Poet Ann Darr reads selections from her two books. Ann Darr has lived in Iowa, where she was born and went to college, to New York City, where she worked as a scriptwriter for radio, and then enlisted in the Women’s Airforce Service Pilots during WWII, where she served as a military pilot. In 1970 she won the Discovery Award from the New York Poetry Center. This was followed by the publication of her first two books, St. Ann’s Gut (William Morrow, 1971) and The Myth of a Woman’s Fist (William Morrow, 1973). This program was produced by Paul Oppenheimer for the Drama & Literature Department of WBAI, New York.
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This recording has been digitally preserved as part of Pacifica’s American Women Making History and Culture: 1963-1982 grant preservation project, and is available for research and reference . Please contact the archives via telephone: 818-506-1077 or email: americanwomen at pacificaradioarchives dot org for information on how to obtain a copy of this program. Thank you.
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PRA Archive #: BC3001
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Episode: Ann Darr reads her poetry
Series: Poetry in our time.
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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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Distributor: Los Angeles : Pacifica Radio Archive, 1976.
