Episode 19–Maxine Hong Kingston

Maxine Hong Kingston, winner of the National Medal of Arts and National Humanities Medal, reveals a life without music, having no feeling for the sounds that mysteriously thrilled everyone around her, devoting her ear instead to seeking out the rhythms of literature, penning nine books including The Woman Warrior: Memoirs of a Girlhood Among Ghosts. It wasn’t until her son Joe developed as a musician that she began to revisit the many songs she had walked past but never touched. She and her husband Earll Kingston join Sunny in the studio.

Talk:

https://the-steer.simplecast.com/episodes/maxine-hong-kingston

Playlist:

https://the-steer.simplecast.com/episodes/maxine-hong-kingston-playlist

Playlist Setlist

Joe Kingston–Songs for Trixie

No Matter What

Waikiki Chickadee

How Can I Be Sure

I Saw the Light

In Spite of Ourselves

‘Till There Was You

True Fine Love

I Wanna Grow Old With You

Bonging Along

Because

My Prayer

Who Loves You

You Won’t See Me

Day After Day

Honolulu I Am Coming Back Again

Trixie Fong’s Call

Bonging Along (Reprise / Full Version)

Artwork

Lee Krasner—Crisis Moment—1972-1980