Sump'n Like Wings: A Play in Three Episodes by Lynn Riggs read by | Full Audio Book
Sump'n Like Wings: A Play in Three Episodes by Lynn Riggs (1899 - 1954)
Genre(s): Drama
Read by: in English
Chapters:
00:00:00 - 01 - Episode 1
00:35:59 - 02 - Episode 2
01:23:02 - 03 - Episode 3
Irrepressible teenager Willie Baker spreads her wings as she comes of age in the early days of Oklahoma statehood.NOTE: A particularly derogatory anti-Black term is used in the telling of 'Sump'n Like Wings'. It is LibriVox's policy to record texts as written. - Summary by Brian FullenList of Characters:Narrator: Larry WilsonOsment: Alan MapstoneClovis: Jon HunterMrs. Clovis: Penny CarringtonMrs. Baker: Jessie PercivalWillie Baker: ShrimpPhishUncle Jim: Greg GiordanoSheriff Beach: ToddHW'Boy' Huntington: Brian FullenElvie Rapp:WinterberryGraden: ToddHWHattie: dcOpalena:Jenn BrodaLoomis: ToddHWBill Wade: Brian FullenAudio edited by Brian Fullen.
Video Summary
AI GeneratedSet in early 20th-century Oklahoma, this narrative follows Willie, a young woman trapped between her mother's oppressive morality and her own desire for independence. Through a series of tumultuous relationships, a scandalous departure, and a difficult return as a single mother, Willie evolves from a timid girl into a resilient woman determined to forge her own path.