To celebrate Kim's belated birthday, the opening episode of Season 2 will veer towards birth, or specifically the relationship between a mother and her child. Kim begins the discussion with a long reading of excerpts from Behind The Scenes At The Museum by Kate Atkinson where the experience of conception and childbirth is told through the intensely biased and judgmental voice of the baby.
By contrast, Hà Trang takes up a more traditional approach with the perspective of the emotional mother. Both poems "Song For Baby-O, Unborn" by Diane Di Prima and "First Fall" by Maggie Smith unveil the mother's anxiety for the future. Whether toxic or not, the desperation for the child to live happily and love the world can't be more real.
