Lesbians — Poetry

  • The lesbian in literature and other poems

    Dramatic reading: “The Lesbian in Literature,” and other poems. Recorded at WBAI-FM in 1975 by Chana (Karen) Wilson. Aired on “Radio Free Lesbian” on KPFA-FM in Berkeley in 1975. This recording has two separate dramatic readings of poetry and prose. The first is “The Lesbian in Literature” read by Elizabeth Amada, Lucina Kathman, and Rose…

  • Songs of Sappho’s daughters (Series record)

    Songs of Sappho’s Daughters was a series devoted to Lesbian poetry and music, featuring poets, composers, and performers. The series was hosted by Manya La Bruja, nicknamed the “Classical Amazon”, and Ms. Mark Giles, and aired on WBAI in 1973 and 1974.

  • Adrienne Rich (Episode 2 of 4)

    Poet Adrienne Rich (1929 – 2012) reads selections from her own works, “Snapshots of a Daughter-in-Law” (first pub. 1962, re-printed by W.W. Norton, 1967) and “Necessities of Life” (published 1966). Poems read include: Snapshots of a daughter-in-law, Antinous: the diaries, Novella, The corpse plant, After dark, and Halfway. Produced by Mimi Weisbord Anderson.

  • Audre Lorde (Episode 4 of 4)

    Poet Audre Lorde reads selections of her own works. After introducing herself, Lorde reads the following poems: Teacher, (untitled), Change of season, The women of Dan dance with swords in their hands to mark the time when they were warriors, I ride with the sun, To my daughter the junkie on a train, Love poem,…

  • The Will to change / written and read by Adrienne Rich.

    Poet Adrienne Rich (1929 – 2012) reads selections of her work. Most of the poems read are from her book The will to change (W.W. Norton, 1971). Rich reads the following poems: Planetarium, I dream I’m the death of Orpheus, Letters: March 1969, Our whole life, Shooting script (excerpts), Trying to talk with a man,…

  • She who is electric / Judy Grahn.

    Women-loving poems by poet Judy Grahn (1940 – ), including She Who and The Common Women series. Also Edward the Dyke, a short story based on real experiences, in which a woman confused and ambivalent about lesbianism is confronted by her head-shrinker and his battery of pseudo-therapeutic analyses and methods. Judy is a radical lesbian,…

  • This way out : the international gay and lesbian radio magazine / produced by Greg Gordon.

    Ongoing weekly newsmagazine which explores contemporary gay issues, as well as important past events in the gay-rights movement.|THIS WAY OUT : THE INTERNATIONAL GAY AND LESBIAN RADIO MAGAZINE / produced by Greg Gordon – Ongoing weekly newsmagazine which explores contemporary gay issues, as well as important past events in the gay-rights movement. – CONTENT: pt.1.…

  • Women in the arts : in memoriam Marilyn Monroe / Judy Grahn, Anna Hartman, Naomi Lowinsky and Rachel Lowen.

    A poetry reading by Judy Grahn (1940 – ), author of “Edward the Dyke,” Anna Hartman, Naomi Lowinsky and Rachel Loden that is “…a coming together of women poets to reclaim our bodies from the winding sheet of history and celebrate the many forms of women loving women.” The reading was given as part of…