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World Peace And Revolt In Africa With Dr. W.E.B. DuBois| Produced by Pamela Burton| February 20, 1953. – CONTENT: World peace and revolt in Africa| interview conducted by Peter Huen with Dr. WEB DuBois. Discussion with DuBois centers on world peace and revolt in Africa and the problem of minorities in the US. DuBois says he will approach these subjects as social problems, acknowledging how human beings impact social problems. Discussion about the economic organization of the world and how all things depend on how labor is organized. DuBois sites Booker T. Washington as having sought the American ideal, fighting for the right to own luxuries, with no discrimination. DuBois asserts that we must realize our place as workers of the world. Discussion followed about what is happiness, balance of body, mind and spirit and concepts of beauty, line and color. – Broadcast, February 20, 1953.

First broadcast of the Pacifica station in Washington, D.C.

Writers in Performance Poetry Series is an evening of extraordinary women who read their works which include poetry, fiction, and personal essay. In part three, Jana Harris, who was director of the Writers in Performance for six years, reads several of her manuscripts which include, “Manhattan is a Second Language”.Bette Howland is another American poet and literary critic who reads several of her poems.

The program features new fiction from Lynne Sharon Schwartz, Nelson Canton, and Jamaica Kincaid.

Janet Sternberg, executive producer of the series, introduces the writers.

Schwartz is an American writer from New York who has written several novels. She has received several grants from the National Endowment for the Arts, the Guggenheim Foundation, and the New York State Foundation for the Arts. She reads “Life is an Adventure with Risks”.

Nelson Canton is another American writer from New York who has written several reviews for Time Magazine. He reads the third chapter from his comic novel, “The Devil’s Interval”.

Authors R.W.B. Lewis, Ralph Ellison, James Baldwin, and William Styron discuss modern fiction writing.|YALE REPORT. – SERIES: Writers on writing| no. 1 – Authors R.W.B. Lewis, Ralph Ellison, James Baldwin and William Styron discuss modern fiction writing. – BROADCAST: WBAI, 29 Sept. 1967.

YEARNING, RACE, GENDER, AND CULTURAL POLITICS / Bell Hooks| interviewed by Wendy White. – Dr. Bell Hooks, author and Professor of English at Oberlin College, Ohio. Hooks begins by examining the lifestyle of Black women and work, the attitude of feminists toward Black women, and the lack of Black female leadership. Hooks goes on to explore the importance of intellectual thought among working Black women (be their at home or in the “workplace”), and the stereotypical attitudes maintained in the broader society. All Blacks must become more education about how the system works, so that they can develop greater autonomy within that system. She concludes by pointing to the need for personal sacrafice, using her struggle to write as an example. Restricted distribution rights. Contains copyrighted music. – RECORDED: KPFK, 21 June 1991.