American Women — Authors and journalists
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Kay Boyle interviewed by Eleanor Sully
Author Kay Boyle (February 19, 1902 – December 27, 1992) talks with Eleanor Sully and reads from her own work. Boyle talks about her life and work, Huey Newton, the black movement, the strike at San Francisco State College, her students, and Dr. Hayakawa. She reads her short story “Black Boy” and a long poem,…
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Conversation with Ella Leffland / interviewed by Eleanor Sully
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Single and pregnant / Ruth Pierce interviewed by Joan Churton
Ruth I. Pierce, author of “Single and Pregnant,” is interviewed by Joan Churton. The two discuss the social and psychological problems of being an unmarried pregnant woman, and how a puritanical society that shies away from discussing unwed pregnancy can do a disservice to young men and women. The book is meant to provide information…
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Life is motion / Jane Brown interviewed by Betty Roszak
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Something about women / read by Eleanor Sully; produced by Sue Blumenberg
Variations on themes from Virginia Woolf, read by Eleanor Sully with the musical support of diverse poets and performers. Co-produced by Eleanor Sully and Sue Blumenberg. Excerpts from “A room of one’s own” by Virginia Woolf, “She wept, she railed” a poem by Stanley Kunitz, and “Fourth meditation” a poem by Theodore Roethke were read…
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The lady’s maid / by Katherine Mansfield; read by Pat Franklyn
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An interview with Dr. Han Suyin /conducted by Marshall Windmiller
Marshall Windmiller interviews Dr. Han Suyin, noted writer and lecturer and author of “A Many-Splendored Thing.” She discusses her life and work, her publications on the Chinese revolution, the Vietnam war, Communism, and the new Western colonialism and imperialism which causes her to recall China in the 1920s. Marshall Windmiller was Associate Professor of International…
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An interview with Elizabeth Bowen conducted by David Watmough (Episode 3 of 4)
Author Elizabeth Bowen (1899-1973) talks with David Watmough, discussing her writings and opinions. Bowen was born in Dublin in 1899, and her first short stories were written when she was 20. Her publications include The Hotel (1927); Friends And Relations (1931); To The North (1932); The House In Paris (1935); The Heat Of The Day…
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Street haunting: a London adventure by Virginia Woolf; read by Vivian Schaeffer
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Tell me a riddle / by Tillie Olsen ; read by Virginia Maynard.