McIlroy, Maureen. – Pacifica Radio Archives

Lone heart mountain (Part 2 of 3)

Lone heart mountain by Estelle Ishigo ; read by Maureen McIlroy in three parts. Reel two.

August 24, 2025

Lone heart mountain (Part 3 of 3)

Lone heart mountain by Estelle Ishigo ; read by Maureen McIlroy in three parts. Reel three.

August 24, 2025

No frown of mine / by Maureen McIlroy ; technical direction by Peter Sutheim.

Dramatized documentary of poet Sylvia Plath’s life.

August 24, 2025

The Millstone / by Margaret Drabble ; read by Maureen McIlroy.

Contemporary British writer tells story of the emotional experiences of a woman.

August 24, 2025

The woman who could read the minds of dogs

A radio adaptation of a long experimental poem by Leslie Scalapino. Scalapino’s poetry is known for powerful imagery and fantasy. Read by Maureen McIlroy. Produced by Paul Vangelisti. Includes electronic music.

August 24, 2025

Maureen McIlroy reads

Maureen McIlroy reads two short stories: “War” by Luigi Pirandello, and “Near a church” from “Let us now praise famous men” by James Agee.

August 24, 2025

Enchantress from the stars / by Sylvia Egdahl ; read by Maureen McIlroy.

Reading of Egdahl’s epic children’s story. |Missing reels 1, 22, and 23.

August 24, 2025

Lone heart mountain

A reading of Lone Heart Mountain (Los Angeles, 1972), an autobiographical account by American artist Estelle Peck Ishigo (1899 – 1990) of her experience in the Heart Mountain Relocation Center in Wyoming during WWII. Read by Maureen McIlroy in three parts: reel one contains the chapters Prologue, Introduction, Uprooting, Departure, and Lone Heart Mountain; reel…

August 24, 2025

Mrs. Dalloway / by Virginia Woolf ; read by Maureen McIlroy.

Reading of the novel.

August 24, 2025