The poet’s craft / June Jordan ; interviewed by Elly Bulkin.

PRA Archive #:

IZ0354

Interview with poet and author June Jordan (1936 – 2002) conducted by Elly Bulkin. They discuss Jordan’s third book of poetry, New Days: Poems of Exile and Return, which was just recently published. Jordan talks about how the poetry and novels all come from the same sense of urgency on her part to speak not only to her own needs, but to those she knows are shared by many people. Jordan also reads a selection of poems from her new book. Sensitive language contained within the interview.

Date Recorded On:

1974

Date Broadcast On:

WBAI, 5 Aug. 1974.

Item Duration:

1 reel (24 min.) : 7 1/2 ips. mono.

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Station:
View Folio: WBAI Folio, July/August 1974, p. 21
Episode: The poet’s craft / June Jordan ; interviewed by Elly Bulkin.
Series: The poet’s craft
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Interviewee: June Jordan
Interviewer: Elly Bulkin
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Rights Summary:

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

Availability Notice:

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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  • pbcoreIdentifier
    • PRA Archive #: IZ0354
  • pbcoreTitle
    • Episode: The poet’s craft / June Jordan ; interviewed by Elly Bulkin.
    • Series: The poet’s craft
  • pbcoreRightsSummary
    • rightsSummary

      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

  • pbcorePublisher
    • Distributor: Los Angeles : Pacifica Radio Archive, 1974.
  • pbcoreContributor
    • Interviewee: June Jordan
    • Interviewer: Elly Bulkin