Wanda's Picks Radio Show

We open with an interview with Marissa Gonzalez, CA Habeas Project, LSPC, featured in Yoav Potash's film Crime After Crime @SFIFF. Me Facing Life: Cyntoia’s Story w/Daniel Birman rebroadcast.We close with a special segment with director, actress, poet and playwright: Frances Driscoll & Tom Juarez, Cheryl Smith & Kathryn Wood re: Lucky Girl, the true story of a woman piecing together the shards of a life shattered by rape. In 1987 Frances Driscoll was raped in Atlantic Beach, Florida. In 1995 her poem, "Island of the Raped Women" won the Pushcart Prize after appearing in Volt. In 1997 "The Rape Poems," a collection of 43 poems about the rape and the aftermath was published. This new adaptation is inspired by the phrase, "you are so lucky," one of the first things everyone says to rape survivors. "Some Lucky Girls", one of Driscoll's poems is included in this solo show performed by Cheryl Smith. The Rape Poems was dedicated to ten women in three generations of Ms. Driscoll's family. Two of the four of the youngest generation have been raped since the book was published. Often painful, "Lucky Girl," is also beautiful, heartbreaking, quirky and funny."The Rape Poems" has become a primary source for understanding the experience of rape and living with post-traumatic stress disorder.The book has been used in training programs by police departments, the US Air Force, medical schools, college athletic departments and at rape crisis centers around the world. "The Rape Poems" is used as a text in college classes too. Lucky Girl opens: May 5 -28 at Th/F/Sat 8 PM @ EXIT Studio, 156 Eddy St in SF. Call 415-673-3847 or theexit.org.