Newton, Esther

  • Poetry reading to benefit Out & Out Books

    Blanche Wiesen Cook hosts a poetry reading that took place May 11th of this year (1978) to benefit Out & Out Books, a feminist press. Poets include Charlotte Carter, June Jordan, Sarah Miles, Marilyn Hacker, Patricia Jones, Esther Newton, and Eugenie Urcell[sp?]. Produced by Donna Allegra.

  • The Velvet Sledgehammer: January 17, 1979

    Author Esther Newton reads selections from her unpublished novel “Alice-Hunting,” about a character who idolizes Gertrude Stein. Judy Pasternak interviews Noreen Connell, outgoing president of the National Organization for Women, New York chapter (NOW-NY) and Kathy Rauch[sp?], candidate in the upcoming elections for NOW-NY, in the first in an ongoing series on women’s organizations. Program…