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The star pit (Episode 2 of 29, Part 1 of 2)
A dramatic reading of the science fiction novella by author and critic Samuel R. Delany. Adapted for radio by the author, who also acts as narrator, it is a poetic and nightmarish vision of the future, with a conjectural view of the changes in social mores brought by an extra-solar expansion of humanity. The complex…
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Esquire Writers Symposium (CD)
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Esquire Writers Symposium -1958 (CD)
The Esquire Writers Symposium was initiated at Columbia University in 1958 and followed up in 1959 at the State University of Iowa. The topic discussed in 1958 is the role of the writer in America. Panelists were Wright Morris, Leslie Fiedler, Dorothy Parker, and Saul Bellow. The following year, the panel was Ralph Ellison, Mark…
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Timpanist Elayne Jones / produced by Charles Amirkhanian.
Charles Amirkhanian interviews timpanist Elayne Jones. She discusses her career, the problems of Blacks in American symphonies, and the influence of Black African music on Western European music. Includes excerpts of performances (Elayne Jones plays timpani on all of these selections). Tchaikovsky “1812 Overture”- Morton Gould, RCA Symphony Orch. Douglas Moore “Ballad of Baby Doe”…
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WBAI Special Collection 4 GB Jump Drive
WBAI – SPECIAL COLLECTION JUMP DRIVE SEPTEMBER 2015 Archive number: PZ0971 WBAI Women’s Programs IZ1460 ERA countdown with Bela Abzug and others 1981 IZ1462 Three Women Painters 1972 Ann Sutton IZ1463 Women and Family in America The revolution to the Present IZ1464 Women in the trades Stone Masonry IZ1466 Chinese Hawaiian Actor Writer…
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From the Vault 454: Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. in London, 1964
This week on From the Vault we proudly feature a recently discovered and previously unknown recording of a speech by Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. The recording has been verified as the only known recording of the 62-minute speech made in London on December 7, 1964, and is thought to be the only known record…
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Martin Luther King, Jr. Special Collection MP3 Disc
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Timpanist Elayne Jones (Part 2 of 2) / produced by Charles Amirkhanian.
Charles Amirkhanian interviews timpanist Elayne Jones. She discusses her career, the problems of Blacks in American symphonies, and the influence of Black African music on Western European music. Includes excerpts of performances. Selections of music in this recording include: Tchaikovsky “1812 Overture”- Morton Gould, RCA Symphony Orch. Douglas Moore “Ballad of Baby Doe” (Overture and…
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The star pit (Episode 2 of 29, Part 2 of 2)
A dramatic reading of the science fiction novella by author and critic Samuel R. Delany. Adapted for radio by the author, who also acts as narrator, it is a poetic and nightmarish vision of the future, with a conjectural view of the changes in social mores brought by an extra-solar expansion of humanity. The complex…
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The star pit (Episode 2 of 29, Part 1 of 2)
A dramatic reading of the science fiction novella by author and critic Samuel R. Delany. Adapted for radio by the author, who also acts as narrator, it is a poetic and nightmarish vision of the future, with a conjectural view of the changes in social mores brought by an extra-solar expansion of humanity. The complex…
