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Need To Know  Creating art from tragedy

The 1992 school shooting at Simon's Rock College inspires poetry and piano. Details

 

Program: Need To Know

Episode: Creating art from tragedy

Peter Filkins, a literature professor at Simon’s Rock College was moved by the Sandy Hook shooting, which occurred 20 years to the day after a shooting at Simon's Rock, to compose the poem "Nobody's Road." The poem is set to music composed by Gabriel Gould, a friend and former classmate of Galen Gibson, who was killed in the 1992 shooting at Bard College at Simon’s Rock.

Duration: (0:59)
Premiere Date: 02/21/2013
Episode Expires: Wed 21 Feb 2018
TV Rating: NR


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