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American Women -- Authors and journalists

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BC1539 Other people's houses

The half-hour serial reading program “Continued tomorrow” featured “Other people’s houses” by...

Segal, Lore Groszmann, Autobiography--Women authors, United States -- History -- 1933-1945, Vienna (Austria)--History--20th century, Continued tomorrow, American Women Making History and Culture: 1963-1982 WBAI, December 14-15, 1972.
BC1600 Interview with Susan Sontag

Author Susan Sontag (1933 - 2004) is interviewed by WBAI's Nanette Rainone in October 1973...

Sontag, Susan, 1933-2004, American Women Making History and Culture: 1963-1982, Watergate Affair, 1972-1974., Women authors, McIsaac, Paul, Rainone, Nanette. WBAI, 1973?
BC1601 Hillbilly Women / Kathy Kahn ; interviewed by Nanette Rainone and Paul McIsaac.

Kathy Kahn, songwriter, singer and author of Hillbilly Women (Doubleday) sings and talks to...

McIsaac, Paul., Rainone, Nanette., Country life., Coal miners -- Appalachian Region., Women -- Appalachian Region., American Women Making History and Culture: 1963-1982 WBAI, 14 Oct. 1973.
BC1683 The prison business : an interview with Jessica Mitford / interviewed by Jan Legnitto.

Jan Legnitto interviews Jessica Mitford (1917-1996), author of "The American Way of Death...

Legnitto, Jan., Prisons -- United States -- History., Judicial system -- United States., American Women Making History and Culture: 1963-1982, Mitford, Jessica, 1917-1996 KPFA, 23 Apr. 1974
BC1716 Current themes in women's writing : masturbation / produced by Irene Schram, Ellen Turner, Dorothy Engleman and Linda Cohen.

This program explores the evolution of women's consciousness through poetry, prose, fiction...

Cohen, Linda., Engleman, Dorothy., Turner, Ellen., Schram, Irene., Women -- Sexuality., Women writers, Women authors, American Women Making History and Culture: 1963-1982 WBAI, 12 Mar. 1974.
BC1758.11 The New Woman / Anais Nin.

Ramparts Report, the weekly program of news and current happenings, brought to you by the staff...

Women artists, Women -- Social conditions., Feminism, Nin, Anaïs, 1903-1977, American Women Making History and Culture: 1963-1982 KPFA, 28 May 1974.
BC1933 If they'd had a room of their own

The sister of Felix Mendelssohn, Fanny, was herself a pianist, singer and composer. Dorothy...

American Women Making History and Culture: 1963-1982, Women artists -- History., Wordsworth, Dorothy, 1771-1855., Hensel, Fanny Mendelssohn, 1805-1847 KPFK, May 28, 1974
BC1954 The book business

Barbara Burn, who edits art books for Viking Press in New York City, discusses the values and...

Burn, Barbara., Publishers and publishing., American Women Making History and Culture: 1963-1982 WBAI, August 25, 1974
BC2110 Virginia Woolf: voices that fly ahead / produced by Maureen McIlroy

Part one of a documentary on Virginia Woolf, her work, and her life, based on the letters,...

Woolf, Virginia, 1882-1941., Women writers, Biography, American Women Making History and Culture: 1963-1982 KPFK, May 15, 1974
BC2146.03 The lesbian in literature (Episode 3 of 4)

Cynthia Secor and Janet Cooper discuss the lesbian in literature at the 2nd Gay Academic Union...

Apuzzo, Virginia., Secor, Cynthia, Cooper, Janet., Gays in literature., Lesbian literature, JOYCE, JAMES, 1882-1941., Stein, Gertrude, 1874-1946, Lesbianism, Gay Academic Union conference, Publishers and publishing -- Political aspects., American Women Making History and Culture: 1963-1982 KPFK, 29 July 1975
BC2165 An interview with Andrea Dworkin / interviewed by Nanette Rainone and Carol Lopate

An interview with Andrea Dworkin, author of the book "Woman Hating" (E.P. Dutton, 1974...

Dworkin, Andrea., Women, Women authors, Interview with Andrea Dworkin / interviewed by Nanette Rainone and Carol Lopate.**An, American Women Making History and Culture: 1963-1982 WBAI, 1974 (day unknown)
BC2196.10 The transsexual empire

Viv Sutherland interviews Janice Raymond, author of "The transsexual empire."

Raymond, Janice G., Transsexuals., American Women Making History and Culture: 1963-1982 WBAI, October 3, 1979
BC2196.16 Women in publishing / produced by Viv Sutherland.

Presentations by eight feminist representatives of women's groups at several major...

Women's publishers and publishing., Publishers and publishing., Publishers and publishing -- Political aspects., National Organization for Women, American Women Making History and Culture: 1963-1982, Harrington, Bonnie WBAI, May 31 1975
BC2238 Sweetest smelling baby in New Orleans / Lillian Hellman ; interviewed by Jan Albert.

A documentary about the life and work of playwright and author Lillian Hellman (1905 - 1984)....

Hellman, Lillian, 1905-1984, Authors, American -- Personal narratives., Playwriting., Hammett, Dashiell, 1894-1961., American Women Making History and Culture: 1963-1982 WBAI, 1975.
BC2248 The Three Marias: New Portuguese Letters / by Maria Isabel Barreno, Maria Theresa Horta, and Maria Fatima Velho Da Costa ; directed by Rena Down. (Part 2 only)

Reading of the book "The Three Marias: New Portuguese Letters." The book is a...

Barreno, Maria Isabel, 1939-, Women's movement -- Portugal., Women -- History., Costa, Maria Velho da, American Women Making History and Culture: 1963-1982, Horta, Maria Teresa KPFA, 6 Mar. 1975.
BC2376 Anatomy of a manifesto

During the Journalist Encounter, which preceded the United Nations International Women's...

Women journalists., World Conference of the International Women’s Year (1975 : Conference Centre of the Mexican Ministry of Foreign Affairs), International Women's Year, 1975, American Women Making History and Culture: 1963-1982 KPFK, 23 Sept. 1975
BC2506 The Diary of Alice James / read by Eleanor Sully ; introduced by Erik Bauersfeld.

Three readings of the diary of Alice James, the invalid sister of author Henry James and...

James, Alice., Authors -- Correspondence, reminiscences, etc., Diary of Alice James / read by Eleanor Sully ; introduced by Erik Bauersfeld.**The, American Women Making History and Culture: 1963-1982 KPFA, 26 June, 3 July, 10 July, 1973.
BC2518 The History of England / Jane Austen ; read by Penelope Dellaporta.

Penelope Dellaporta reads Jane Austen's "The history of England from the reign of...

Austen, Jane, 1775-1817., Dellaporta, Penelope., England -- History -- Anecdotes, facetiae, satire, etc., Women authors, American Women Making History and Culture: 1963-1982 KPFA, 20 Mar. 1975.
BC2871 Gloria Emerson on her two years in Vietnam.

An interview with New York Times reporter Gloria Emerson, who relates her experiences in Vietnam...

Vietnam War, 1961-1975 -- Personal narratives., American Women Making History and Culture: 1963-1982, Emerson, Gloria. WBAI, 27 Aug. 1972.
BC2912 Susan Brownmiller on writing and promoting.

An interview with Susan Brownmiller, who spent four years writing her book Against Our Will: Men...

Women authors -- Personal narratives., Rape., Brownmiller, Susan, American Women Making History and Culture: 1963-1982, Waldman, Mickey. WBAI, 1976.
BC2920 The Book of hags / by Deena Metzger ; adapted and directed by Everett Frost.

A novel-in-progress by Deena Metzger dramatized for radio by Everett Frost. The work is a...

Frost, Everett C., Radio adaptations., Metzger, Deena., American Women Making History and Culture: 1963-1982 KPFK, 27 May 1976.
BC2945.01 Literary censorship in Iran, Korea and Ghana / Muriel Rukeyser ; interviewed by Anne Fremantle. (Episode 1)

Muriel Rukeyser (1913-1980), poet and president of the PEN American Center, discusses censorship...

Rukeyser, Muriel, 1913-, Fremantle, Anne, 1909-2002, Censorship., PEN American Center, American Women Making History and Culture: 1963-1982 WBAI, 1976 (day unknown)
BC2945.05 Penelope Gilliatt interviewed by Anne Fremantle (Episode 5 of 5)

Anne Fremantle interviews Penelope Gilliatt (1932 - 1993) -- film critic for the New Yorker,...

Gilliatt, Penelope., Women authors, Film criticism., Penelope Gilliatt / interviewed by Anne Freemantle., American Women Making History and Culture: 1963-1982 WBAI, 29 Mar. 1976.
BC3021 In the living room with Adele Gutman Nathan.

Author Adele Gutman Nathan (1889 - 1986), among other things, was a suffragist who produced and...

Suffrage -- United States., Women -- History., Nathan, Adele Gutman, American Women Making History and Culture: 1963-1982 WBAI, 1976.
BC3033 Women in films / Marjorie Rosen ; interviewed by Jena Blumenfield.

Jena Blumenfield speaks with feminist film critic Marjorie Rosen, author of "Popcorn Venus...

Rosen, Marjorie., Film industry -- Employment., Women in films / Marjorie Rosen ; interviewed by Jena Blumenfeild., American Women Making History and Culture: 1963-1982, Women in motion pictures. WBAI, 12 Feb. 1976.
BC3063 The Making of Gertrude Stein / Janet Hobhouse ; interviewed by Charles Ruas.

Charles Ruas discusses Gertrude Stein with Janet Hobhouse, author of a 1976 biography of Stein...

Hobhouse, Janet, 1948-1991, Ruas, Charles., Women authors, Stein, Gertrude, 1874-1946, American Women Making History and Culture: 1963-1982 WBAI, 24 May 1976.
BC3070 Interview with Dian Thomas, author of Roughing It Easy

Barbara Cady interviews Dian Thomas about her new book "Roughing It Easy" on...

Thomas, Dian, 1945-, Books -- Reviews., Home economics., American Women Making History and Culture: 1963-1982 KPFK, 22 June 1976.
BC3072 Interview with Pat Derby, author of The Lady and Her Tiger

Barbara Cady interviews British animal trainer Pat Derby (1942-2013) about her book "The...

Derby, Pat., Women authors, Animal welfare, American Women Making History and Culture: 1963-1982 KPFK, 14 June 1976.
IZ0032 A Conversation with Grace Paley / interviewed by Lin Harris.

Grace Paley (1922 - 2007), author of the short story collections Enormous Changes at the Last...

Paley, Grace., Harris, Lin., Radio programs -- Fiction., Women authors, Conversation with Grace Paley / interviewed by Lin Harris.**A, American Women Making History and Culture: 1963-1982 WBAI, 8 Mar. 1976.
IZ0047 A Symposium of women writers / Cynthia Ozick, Lois Gould, Jill Robinson, Muriel Rukeyser, and Ellen Moers.

A symposium of women writers taped on March 16, 1976 at the Library of the Performing Arts at...

Jong, Erica., Robinson, Jill., Moers, Ellen., Gornick, Vivian., Lazarre, Jane., Gould, Lois., Balakian, Nona., Rukeyser, Muriel, 1913-, Ozick, Cynthia., Women authors, Symposium of women writers / Cynthia Ozick, Lois Gould, Jill Robinson, Muriel Rukeyser, and Ellen Moers.**A, Prashker, Betty, American Women Making History and Culture: 1963-1982 WBAI, May 15, 1976.
IZ0137 Fading rhythms in a fading land

Two programs that focus on American attitudes towards the Vietnam War, based on Gloria Emerson...

Emerson, Gloria., Vietnam War, 1961-1975 -- Public opinion., Women authors, Snepp, Frank., American Women Making History and Culture: 1963-1982, United States. -- Central Intelligence Agency. WBAI, Part 1: 3 Feb. 1977, 20 June 1978; Part 2: 24 May 1978.
IZ0355 Adrienne Rich reads from Susan Griffin's "Woman and Nature"

Adrienne Rich (1928 - 2012), poet and author, reads excerpts from Susan Griffin's Woman and...

American Women Making History and Culture: 1963-1982, Rich, Adrienne, 1929-2012, Griffin, Susan., Women authors WBAI, 1978?
IZ0419 Interview with author Tillie Olsen on her book, Silences

Interview with poet and author Tillie Olsen on her book, Silences, produced by Kathy Ann Kersey...

American Women Making History and Culture: 1963-1982, Olsen, Tillie., Working classes -- Poetry. WBAI, 21 Oct. 1981.
IZ0420 13th Moon: A reading of feminist literature

This program is a live reading sponsored by feminist literary magazine "13th Moon,"...

American Women Making History and Culture: 1963-1982, Shulman, Alix Kates, Morgan, Robin, 1941-, Feminist poetry, Women authors, Feminist literature., Feminist magazine WBAI, 18 Mar, 1981
IZ0443 Anna Quindlen, live at Barnard College

Anna Quindlen, sydicated columnist at the New York Times, speaks about her education and...

American Women Making History and Culture: 1963-1982, Quindlen, Anna, Women journalists., Feminists WBAI, ca. 1993 (day unknown)
IZ0449.09 Interview with Marge Piercy

Blossom Neuschatz interviews novelist, poet, essayist and teacher Marge Piercy (1936 - ). They...

American Women Making History and Culture: 1963-1982, Piercy, Marge., Women authors WBAI, March 21, 1980.
IZ0449.25 Jane Trahey interviewed by Rebecca Tron Klinger

Jane Trahey (1923-2000), businesswoman, humorist, author, advertising pioneer, and one of the...

American Women Making History and Culture: 1963-1982, Trahey, Jane, Women in advertising., Sex discrimination against women, Sex discrimination in employment WBAI, April 20, 1978
IZ0607 Hot type / by Marjorie Lipsyte interviewed by Phyllis Kriegel

"Hot Type" is a novel about a woman working on a newspaper in the 1960's,...

Lipsyte, Marjorie, 1932-, Women authors, Women journalists., Sex discrimination in employment, Newspapers., American Women Making History and Culture: 1963-1982 WBAI, March 25, 1982
IZ0895 Gloria Naylor interviewed about her novel The Women of Brewster Place

Raw tape of Gloria Naylor, Black woman author, interviewed by Doris Austin[?] about her novel...

American Women Making History and Culture: 1963-1982, Naylor, Gloria, African American women authors WBAI, 1982
IZ1062 Noretta Koertge: Who was that masked woman?

Viv Sutherland interviews Noretta Koertge, author of "Who Was that Masked Woman?"...

American Women Making History and Culture: 1963-1982, Koertge, Noretta, Lesbian authors, Lesbian literature WBAI, January 27, 1982
IZ1063 Author Alesia Kunz speaks at Womanbooks

Novelist Alesia Kunz reads from her new book "Shangrila & Linda" and other works...

American Women Making History and Culture: 1963-1982, Women authors, Literature, Experimental., Kunz, Alesia, 1944-, Lesbian literature WBAI, 24 Feb. 1982
IZ1070 A lacy, lacy, lacy card for Valentines Day: lesbians and femininity

A valentine from us to you with love. With comments from Susan Brownmiller, author of "...

Lesbianism, Brownmiller, Susan, American Women Making History and Culture: 1963-1982 WBAI, 15 Feb. 1984
IZ1071 The Velvet Sledgehammer: January 17, 1979

Author Esther Newton reads selections from her unpublished novel "Alice-Hunting," about a...

Newton, Esther, National Organization for Women, Women's organizations., Lesbian authors, Connell, Noreen, American Women Making History and Culture: 1963-1982 WBAI, 17 Jan. 1979.
IZ1082 The Velvet Sledgehammer: June 30, 1982

Production reel for the June 30, 1982 episode of The Velvet Sledgehammer, produced by Donna...

GAYS AND LESBIANS, Lesbians, Lesbianism -- History, Asian Americans., African American lesbians, Grahn, Judy, 1940-, American Women Making History and Culture: 1963-1982, Asian American lesbians, Combahee River Collective, National Third World Lesbian and Gay Conference WBAI, 30 Jun. 1982
IZ1085 The Velvet Sledgehammer: March 23, 1983 (Part 2 only)

This is Part 2 of the March 23, 1983 episode of The Velvet Sledgehammer. Part 1 is missing from...

American Women Making History and Culture: 1963-1982, Morgan, Robin, 1941-, Feminist literature. WBAI, 23 Mar. 1983
IZ1086 The Velvet Sledgehammer: June 29, 1983

Production reel for June 29, 1983 episode of The Velvet Sledgehammer, produced and hosted by...

Women authors, Pacifism., Women -- Medical care., Walker, Alice, 1944-, Kollwitz, Kathe Schmidt, 1867-1945., Klepfisz, Irena, 1941-, Smedley, Agnes, 1892-1950, Forché, Carolyn, Paley, Grace., Grahn, Judy, 1940-, Griffin, Susan., LE SUEUR, MERIDEL., Corea, Gena, Dworkin, Andrea., American Women Making History and Culture: 1963-1982 WBAI, 29 Jun. 1983
IZ1090 The Velvet Sledgehammer: October 12, 1983

Production reel from the October 12, 1983 episode of The Velvet Sledgehammer, hosted and...

American Women Making History and Culture: 1963-1982, Office workers -- Personal narratives., Women's studies, Women workers., Computers -- Technological innovations., Technology -- Social aspects., Brown, Rita Mae., Technology and women. WBAI, 12 Oct. 1983
IZ1139.01 Interview with Jean Stein, author of Edie: An American biography

David Rothenberg talks to Jean Stein (b. 1934), author of "Edie: An American Biography...

Sedgwick, Edie, Stein, Jean, American Women Making History and Culture: 1963-1982 WBAI, September 30, 1982
IZ1220 Nice Jewish girls

Excerpts from a reading by women whose work appears in Nice Jewish Girls: A Lesbian Anthology,...

American Women Making History and Culture: 1963-1982, Jewish literature., Lesbian authors, Jewish lesbians, Beck, Evelyn Torton WBAI, 29 Nov. 1982.
IZ1349.02 Women and the world in the 1980s: January 22, 1982

Blanche Cook interviews writer Adrienne Rich (1929-2012), who reads poems from her newly...

American Women Making History and Culture: 1963-1982, Rich, Adrienne, 1929-2012, Women poets WBAI, January 22, 1982
IZ1349.04 Women and the world in the 1980s: March 26, 1982

Blanche Cook interviews Cathy Porter about her book "Alexandra Kollontai: a biography,...

American Women Making History and Culture: 1963-1982, Porter, Cathy, Kollontaĭ, A. (Aleksandra), 1872-1952, Women -- Soviet Union -- History., Women -- Soviet Union -- Political activity. WBAI, March 26, 1982
IZ1349.07 Women and the world in the 1980s: August 20, 1982- Audre Lorde

Episode from August 20, 1982. Blanche Cook interviews poet, essayist and civil rights activist...

American Women Making History and Culture: 1963-1982, Lorde, Audre, African American women authors, African American women poets WBAI, August 20, 1982
IZ1349.08 Women and the world in the 1980s: October 22, 1982-Author Elizabeth Wilson

Episode from October 22, 1982. Blanche Wiesen Cook interviews Elizabeth Wilson, feminist...

American Women Making History and Culture: 1963-1982, Wilson, Elizabeth, 1936-, Authors, English., Feminists -- Great Britain -- Personal narratives., Women -- Great Britain WBAI, October 22, 1982
IZ1349.09 Women and the world in the 1980s: November 20, 1982-Audre Lorde

Blanche Wiesen Cook interviews poet, essayist and civil rights activist Audre Lorde (1934-1992)...

American Women Making History and Culture: 1963-1982, Lorde, Audre, African American women poets, African American women authors WBAI, November 20, 1982
IZ1349.13 Women and the world in the 1980s: Barbara Smith and Michele Cliff (ca. 1984)

Interview with Barbara Smith, writer, co-founder of Kitchen Table: Women of Color Press and...

American Women Making History and Culture: 1963-1982, African American women authors, Cliff, Michelle, Smith, Barbara, 1946-, Blacks -- Personal narratives. WBAI, ca. 1984 (date unknown)
IZ1362 Allies / by Chelsea Quinn Yarbro's read by Viv Sutherland

Viv Sutherland reads Chelsea Quinn Yarbro's short story "Allies" from her...

American Women Making History and Culture: 1963-1982, Yarbro, Chelsea Quinn, 1942-, Women authors, Science fiction WBAI, January 30, 1980
IZ1363 Author Lois Gould interviewed by Josephine Hendin

Josephine Hendin, teacher of American fiction at the New School for Social Research, interviews...

American Women Making History and Culture: 1963-1982, Women authors, Gould, Lois., Feminist literature., Women in literature. WBAI, December 4, 1974
IZ1367 First generation / June Namias interviewed by Nelly Burlingham

Nelly Burlingham speaks with June Namias about her recent book "First generation: in the...

Namias, June, Immigrants -- United States -- Biography, Immigration and emigration., Immigration and emigration -- United States., Immigrants -- Personal narratives., American Women Making History and Culture: 1963-1982 WBAI, January 18, 1979
IZ1369 Country commune cooking / Lucy Horton

Yolanda Tennyson interviews Lucy Horton, author of Country Commune Cooking (Coward, McCann and...

Horton, Lucy, Communes., American Women Making History and Culture: 1963-1982, Health food cooking WBAI, November 20, 1972
IZ1375 Piercing the Veil: Our Voices Can Be Heard writer's congress

Recording of the panel "Piercing the Veil: Our Voices Can Be Heard. The impact that writers...

American Women Making History and Culture: 1963-1982, WRITING & WRITERS, Writing., Ehrenreich, Barbara, Jordan, June, 1936-2002, Hollibaugh, Amber L., 1946- WBAI, 1983? (date unknown)
IZ1380 Janet Sternburg: Journal from a semi-private room

Janet Sternburg reads her autobiographical fiction, titled "Journal from a semi-private...

American Women Making History and Culture: 1963-1982, Sternburg, Janet, Women authors WBAI, October 2, 1978
IZ1386 Betty Pilkington interviews U.N. Ambassador Medhi Vakil about Iran

U.N. Correspondent Betty Pilkington interviews United Nations Ambassador to Iran, Mehdi Vakil,...

American Women Making History and Culture: 1963-1982, Pilkington, Betty., IRAN, Iran -- Politics and government. WBAI, October 25, 1966
IZ1390 An eclectic evening with Rosalyn Drexler and David Shapiro

This is part one of a performance which was presented live in Studio C at WBAI in November 1972...

Drexler, Rosalyn, Shapiro, David, 1947-, Women authors, American Women Making History and Culture: 1963-1982 WBAI, November 19, 1972; first rebroadcast March 8, 1973
IZ1412 Dying to be heard: the work of Ann Sexton

Dying to be heard: the work of Ann Sexton read by Karen Ludwig. Opens with a reading of the New...

American Women Making History and Culture: 1963-1982, Sexton, Anne, 1928-1974, Women poets, Suicide., Women authors WBAI, August 8, 1979
IZ1420 Sea-Spell and Moor-Magic by Sorche Nic Leodhas

Fredi Dundee reads from a collection of stories by Sorche Nic Leodhas entitled “Sea-spell and...

Leodhas, Sorche Nic, 1898-1969, Children's literature., Women authors, Tales--Scotland., American Women Making History and Culture: 1963-1982 WBAI, October 7, 1969
IZ1429 A reading and interview with Diana Chang

A reading and interview with Chinese-American novelist and poet Diana Chang. Chang first reads...

American Women Making History and Culture: 1963-1982, Chang, Diana (Diana C.), Brown, Wesley, 1945-, Women authors WBAI, November 5, 1978
IZ1430.01 Anne Forer reads her work

Anne Forer reads from her work: an autobiographical piece (title not given on recording), "...

American Women Making History and Culture: 1963-1982, Forer, Anne U., Women authors WBAI, June 10, 1980
IZ1430.02 Charlotte Carter reads her novel-in-progress

Charlotte Carter, author of "Sheltered Life" (United Artists, 1975) reads the first...

American Women Making History and Culture: 1963-1982, Carter, Charlotte, 1935-, Women authors WBAI, February 11, 1980
IZ1433 Sally George reads four short stories

Sally George reads four short stories: Dreaming; Hard Winter; Church Music; and Peter, Peter....

Women authors, American Women Making History and Culture: 1963-1982 WBAI, November 8, 1978
IZ1441 Aphra speaks - December 8, 1972

Aphra Speaks was a series on WBAI wherein the editors of Aphra: The Feminist Literary Magazine...

Aphra: The Feminist Literary Magazine, Goncharov, Ivan Aleksandrovich, 1812-1891, Eliot, George, 1819-1880, American Women Making History and Culture: 1963-1982 WBAI, December 8, 1972
IZ1447 Women reporting on women

Three feminist journalists who were all involved in coverage of the Houston Women's...

Eldridge, Ronnie, Quindlen, Anna, Willis, Ellen, Women journalists., American Women Making History and Culture: 1963-1982 WBAI, May 8, 1978
IZ1459.02 Interview with Brett Harvey of The Feminist Press

Eileen Zalisk interviews Brett Harvey of the Feminist Press, founded in 1970 in Baltimore, MD...

American Women Making History and Culture: 1963-1982, Harvey, Brett., Feminist literature., Women's mass media, Women's publishers and publishing., Feminist Press, Women authors WBAI, April 10, 1974.
IZ1466 Cooking with author Li Ling-Ai

Nina Mende interviews Chinese-Hawaiian writer, lecturer and actor Li Ling-Ai (1908 - ?), author...

American Women Making History and Culture: 1963-1982, Li, Ling-Ai, Authors, Chinese-American., Asian American women, Asian American actresses WBAI, 27 Dec. 1975
IZ1468 Reading and interview with novelist and artist Ursule Molinaro

Ursule Molinaro (1916 - 2000), Paris-born social-satirist, novelist, playwright, and artist...

American Women Making History and Culture: 1963-1982, Ursule Molinaro., Women authors, Authors, French., Women artists WBAI, August 31, 1981
IZ1478 Author Fanny Howe reads from her novel Holy Smoke

American poet, novelist and short story writer Fanny Howe (1940 - ) reads from her novel "Holy...

American Women Making History and Culture: 1963-1982, Howe, Fanny, Women poets, Women authors WBAI, 15 Jul 1979
IZ1485 The Velvet Sledgehammer: authors Adrienne Rich and Audre Lorde in conversation (Production reel)

Production reel (excerpts) from a conversation between Audre Lorde and Adrienne Rich and reading...

American Women Making History and Culture: 1963-1982, Lorde, Audre, Rich, Adrienne, 1929-2012, Lesbian authors, Women authors WBAI, 14 Apr. 1982
IZ1494 Dee Wells reminisces on her friendship with Bunny Lang

Alberta Constance "Dee" Wells (1925-2003), author and journalist speaks about her friendship...

American Women Making History and Culture: 1963-1982, Lang, V. R., 1924-1956, Women poets, Wells, Dee. WBAI, ca. 1975 (date unknown)
IZ1495 Interview with Gerda Lerner on her book A Death of One's Own

Tricia Del Longo interviews Dr. Gerda Lerner (1920 - 2013), an historian and pioneer in the...

American Women Making History and Culture: 1963-1982, Lerner, Gerda, 1920-2013, DEATH, Historians., Death in literature, Death in literature., Death -- Psychological aspects., Women's history WBAI, December 25, 1978
IZ1513 Alice Childress interview and reading (Part 2 only)

Alice Childress reads from her novel "A Short Walk" (Coward, McCann and Geoghegan,...

Childress, Alice., American Women Making History and Culture: 1963-1982, African American women authors WBAI, April 7, 1980
KZ0024 Kate Millett and her book Flying

Kate Millett interviewed by Paul Vangelisti on her book "Flying" and her ideals about...

Millett, Kate., Women authors, Art -- Philosophy., Feminists, Authorship., Lesbians -- United States, American Women Making History and Culture: 1963-1982 KPFK, Mar. 28, 1975.
KZ0125 Simone de Beauvoir : in conversation / with Studs Terkel ; narrated by Janet Dodson.

Simone de Beauvoir (b.1908- d.1986) French writer, intellectual, political activist, and...

Terkel, Studs, 1912-2008, Feminism, Women authors, Bilingual materials -- English / French., Literature -- Women authors., Simone de Beauvoir : in conversation / with Studs Terkel ; narrated by Janet Dodson., Beauvoir, Simone de, 1908-1986, American Women Making History and Culture: 1963-1982 KPFK, Mar. 8, 1977.
KZ0455 Woman words: poetry by women / hosted by Pat Millar

This is a one-hour program of poetry and prose hosted by Pat Millar. Guests are Helena Maria...

Coleman, Wanda., Women poets, American Women Making History and Culture: 1963-1982, Viramontes, Helena María, 1954-, Stein, Julia KPFK, March 8, 1982
KZ0562 The Photographer as discoverer : Dorothea Lange / Milton Meltzer interviewed by Susan Anderson.

Susan Anderson interviews Milton Meltzer, writer and historian, about his book, "A...

Meltzer, Milton, 1915-2009, Biography, Photography -- Biography., Women photographers., Lange, Dorothea, American Women Making History and Culture: 1963-1982 KPFK, 13 Sept. 1978; 19 Sept. 1978.
KZ0579 Incest / produced by Pearl Skotnes.

Interview with Louise Armstrong, author of Kiss Daddy Goodnight, A Speak-Out on Incest (New York...

Skotnes, Pearl., Armstrong, Louise, 1937-2008, Incest., American Women Making History and Culture: 1963-1982, Lorde, Audre KPFK, Nov. 15, 1978.
KZ0687 Up against the clock : career women speak out about the choice to have children / Norma Wikler interviewed by Ruth Ziony

Norma Wikler (1942-2002) is interviewed about her new book by Ruth Ziony. The title of the book...

Wikler, Norma, Mothers., Single parents., Single women., Women authors, Parenthood., American Women Making History and Culture: 1963-1982 KPFK, 13 June 1979.
KZ0688 Who we are / by Kate Millett ; produced by Helene Rosenbluth.

Kate Millett, lesbian-feminist, sculptor and author of Sexual Politics, gives a brief history of...

Millett, Kate., Gay liberation movement., Gays -- History., Lesbians, Gay Academic Union national conference, American Women Making History and Culture: 1963-1982, Gay Academic Union KPFK, 7 Jan. 1979.
KZ0734 Rise gonna rise : a portrait of Southern textile workers / Mimi Conway interviewed by Dorothy Healey

Mimi Conway describes the present status of the unionization of textile workers in the South....

Healey, Dorothy, 1914-2006, Conway, Mimi., Women authors, Textile industry -- Southern states., Labor unions -- Textile workers -- Southern states., Rise gonna rise : a portrait of Southern textile workers / by Mimi Conway ; interviewed by Dorothy Healey., American Women Making History and Culture: 1963-1982 KPFK, 2 Sep. 1979.
KZ0775 The Powerful Jew : myth or reality? / Lynn Kerman and Erica Silverman

Ellen Willis wrote an article called "The myth of the powerful Jew," which was...

Willis, Ellen, Jews -- Identity., Blacks -- Relations with Jews., Silverman, Erica, American Women Making History and Culture: 1963-1982, Leiman, Lynn KPFK, Sept., 1979.
KZ0777 How to cook a peacock : media coverage of Iran / Joan Vogel and Clare Spark.

Media coverage of Iran critiqued by Joan Vogel, graduate student in anthropology at UCLA, and...

Vogel, Joan., Press and politics., Journalism., Reporters and reporting., American Women Making History and Culture: 1963-1982, Iran -- Politics and government -- 1945- KPFK, ca. Dec. 1, 1979.
KZ0882 Hazards of being male / by Herb Goldberg ; interviewed by Jim Akers.

Herb Goldberg, author of "The Hazards of Being Male," talks about the book, the...

Goldberg, Herb., Sociology -- United States., Men -- Psychology., Masculinity (Psychology)., Hazards of being male / by Herb Goldberg ; interviewed by Jim Akers., American Women Making History and Culture: 1963-1982 KPFK, October 1, 1980.
KZ1071 Sexual shakedown : the sexual harassment of women on the job / Lin Farley interviewed by Helene Rosenbluth

Helene Rosenbluth interviews author Lin Farley on her book "Sexual shakedown: the sexual...

Farley, Lin, Sexism, Women -- Employment., Sexual harassment, Sex discrimination in employment, American Women Making History and Culture: 1963-1982 KPFK, Jan. 23, 1980.
KZ1084 Pornography and silence / Susan Griffin

Susan Griffin, noted feminist author, discusses the thesis of her book "Pornography and...

Patriarchy., Sexism, Racism., Women authors, Pornography -- Social aspects., Feminism, Anti-semitism., Griffin, Susan., American Women Making History and Culture: 1963-1982 KPFK, Aug. 1981. First KPFK broadcast Jan. 6, 1982.
KZ1128 The obsession / Kim Chernin

Author Kim Chernin talks about the fixation American women have with their bodies, what they eat...

Chernin, Kim., Diet., Women authors, Food habits., Women -- Psychology., Obsession / Kim Chernin ; produced by Helene Rosenbluth.**The, American Women Making History and Culture: 1963-1982 KPFK, Nov. 1981; May 17, 1982.
KZ1160 Vietnam and Kampuchea / Judy Coburn interviewed by Dorothy Healey

Correspondent Judy Coburn reports on her trip to Southeast Asia and compares it with previous...

Kampuchea., Cambodia, Coburn, Judy., Vietnam, American Women Making History and Culture: 1963-1982 KPFK, July 20, 1980.
KZ1201 Tar baby / Toni Morrison ; interviewed by Barbara Cady.

Author Toni Morrison (1931 - ) discusses her latest book, Tar Baby (Alfred A. Knopf, 1981) with...

Morrison, Toni, Women authors, Authors, Black., American Women Making History and Culture: 1963-1982 KPFK, Aug. 4, 1981.
KZ1207 Our sheroes and heroes / Maya Angelou ; interviewed by Susan Anderson.

Recording contains Susan Anderson's 1976 interview with Maya Angelou, talking about her new...

American Women Making History and Culture: 1963-1982, Angelou, Maya, Anderson, Susan., African American women poets, African American women authors KPFK, 24 Feb. 1982
KZ1208 History of lavender / Judy Grahn

Poet and author Judy Grahn reads "Sashay down the lavender trail", the first chapter...

Lesbianism, Gays -- History., American Women Making History and Culture: 1963-1982, Grahn, Judy, 1940- KPFK, June 20, 1981.
KZ1213 Rita Mae Brown at the Woman's Building

Writer and activist Rita Mae Brown (1944 - ) delivers a speech at the Woman's Building in...

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American Women Making History and Culture: 1963-1982, Brown, Rita Mae., Woman's Building (Los Angeles, Calif.), Lesbian authors, Hunt, Annette. KPFK, 1976?
KZ1223 Chrysalis / Susan Rennie and Kirsten Grimstad interviewed by Barbara Cady

Susan Rennie and Kirsten Grimstad, co-editors of Chrysalis: a magazine of women's culture,...

Rennie, Susan., Cady, Barbara., Grimstad, Kirsten., Women's publishers and publishing., American Women Making History and Culture: 1963-1982 KPFK, June 10, 1977.
KZ1240 To be young, lesbian and Black in the '50s / Audre Lorde ; produced by Helene Rosenbluth.

The writer Audre Lorde (1934 - 1992) describes her experiences growing up as a Black lesbian in...

Rosenbluth, Helene, African American women authors, Women, Black -- Personal narratives., Lesbians -- Personal narratives, American Women Making History and Culture: 1963-1982, Lorde, Audre KPFK, 28 Nov. 1982.
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