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  • Call NumberOSOS_OH_0042-accs
  • Summary(0:24) Enjoying the art of Genesis Baez -- (0:50) Growing up in Florida, threatened by displacement -- (2:39) Growing up near lake Okeechobee -- (3:21) Parents having to evacuate -- (4:22) Higher risk due to ignoring climate change -- (5:07) Moving to New York to pursue writing -- (6:22) Experiencing storms and hurricanes, and earthquakes growing up in Trinidad Tobago -- (8:02) The experience of losing everything -- (9:19) Robert reading poem “Brown Pelican” -- (10:40) Going to California beach getting feet stuck in tar -- (13:05) The political question -- (14:42) Art as a medium for change -- (16:07) The colors back home and missing stars and the sunset -- (17:20) The colors in Florida -- (18:21) Almond trees -- (18:57) Poet Mary Oliver and the ‘brass heat’ -- (19:17) The difference living in a apartment and close to nature -- (19:55) Kids losing out of creative play -- (20:32) The hard part of having family in another place -- (20:53) Coming from an educated family, wanting to set up foundation helping kids to find their passion -- (22:25) The importance of giving back to the environment -- (22:44) Fear of alligators in Florida -- (24:01) Hoping people will recognize environmental artists -- (24:52) Art as a way to change the world.
  • Date2018-10-26
  • Physical Description1 sound file (27 min.) : digital, MP3
  • CreatorGibbons, Robert & Lynch, Hazel-Ann
  • Cite AsBrooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History
  • Digital Public Library of AmericaThis item is represented in the Digital Public Library of America (DPLA).
  • Formatsound recording-nonmusical
  • GenreinterviewsMP3
  • NoteAudio interview conducted on October 26, 2018, by Genesis Baez at the Central library. Collected through Our Streets, Our Stories, an oral history project of Brooklyn Public Library. This project is a partnership with Services for Older Adults and the Brooklyn Collection.
  • SubjectNatural disasters ; Puerto Rico ; Hurricane Hugo, 1989 ; Hurricane Andrew, 1992 ; Authors ; Art ; Poetry ; Environmental issues ; Alligators ; Hurricane Maria, 2017 ; Tar ; Beaches ; Ocean ; Climate change ; Florida ; Trinidad and Tobago ; Colors ; Tropics--Climate ; Pollution ; Okeechobee, Lake (Fla.) ; Youth development
  • PlaceBrooklyn (New York, N.Y.)
  • RightsThis work is covered by a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Users are free to share and adapt the work for non-commercial purposes as long as appropriate credit is given to the source and new material created with this work is shared under the same conditions.
  • TitleOral history interview conducted with Robert Gibbons & Hazel-Ann Lynch on 2018 October 26.