American Women — Poetry

  • Rosella Pace (Part 1 of 4)

    Alvaro Cardona-Hine introduces poet Rosella Pace, who reads from her own work. Her reading is interspersed with conversation between Pace and the host. Rosella Pace is from Minnesota, studied at University of Minnesota, and has been published in Poetry Review Tampa, Euphoria, and Monument.

  • New writers forum: May 23, 1968 (Episode 6 of 7)

    New writers forum Episode 6 of 7. Kenneth Rexroth hosts a program of young poets reading their work. The program was broadcast live from the Straight Theatre in San Francisco May 23 1968. Poets included were: Paul Saffran, Jessica von Hagedorn, Stephen Schwartz, Larry Moore, Carol Tinker, and Jon Turpin.

  • New writers forum: June 10, 1968 (Episode 7 of 7)

    New writers forum Episode 7 of 7 (appeared as “Poets Theater” in folio). George Hitchcock reading with Lennart Bruce, James Tate, Lucia Matson. This program was originally broadcast live from the Straight Theatre in San Francisco on June 10, 1968. The live performance also included a light show (!!). With this program KPFA’s New Writer’s…

  • New writers forum: November 16, 1967 (Episode 2 of 7)

    New writers forum Episode 2 of 7. Robert Duncan presides in a program of readings from the 1964 Open Space Group. Includes Ebbe Borregaard, George Stanley, Joanne Kyger, and Robert Duncan (reading the poetry of Harold Dull), each taking turns. Recorded Thursday November 16, 1967 at the Berkeley Fellowship of Unitarians.

  • New writers forum: December 28, 1967 (Episode 3 of 7)

    New writers forum Episode 3 of 7. Laura Ulewicz (May 18, 1930 – October 5, 2007) presides in a program of readings by the following poets: Sister Mary Norbert (aka Korte, Mary Norbert, 1934-), William “Bill” Anderson, Janine Pommy Vega (February 5, 1942 – December 23, 2010), and J.W. Hackett (b. 1929)–Haiku expert, and Laura…

  • Audre Lorde interviewed by Judy Simmons

    This is a recording of Judy Simmons interviewing Audre Lorde during a late-night show on WBAI in New York. In this recording, Lorde reads selections out of her book The Black Unicorn, and the two women converse with listeners who call in to discuss poetry, differences between men and women, being African-American, and other topics.…

  • The blood jet is poetry: the life and work of Sylvia Plath /Mimi Weisbord Anderson and Nanette Rainone (Part 2 of 2)

    Biographical sketch of poet Sylvia Plath (1932-1963). Program includes interview footage with Plath by Peter Orr from the British Council, recorded in London in October 1962. During this interview she reads the following poems: Stopped Dead, Daddy, Lady Lazarus, The Applicant, Medusa, A Secret, Amnesiac, Nick and the Candlestick, and A Birthday Present. Other readings…

  • Carolyn Forché reads her poetry

    Poet Carolyn Forché reads her poetry live in front of an audience. Forché, who taught at San Diego State from 1975-78 and who has worked with Amnesty International and Catholic Archbishop Oscar Romero, relates stories of her experiences in Latin America and South America between poems. Poems read are San Onofre, The Island (for Claribel…

  • Marianne Moore reads “Spenser’s Ireland”

    Poet Marianne Moore reads her poem “Spenser’s Ireland.”

  • From the Women’s Coffeehouse: A Program of Music & Poetry (Part 1 only)

    Recorded live on Saturday night, December 17, 1977, the Women’s Coffeehouse put on a benefit for the WBAI Women’s Programming. Rebecca Tron introduces the singer Suni Paz with cellist Martha Siegal, poet Sharon Thomson, poet Alice Walker, and musician Lynn Messinger. Eileen Zalisk, a women’s health and science programmer, gives a brief biography about the…