Women and the world in the 1980s: November 20, 1982-Audre Lorde

PRA Archive #:

IZ1349.09

Blanche Wiesen Cook interviews poet, essayist and civil rights activist Audre Lorde (1934-1992) about her new book, Zami: A New Spelling of My Name – A Biomythography (Persephone, 1982), from which she reads excerpts. Lorde and Cook discuss various scenes in the book, including Lorde’s relationship with her mother, her process of becoming a reader, writer and poet, and her experiences with racism as a child and as an adult. Contains listener phone calls. (This program is different from IZ1349.07)

Date Recorded On:

November 20, 1982

Date Broadcast On:

WBAI, November 20, 1982

Item Duration:

1 reel (53 min.) : 7 1/2 ips, stereo.

Total Duration (All Reels):

Station:
View Folio: WBAI Folio, November 1982, p. 7
Episode: Women and the world in the 1980s: November 20, 1982-Audre Lorde
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Contributors:
Guest: Audre Lorde
Host: Blanche Wiesen Cook
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Distributor: Distributor
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 #: IZ1349.09
  • pbcoreTitle
    • Episode: Women and the world in the 1980s: November 20, 1982-Audre Lorde
    • Series: Women and the world in the 1980s
  • 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 Archives, 1982
  • pbcoreContributor
    • Guest: Audre Lorde
    • Host: Blanche Wiesen Cook