{"id":12860,"date":"2020-01-27T19:58:52","date_gmt":"2020-01-28T00:58:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/?p=12860"},"modified":"2020-01-27T20:05:49","modified_gmt":"2020-01-28T01:05:49","slug":"episode-359-joan-marans-dim-and-antonio-masi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/episode-359-joan-marans-dim-and-antonio-masi","title":{"rendered":"Episode 359 – Joan Marans Dim and Antonio Masi"},"content":{"rendered":"

Virtual Memories Show 359:
\nJoan Marans Dim & Antonio Masi<\/a><\/p>\n

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\u201cImmigration is the central meaning and purpose of the Statue of Liberty.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

\"\"<\/a>In a time where immigration is under attack, Joan Marans Dim<\/a> and Antonio Masi<\/a> demonstrate the history and importance of immigration in America with Lady Liberty: An Illustrated History of America’s Most Storied Woman<\/a>\"\" (Fordham University Press). We get into what drew the writer and watercolor painter to the Statue of Liberty, how they came to their previous collaboration on the bridges of New York City<\/a>\"\", the need to put landmarks into their social, political and economic context, how Emma Lazarus\u2019 New Colossus<\/em><\/a> poem invested the statue with purpose, and how the meaning of liberty has changed in America over the centuries. We also talk about the engineering marvel of the Statue of Liberty, how it was transported from France and assembled in America, the secrets of the hard-hat tour of Ellis Island, and the ways the meaning of liberty has changed in America. But there’s also room to talk about Joan and Antonio’s differences of approach to a topic, how differently writers and painters approach a topic, how the large scale of Masi\u2019s watercolors helps him engage with the work, the E.L. Doctorow piece that Joan turns to before starting any writing project (the intro to this<\/a>), and more! Give it a listen!<\/a> And go buy bridges of New York City<\/a>\"\"!<\/p>\n

\u201cWhen I came over at 11, all the Statue of Liberty symbolized was that we\u2019d arrived in America.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n