Sexton, Anne, 1928-1974

  • Dying to be heard: the work of Ann Sexton

    Dying to be heard: the work of Ann Sexton read by Karen Ludwig. Opens with a reading of the New York Times obituary for Jo Roman, an artist who chose voluntary suicide. This program is listed in the WBAI August 1979 Folio under the title “To die in order to be heard: women whose works…

  • Anne Sexton reads at the Poetry Center

    Anne Sexton reads some of her work before an audience at the Poetry Center of the 92nd St. YM-YWHA in New York City in 1965. Some of the poems read are: Her kind — I remember — In the deep museum — The truth the dead know — Walking in Paris — For the year…

  • Anne Sexton / produced by Ruth Hirschman.

    A tribute to the life and work of the poet Anne Sexton (1928 – 1974). Ruth Hirschman reads poet Denise Levertov’s tribute to Sexton, “Light Up the Cave,” written shortly after Sexton’s death by suicide. Also features a recording of Anne Sexton reading her poems at the YMHA in New York City. The recording of…

  • What woman and who, myself, I am / Rosalie Sorrels.

    Program of women’s songs and poetry by Sylvia Plath, Denise Levertov and Anne Sexton, read and selected by Rosalie Sorrels. She ends the program “These have been some words and some songs, by women, which reinforce the way I feel about being a woman. All except the opening remarks. Those were by a man, Henry…

  • From the poetry center. (Series Record)

    Series record describing series of poets reading at the Poetry Center. |pt.1. Anne Sexton (30 min.) — pt.2. Marianne Moore (22 min.) — pt.3. Alan Tate (35 min.) — pt.4. Kenneth Rexroth (29 min.) — pt.5. John Dos Passos (3 reels : 76 min.) — pt.6. Irving Feldman (2 reels : 46 min.) — pt.7.…