Literature.

  • What is Africa’s Legacy? / Henry Louis Gates, Jr. Big Questions Series [the UN-EDITIED RECORDING: 11/02/99]

    [Note: The Un-editied Recordings of] What is Africa’s Legacy? / Henry Louis Gates, Jr. Second lecture in the series The Big Questions produced by the Library Foundation of Los Angeles. The Big Questions, a celebration of writing, reading, and public debate, and features visionary thinkers in the arts, sciences, and humanities who are asking new…

  • Democracy Now! August 28, 2001

    BRAZILIAN PHOTOJOURNALIST SEBASTIAO SALGADO AND URUGUAYAN WRITER EDUARDO GALEANO ON THE INTERSECTION OF ART AND POLITICS [Replay of DN! May 28, 2001] |Today, we continue our series on Art and Revolution with two giants of literature and politics, Sabastiao Salgado and Eduardo Galeano. Perhaps more than any other living photographer, Sabastiao Salgado’s images of the…

  • Sonia Sanchez / interviewed by David Henderson. (Episode 4 of 4)

    Sonia Sanchez (1934 – ), poet and co-founder of the Black Studies department at San Francisco State College, reads some of her poems and discusses her work with David Henderson, poet and editor of the 1967-68 anthology series Umbra. She reads Homecoming, Summary, The final solution/the leaders speak, To a jealous cat, Sonia’s blues, and…

  • Alice Walker : the color purple / produced by Laurie Udesky and Corless Smith.

    This program contains an interview, a speech, and readings from Alice Walker’s book, “The Color Purple.” In the interview, Walker talks about God, faith, lesbians, publishers and writing as healing. Walker also talks about writing in dialect. The readings are intermixed with music. Walker’s talks were recorded at Old Wives’ Tales in San Francisco and…

  • Conversation with Theodora Kroeber / interviewed by Eleanor Sully

    Theodora Kroeber (March 24, 1897 – July 4, 1979), author of the much-loved book Ishi in Two Worlds, talks with Eleanor Sully about her new book about her anthropologist husband, Alfred Kroeber: A Personal Configuation. Kroeber reads a section called “Religion” from the book, which was published by University of California Press, 1970.

  • Truman Capote / introduced by John Malcom.

    Author reads two of his short stories: “Among the Paths to Eden” and “Breakfast at Tiffany’s”|TRUMAN CAPOTE / introduced by John Malcom. SERIES: Poetry center| no. 13 – Author reads two of his short stories. – RECORDED: 7 Apr. 1963. BROADCAST: WBAI, 7 Oct. 1966. Remastered 5/28/99

  • Alice Walker

    Alice Walker Pulitzer prize winning author Alice Walker, whose works have touched countless lives and inspires authors and womanists of many stripes, will join us. Her most recent work is BOOK: BY THE LIGHT OF MY FATHER’S SMILE.

  • Paradise Lost

    a discussion about the future of our nation with Peter Shrag, author of BOOK: PARADISE LOST: CALIFORNIA’S EXPERIENCE, AMERICA’S FUTURE

  • The Poetry of Piri Thomas

    The Poetry of Piri Thomas An amazing, inspirational hour with Piri Thomas, author of many books including the classic, Down These Mean Streets. He also shares his wisdom and wonder in words, sound and images in The World Piri Thomas.