Harriet Clark spent 37 years visiting her mom in prison
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In 1981, members of radical offshoots of the Weather Underground and the Black Panthers robbed a Brinks truck carrying over $1.5 million. It ended in a shootout, killing two police officers and a security guard. Judith Clark was driving a getaway car. She was sentenced to a minimum of 75 years. Her 11-month-old daughter was left to be raised by Judithβs collective and later by Judithβs parents. Terry Gross talks with her daughter, Harriet Clark, whose new acclaimed novel is drawn from childhood experiences visiting her mother in prison. βI think she figured out how to mother me in some of the most difficult conditions possible,β she says.Β Β
Also, Ken Tucker reviews two albums that draw on rock’s past: The Dirty Knobsβ βMission of Mercyβ and Low Cut Connie’s βLivin in the USA.β
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