Alta, 1942- – Pacifica Radio Archives

KPFA poetry festival (Part 4 of 5) / recorded by Randy Thom and Doug Maisel.

KPFA Poetry festival Part 4 of 5. The fourth part of the Poetry Festival features Victor Hernandez Cruz, who opens with the question “What do you do if you are raised in Iowa and you still want to be a poet?” This program also includes the dynamic poet Alta of the Shameless Hussy Press.

August 24, 2025

Alta performing at the League of Academic Women’s Benefit.

Poet Alta (1942 – ) reads selections of her works at a benefit for the League of Academic Women at UC Berkeley.

August 24, 2025

True story / Alta ; interviewed by Ruth Rosen and Isabel Welsh.

Alta, a Bay Area feminist poet, reads her poetry, accompanied on classical guitar by Angel, and discusses it with Ruth Rosen and Isabel Welsh. Produced by Jan Legnitto for KPFA. Contains sensitive language.

August 24, 2025

Men thought to be the enemy / Alta ; interviewed by Eleanor Sully.

Alta (1942 – ) reads a prose piece accompanied by flutist Curly Hummingbird. Presented by Eleanor Sully. Broadcast on International Women’s Day, March 8, 1971.

August 24, 2025

KPFA poetry festival (1977) / recorded by Randy Thom and Doug Maisel.

KPFA Poetry Festival May 14, 1977. From the folio: “On Saturday, May 14, U.C.’s S.U.P.E.R.B. Productions will present what will be the biggest poetry reading staged in the Bay Area since the Vietnam era, and perhaps the biggest ever. And all on behalf of raising funds for KPFA! KPFA and Pacifica have long been an…

August 24, 2025