WRITING & WRITERS – Pacifica Radio Archives

Piercing the Veil: Our Voices Can Be Heard writer’s congress

Recording of the panel “Piercing the Veil: Our Voices Can Be Heard. The impact that writers can make.” Includes speeches by Barbara Ehrenreich: feminist, author of “The hearts of men,” co-chair of Democratic Socialists of America; Amber Hollibaugh: associate producer, “Neighborhood voices,” WNYC-TV, writer and associate editor, “Socialist review”; and June Jordan: poet and writer,…

August 24, 2025

Naomi Wolf, Author “misconceptions: Truth, Lies, And The Unexpected On The Journey To Motherhood.”

Naomi Wolf, Author “misconceptions: Truth, Lies, And The Unexpected On The Journey To Motherhood.” Speech 33 min., Q & A 32 min.

August 24, 2025

Eric Schloser, Author “fast Food Nation: The Dark Side Of The All-american Meal.”

Eric Schloser, Author “fast Food Nation: The Dark Side Of The All-american Meal.” Speech 37min., Q & A 25 min.

August 24, 2025

Democracy Now! September 18, 2001

INTERVIEW WITH WRITER ISABEL ALLENDE [Replay DN! November 26, 1999] |INTERVIEW WITH WRITER ISAEBEL ALLENDE [Replay of DN! for November 26, 1999]

August 24, 2025

Democracy Now! September 10, 2001

INTERVIEW WITH WRITER ISABEL ALLENDE [Replay DN! November 26, 1999] |INTERVIEW WITH WRITER ISAEBEL ALLENDE [Replay of DN! for November 26, 1999]

August 24, 2025

Democracy Now! August 28, 2001

BRAZILIAN PHOTOJOURNALIST SEBASTIAO SALGADO AND URUGUAYAN WRITER EDUARDO GALEANO ON THE INTERSECTION OF ART AND POLITICS [Replay of DN! May 28, 2001] |Today, we continue our series on Art and Revolution with two giants of literature and politics, Sabastiao Salgado and Eduardo Galeano. Perhaps more than any other living photographer, Sabastiao Salgado’s images of the…

August 24, 2025

Democracy Now! September 7, 1998

Hard Hat Interview; Howard Fast Interview |(18 Minutes) Hard Hat Interview A labor day conversation with GUEST: Mike Orfeldt, the editor of Hard Hat Magazine. (36 Minutes) Howard Fast Interview An extended interview GUEST: Howard Fast, activist, acclaimed novelist and the author of more than 86 books including BOOK: FREEDOM ROAD, BOOK: THE PASSION OF…

August 24, 2025

Kurt Vonnegut at N.Y.U..

On Fantasy Day program a recording of Kurt Vonnegut is played. The author discusses his work and life before a class at New York University. He is introduced by Ronald Gross, class instrutor. Introduces a new story to be published “The Big Space Fuck”. Other sensitive language (words) are usually edited out of talk.

August 24, 2025

Who was Gertrude Stein? / David Mauro.

A biographical sketch of the progressive woman author, Gertrude Stein.

August 24, 2025

The Negro in American culture.

An outstanding panel on Black perceptions of the American setting in art, mainly literature and drama, featuring James Baldwin, Langston Hughes, Lorraine Hansberry and Emile Capouya, and Alfred Kazin. Hansberry excoriates the “arbitrary and superficial approach to Negro character of white writers.” Baldwin describes his sense of the polarity between being a writer and a…

August 24, 2025