Sontag, Susan, 1933-2004

  • Life, Liberty And The Pursuit Of Happiness (Episode 15 of 15, Part 1 of 2)

    Life, Liberty And The Pursuit Of Happiness – SERIES: Life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness| no. 15. – Allen Ginsberg, Susan Sontag, Murray Bookchin, and Ti-Grace Atkinson discuss the American revolution and its legacy. – BROADCAST: WBAI, 1975.

  • Life, Liberty And The Pursuit Of Happiness (Episode 15 of 15, Part 2 of 2)

    Life, Liberty And The Pursuit Of Happiness – SERIES: Life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness| no. 15.- Allen Ginsberg, Susan Sontag, Murray Bookchin, and Ti-Grace Atkinson discuss the American revolution and its legacy. – BROADCAST: WBAI, 1975.

  • Interview with Susan Sontag

    Author Susan Sontag (1933 – 2004) is interviewed by WBAI’s Nanette Rainone in October 1973. They discuss the resignation of Spiro Agnew, the Watergate scandal and the Irving Committee, the false rhetoric of the “drug war”, the ties between patriarchy and fascism, and the ideology behind sexual liberation. Produced by Nanette Rainone and Paul McIsaac.

  • An Evening for solidarity : a news report / produced by Robert Knight.

    Includes statements by Ralph Schoenman, E.L. Doctorow, Dave Skocik, Paul Robeson, Jr., Jerzy Milewski, Daniel Singer, Susan Sontag, Alexander Ehrlich. Music by Allen Ginsberg.|AN EVENING FOR SOLIDARITY: A NEWS REPORT / produced by Robert Knight. – News report of An Evening for Solidarity. Features statemtns by Ralph Schoeman, E.L. Doctorow, Dave Skocik, Paul Robeson, Jr.,…

  • An Evening for solidarity / produced by Robert Knight.

    American Workers and Artists for Solidarity rally. Speeches by Susan Sontag, E.L. Doctorow, Studs Terkel, Gore Vidal, Kurt Vonnegut, Daniel Singer, Pete Comarata, and others. Ralph Schoeman moderator.

  • Nathalie Sarraute at the YMWHA Poetry Center / introduced by Susan Sontag.

    French novelist and dramatist Nathalie Sarraute (1900 – 1999) discusses her work and her literary ideology in a talk given at the Poetry Center of the YM-YWHA in New York City. Sarraute talks about the “nouveau roman” (New Novel) school of literature to which she belongs, which called for novelists to search for new narrative…

  • Novel writing / John Hawkes and Susan Sontag.

    Discussion of the novel as an art form. Includes readings. |r.1. Second skin / John Hawkes reads selections from his novel (ca. 31 min.) — r.2. Two Novelists / John Hawkes and Susan Sontag discuss novel writing (ca. 44 min.).

  • Fact in fiction / moderated by Eric Bentley.

    Alfred Kazin, Susan Sontag, and Robert Lowell discuss the portrayal of real life in fiction.|FACT IN FICTION / moderated by Eric Bentley. – Alfred Kazin, Susan Sontag, and Robert Lowell discuss the portrayal of real life in fiction. – RECORDED: 20 Mar. 1964. BROADCAST: WBAI, 6 May 1964.

  • From Coconut Grove / Kenneth Anger and Susan Sontag.

    John Cott, host of the Coconut Grove show on KPFA, and co-hosts Tom Luddy and Juris Svendsen interview Kenneth Anger about his latest film, “Lucifer Rising.” At the time of the interview, Anger had not yet begun shooting Lucifer Rising; he discusses his vision for the film as a sequel to “Scorpio Rising”, talks about…