Adrienne Rich reading her poetry at the Women's Experimental Theater

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Adrienne Rich reading her poetry at the Women's Experimental Theater
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IZ0885
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Adrienne Rich (1929-2012) reads her poetry at Women's Experimental Theater in New York City. Sondra Segal comments on the Theater's play "The Daughter's Cycle" and the current theme, "Woman's Body and Other Natural Resources." Clare Coss introduces Rich. Rich reads from her current book of poetry, "A Wild Patience Has Taken Me This Far: Poems 1978-1981." Poems include: "What is possible?", "For Memory", "Grandmothers", "Killers of the Dream", "Turning the Wheel", "Hohokam", "Apparition", "Mary Jane Colter, 1904". Five seconds of white leader at around 00:42:20, followed by applause.

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1981
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WBAI, 1981
Item duration: 
1 reel (43 min.) : 7 1/2 ips. mono.
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Los Angeles : Pacifica Radio Archives, 1981
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RESTRICTED. Permissions, licensing requests, Curriculum Initiative, Campus Campaign and all other inquiries should be directed to: Mark Torres, Archives Director, 800-735-0230, Mark@PacificaRadioArchives.org
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