Wild Women: poetry for the Joan Little case

Program Title:
Wild Women: poetry for the Joan Little case
PRA Archive #: 
IZ1376
Description: 

Poetry reading: "Wild Women, Joan Little case". Notes: All women's audience, no intros, 1976. First reader unannounced, Alison Colbert? She reads two poems "Miss Rosy" by Lucille Clifton, and her own poem "How are the girls doing?" from her book of poetry "Let the Circle Be Unbroken." Second reader unannounced, Joan Gibbs? She reads three poems, first about a "bag lady" she met on the street, second a poem "To the True Witches Among Us," third called "Sunday Thoughts." Next is a break (a slideshow). Third speaker is Florynce Kennedy. She speaks of how she and Emily Goodman have filed an amicus brief to the Governor of New York asking that Joan Little not be extradited to North Carolina, and they speak of the current state of her case. Even though Little been acquitted of murder, she is still being held as a political prisoner in New York.

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Date Recorded on: 
ca. 1977
Date Broadcast on: 
WBAI, ca. 1977
Item duration: 
00:30:00
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Distributor: 
Los Angeles : Pacifica Radio Archives, 1977
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
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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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