV mutation written for the Kansas State University percussion ensemble, 3D animation, and electronic music, and the Creation, a CGI multimedia oratorio composed for the Millikin University Women's Chorus and Millikin University Percussion Ensemble. Creation won the New Genre Prize from the 2011 IAWM Search for New Music. Performances of "Light" from Creation in 2012 included performances in Argentina and NYC.
In 2010 Sabrina Peña Young began work on Libertaria: The Virtual Opera, a sci-fi animated opera set in the year 2139 AD. Libertaria includes a live international cast and film crew, virtual choirs, sound synthesis, machinima, and contemporary choral writing, and is produced entirely online using crowdsourcing, social networking, and the Internet. Libertaria premiered October 5th, 2013 in Lake Worth, Florida, with additional screenings in the US and abroad.
Origins, a riveting album of cinematic soundscapes, pulsating rhythms and enigmatic vocals, was released on CD Baby and i-Tunes in 2008. Origins includes World Order #1, a pounding dance piece about nuclear war and Looking Glass, a nightmarish musical poem. Listen to Origins today at Amazon!
The Feminine Musique: Multimedia and Women Today (Available at Amazon)
In 2009 Young published The Feminine Musique: Multimedia and Women Today. The Feminine Musique traces the intersection of experimental music and new media through the works of innovative composers and artists who embraced social change, technology, and music.Young has written for the Kapralova Society Journal, Percussive Notes, Panpipes, the IAWM Music Journal, the SEAMUS Music Journal, and various fine arts websites.
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