Women authors

  • Feminist Perspectives on Pornography Conference (1978): Kathleen Barry and Susan Griffin

    Lilia Medina opens the first session of the Feminist Perspectives on Pornography Conference, held November 17-19, 1978 at Galileo High School in San Francisco, CA. The conference was organized by Women Against Violence in Pornography and Media. Medina introduces Kathleen “Kathy” Barry who speaks on “Beyond pornography: creating a vision.” Next Judith Reisman is introduced…

  • The Velvet Sledgehammer: authors Adrienne Rich and Audre Lorde in conversation (Production reel)

    Production reel (excerpts) from a conversation between Audre Lorde and Adrienne Rich and reading from Adrienne Rich, date and location unknown.  Parts of this recording (not neccesarily these excerpts) were likely used for the April 14, 1982 episode of The Velvet Sledgehammer for April 14, 1982, produced by Donna Allegra.

  • Author Fanny Howe reads from her novel Holy Smoke

    American poet, novelist and short story writer Fanny Howe (1940 – ) reads from her novel “Holy Smoke”, just out from Fiction Collective. Produced by Susan Howe.

  • A reading and interview with Diana Chang

    A reading and interview with Chinese-American novelist and poet Diana Chang. Chang first reads from her latest novel, A Perfect Love (Jove Books), speaks with Brown and then reads several of her poems. Produced by Wesley Brown.

  • Anne Forer reads her work

    Anne Forer reads from her work: an autobiographical piece (title not given on recording), “I Guess Writing Is a Little Like Life,” “The Adventure of the French Bathroom,” and “The Psychic and the Psychoanalyst.” Forer lived in the East Village and was heavily involved in feminist consciousness-raising in the 1970s. Also features a recording of…

  • Charlotte Carter reads her novel-in-progress

    Charlotte Carter, author of “Sheltered Life” (United Artists, 1975) reads the first chapter of “Lady Lie,” her novel-in-progress. This series, Prose, is a series of contemporary writing read by the authors, produced by Sharon Mattlin. Contains sensitive language.

  • Reading and interview with novelist and artist Ursule Molinaro

    Ursule Molinaro (1916 – 2000), Paris-born social-satirist, novelist, playwright, and artist reads “Eating Melons in Marseille,” from her new collection of short stories “Night School For Saints.” Later she is interviewed by host Tom Vitale.

  • Racism in the Women’s movement (Part 1 only)

    In this program, guests talk about the racism forum “Racism in the Women’s movement: how to fight it,” sponsored by the Women Writers Union and Radical Women, and held at the Women’s Building in San Francisco. They are: Suki Durham, member of both organizations, Max Regal, member of the Seattle Radical Women; Ann Finger, organizer…

  • Interview with Brett Harvey of The Feminist Press

    Eileen Zalisk interviews Brett Harvey of the Feminist Press, founded in 1970 in Baltimore, MD and now located in Old Westbury, NY. They discuss the founding and history of the press and what books the press has and is publishing.

  • Janet Sternburg: Journal from a semi-private room

    Janet Sternburg reads her autobiographical fiction, titled “Journal from a semi-private room.” Sternburg relates her experiences as an adult spending time in hospital with an injury to her arm. Her mother also goes to hospital and is operated on for cancer. She returns for a visit to her family home.