American Women — Poetry

  • Erica Jong reads her poetry

    Erica Jong reads her poems. Included are Mother, at 2:47 Paper Cuts, at 5:14 The Evidence, at 10:13 For Marriage, at 11:47 The Sendoff. Some of these poems were published in her book of poetry “Half-Lives” in June 1973. This recording may be from that time. Contains sensitive language.

  • Rukeyser Reading Series: Grace Paley and Allen Ginsberg interviewed by Dennis Bernstein

    Rukeyser Reading Program on the Air. Part one: [30 min.] Dennis Bernstein interviews Grace Paley about her fight against the nuclear madness in America. She talks about the big lie about civil defense and the history of struggle against the evil effects of nuclear science and what can be done. Need for renewable resource living.…

  • Carolyn Forché reads from A Country Between Us

    Caroly Forche (b. 1950), poet and human rights activist, reads from her second book of poetry “A Country Between Us”, which reflects on her experiences in El Salvador. She is heard on Writers Block [a poetry magazine of the air] program hosted by Cornelius Eady and Shelly Messing. Her reading was recorded at the Brooklyn…

  • Erica Jong reads her poems / produced by Mimi Anderson

    First of a series of readings of women’s poetry produced by Mimi Anderson. Erica Jong reads her poems from her book, “Fruits and Vegetables” and “The Objective Woman,” and describes her inspirations.

  • Robin Morgan reads Network Of The Imaginary Mother (Part 2 of 2)

    Robin Morgan reads “The Network Of The Imaginary Mother” from her new book, Lady of the Beasts. Produced by Robin Morgan. Part two.

  • Marge Piercy reading her poems

    Marge Piercy, poet and novelist, reads her poems at Goddard College, Plainfield, VT and talks about poetry. She authored the novels Small Changes and Woman on the Edge of Time, and several books of poetry, including To Be of Use, and Living in the Open. Poems read: Vulture, To Be of Use, Concerning the Mathematician,…

  • Poetry reading to benefit Out & Out Books

    Blanche Wiesen Cook hosts a poetry reading that took place May 11th of this year (1978) to benefit Out & Out Books, a feminist press. Poets include Charlotte Carter, June Jordan, Sarah Miles, Marilyn Hacker, Patricia Jones, Esther Newton, and Eugenie Urcell[sp?]. Produced by Donna Allegra.

  • Judy Grahn: Poetry and interview

    Laura Knowles interviews poet, writer and author Judy Grahn (1940 – ). Grahn talks about her youth in Las Cruces, New Mexico, her impetus for writing The Common Woman Poems, and her recent interest in exploring women’s history. The interview is interspersed with Grahn reading from her own books of poetry, such as She Who,…

  • The poetry of Joanna Brouk, Felicia Miller, and Lauren Pillsbury

    The poetry of Joanna Brouk, Felicia Miller and Lauren Pillsbury, interspersed with music by Joanna Brouk. Broadcast on Christmas Day, 1972. Rebirth of Innocence. Produced by Joanna Brouk.

  • Poet Rosalie Moore reads her work

    Bay Area poet Rosalie Moore (1910-2000) reads from her work and talks about her life. Poems read include Fog Crossing, Catalog, The Mind’s Disguise, Fear by Hanging, Dirge for the Living, and excerpts from her book Year of the Children (1977).