American Women Making History and Culture: 1963-1982

  • Puerto Rican protest theater / Cafe Teatro de Protesta

    Music, poetry and performance from the Puerto Rican Independent Movement’s new nightclub, Cafe Teatro de Protesta. Includes performances by Suni Paz, Estrella Artau and Asian American singers Joanne and Cris (Joanne Nobuko Miyamoto and Chris Iijima, later known as “A Grain of Sand”). Also includes an interview with Ana Marta Morales, the Teatro’s coordinator. Produced…

  • Puerto Rican protest theater (Part 2 of 2)

    Music, poetry and performance from the Puerto Rican Independent Movement’s new nightclub, Cafe Teatro de Protesta. Includes performances by Suni Paz, Estrella Artau and Joanna & Cris. Also includes an interview with Ana Marta Morales, the Teatro’s coordinator. Produced by Elena Paz and the WBAI Music Department.

  • Author Fanny Howe reads from her novel Holy Smoke

    American poet, novelist and short story writer Fanny Howe (1940 – ) reads from her novel “Holy Smoke”, just out from Fiction Collective. Produced by Susan Howe.

  • West coast women’s music festival (raw recordings) (Reel 5 of 12)

    This is numbered as the next (fifth) reel in the series of live raw recordings taken at the West Coast Women’s festival in 1980, however, according to this article: http://queermusicheritage.com/wmf-westcoast.html Terry Garthwaite performed after Gwen Avery. Notes say Garthwaite performed the following: “All Night Long”, [intro and talks about being a mother], “You Don’t Know…

  • Science reporter Laurie Garrett speaks about the AIDS epidemic

    Interview with science reporter for National Public Radio, Laurie Garrett, about the political and scientific history of the AIDS epidemic. This recording is likely from the late 1980s. Only the answers in this interview are audible.

  • Reading and interview with novelist and artist Ursule Molinaro

    Ursule Molinaro (1916 – 2000), Paris-born social-satirist, novelist, playwright, and artist reads “Eating Melons in Marseille,” from her new collection of short stories “Night School For Saints.” Later she is interviewed by host Tom Vitale.

  • A reading and interview with Diana Chang

    A reading and interview with Chinese-American novelist and poet Diana Chang. Chang first reads from her latest novel, A Perfect Love (Jove Books), speaks with Brown and then reads several of her poems. Produced by Wesley Brown.

  • A reading and interview with Diana Chang (Part 2 of 2)

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

  • Anne Forer reads her work

    Anne Forer reads from her work: an autobiographical piece (title not given on recording), “I Guess Writing Is a Little Like Life,” “The Adventure of the French Bathroom,” and “The Psychic and the Psychoanalyst.” Forer lived in the East Village and was heavily involved in feminist consciousness-raising in the 1970s. Also features a recording of…

  • Charlotte Carter reads her novel-in-progress

    Charlotte Carter, author of “Sheltered Life” (United Artists, 1975) reads the first chapter of “Lady Lie,” her novel-in-progress. This series, Prose, is a series of contemporary writing read by the authors, produced by Sharon Mattlin. Contains sensitive language.