Authors, American.
| PRA Archive # |
Title |
Description | Genre | Broadcast Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BB3363 | A Conversation with Nelson Algren / interviewed by Richard Elman and Gene McGarr. |
Author discusses his life and work.|A CONVERSATION WITH NELSON ALGREN / interviewed by Richard... |
WBAI, 25 May 1963. | |
| BC2666 | A Tribute to I.F. Stone. |
Actuality of the presentation of the Eleanor Roosevelt Peace Award to I.F. Stone. Includes... |
WBAI, 15 Nov. 1975. | |
| BC2095 | A Tribute to Nathanael West / produced by Paul Vangelisti. |
Diane Wakoski, Joel Kurtzman, Paul Vangelisti, Jim Brodey and David Walley read selections from... |
KPFK, 28 Nov. 1974. | |
| AZ0307 | Algonquin Woods / by Bob Callahan. |
Author reads from his book. |
KPFA, July 1, 1979. | |
| BB4449.03 | An Appreciation of Huckleberry Finn : Mark Twain's style / Alfred Kazin. |
Talk on the powerfully innocent social commentary of Mark Twain.|AN APPRECIATION OF HUCKLEBERRY... |
KPFA, 22 May 1963. | |
| BC2347 | An Edward Dahlberg miscellany / interviewed by Charles Ruas. |
Author of Because I Was Flesh discusses his work and career. |
WBAI, 30 June 1975. | |
| BB3971 | An Interview with Kurt Vonnegut, Jr. / interviewed by Bill Henderson. |
Author discusses his views about time, good and evil, the end of the world, and reads selections... |
WBAI, 8 Nov. 1970. | |
| BC2075 | An Interview with Ring Lardner, Jr. : the blacklisted years. |
Lardner discusses his years as one of the Hollywood ten and his investigation by the House... |
WBAI, 197-. | |
| BB1103 | An Interview with Rumer Godden / interviewed by Bill Butler. |
Author discusses her work and opinions.|AN INTERVIEW WITH RUMER GODDEN / interviewed by Bill... |
KPFA, 13 Dec. 1958. | |
| BB0834 | Criticism of F.R. Leavis / Rene Wellek. |
Talk on Leavis' writings. |
KPFA, 29 Aug. 1963. | |
| BB0958 | Dylan Thomas reads. |
Writer reads from his own works. |
KPFA, 15 May 1952. | |
| BB0732.19 | Early California writers / produced by Byron Bryant. |
On Waukeen Miller, Bret Hart, and Ambrose Bierce, and their popularization of California. |
KPFA, 4 May 1959. | |
| BB0732.10 | Edgar Allen Poe / produced by Byron Bryant. |
On Poe as an outsider to the mainstream of American letters. |
KPFA, 1 Dec. 1958. | |
| BC0437.03 | Ezra Pound / Everett Frost and Georg Gugelberger. (Episode 3 of 5) |
Discussion of Pound's philosophy of internationalism. Includesrecordings of Pound reading... |
KPFK, 15 Nov. 1971. | |
| BB3799.01-.02 | Ezra Pound : readings and recollections. |
Author discusses his life and work; includes readings. ,r.1. Youth and associations / his early life in Paris and London, and his association with Yeats... |
WBAI, 5 June 1963. | |
| BB0732.28 | F. Scott Fitzgerald / produced by Byron Bryant. |
On the underpinnings of Fitzgerald's writings. |
KPFA, 8 Feb. 1960. | |
| BC0558.04 | For all your ills I give you laughter / produced by Cynthia Sears. |
Lawrence Durrell, Lawrence Clark Powell, and RobertSnyder read selections from Miller's... |
KPFK, 26 Jan. 1972. | |
| BB0732.26 | Frank Morris, Gertrude Atherton, and Jack London / produced by Byron Bryant. |
On the heyday of California writings during the late 1800's. |
KPFA, 11 Jan. 1960. | |
| BB0732.12 | Henry David Thoreau / produced by Byron Bryant. |
On Thoreau's philosophy and lifestyle. |
KPFA, 30 Jan. 1959. | |
| BB0732.24 | Henry James / produced by Byron Bryant. |
On the pro-American aspects of James' writings. |
KPFA, 19 Oct. 1959. | |
| BB3377 | Henry James and the Jacobites / Maxwell Geismar ; interviewed by Richard Elman. |
Critical examination of James' impact on literature. |
WBAI, 12 Dec. 1963. | |
| BC1105 | Henry Miller : finding his voice in Paris. |
Reading from Tropic of Cancer, and an actuality of an award ceremony in Paris making Miller a... |
KPFK, 3 Jan. 1972. | |
| BB0732.15 | Herman Melville / produced by Byron Bryant. |
On the positive and negative aspects of Melville's writings. |
KPFA, 9 Mar. 1959. | |
| BB0732.22 | Howells and realism / produced by Byron Bryant. |
On the rise of American realism, particulary in the works of William Dean Howells, Ed Howe, and... |
KPFA, 2 Oct. 1959. | |
| BB0743 | J.T. Farrell. interviewed by Bill Butler. |
Discussion of his life and writing. |
KPFA, 23 May 1959. | |
| BB0781 | James Joyce / Brendan Behan. |
Talk on the life and work of the American author. |
KPFA, 22 Apr. 1962. | |
| BB4621 | Jehovah's child : the case of Deena Metzger |
Excerpts from a press conference that was held on Wednesday, September 17, 1969 concerning the... |
American Women -- Poetry, American Women -- Education | KPFK, 19 Sept. 1969. |
| BC1568 | Kurt Vonnegut at N.Y.U.. |
On Fantasy Day program a recording of Kurt Vonnegut is played. The author discusses his work... |
KPFT, 1970. | |
| AZ0337 | Lay my body on the line / by Floyd Salas ; produced by Michael Butler. |
Salas reads from his novel about a boy growing up in modern Oakland. |
KPFA, Aug. 19, 1979. | |
| BB1016.01-.20 | Letter from Aix / Kenneth Rexroth. |
Series of talks. ,reel 1 missing. |
KPFA, 20 Nov. 1958-26 Mar. 1959. | |
| BC2720.01-.04 | Major Contemporary Writers: Donald Barthelme / interviewed by Charles Ruas andJudith Sherman |
Author reads and discusses selections from several of his novels and short stories. ... ,r.1-2. The Dead father, I bought a little city, The Great hug, The Agreement, Nothing: a... |
WBAI, 197-. | |
| BB0732.23 | Mark Twain / produced by Byron Bryant. |
On the author who characterized frontier humor. |
KPFA, 2 Oct. 1959. | |
| BB4956 | Master of fantasy and fable / Robert Nathan ; interviewed by Francis Roberts. |
Author discusses his life and work. |
KPFK, 29 Oct. 1964. | |
| BC1918 | Memory Book / by Jerry Lucas ; interviewed by Charlie Park. |
Author discusses his book and answers phone-in questions from listeners. |
KPFT, 3 June 1974. | |
| BC0559.01-.05 | Millerabilia / written and read by Henry Miller. |
Author reads selections from his own works. ,pt.1. To Paint is to Love Again, Uterine Hunger, Reunion in Brooklyn, and Stand Still Like a... |
KPFK, 4-25 Jan. 1972. | |
| BC2502 | Mumbo Jumbo / Ishmael Reed. |
Author reads from his novel. |
KPFA, 25 July 1973. | |
| BB0732.14 | Nathanial Hawthorne / produced by Byron Bryant. |
On the moral basis of his transendentalist writings. |
KPFA, 23 Feb. 1959. | |
| BB5367 | Norman Mailer. |
Discussion about the author and his work. |
WBAI, 9 Dec. 1964. | |
| BC0437.04 | Paterson V : by William Carlos Williams / produced by Cynthia Sears. (Episode 4 of 5) |
Dramatic reading and analysis of the conclusion of Williams' epic poem. |
KPFK, 22 Nov. 1971. | |
| IZ0025 | Pon-ton / Steve Katz and Tom Ahern ; produced by Mike Sappol. |
Readings with recorded music by Sam the man Taylor, the Drifters, B. Bumble and the Stingers,... |
WBAI, July 6, 1976. | |
| BC0437.05 | Prosody and poetic consciousness / Allen Ginsberg. (Episode 5 of 5) |
Talkon the development of American prophetic writing in the works of Whitman, Pound, and... |
KPFK, 29 Nov. 1971. | |
| BC0437.01 | Ralph Waldo Emerson / Dr. Eugene Blustein. (Episode 1 of 5) |
Talk on the prophetic aspects of Emerson's poetry. Includes readings from Emerson's... |
KPFK, 1 Nov. 1971. | |
| BB0732.11 | Ralph Waldo Emerson / produced by Byron Bryant. |
On Emerson's important contribution to the development of an American identity. |
KPFA, 12 Jan. 1959. | |
| BC1999 | Ray Bradbury / interviewed by Barbara Cady. |
Science fiction author discusses family life, urban planning, love and death.|RAY BRADBURY /... |
KPFK, 16 Sept. 1974. | |
| BC2896 | Remember the dreamers / Ray Bradbury. |
Author of The Martian Chronicles speaks about the responsibility of man in his exploration of... |
KPFK, 12 Nov. 1975. | |
| BB0922.02 | Robert Frost as an American writer / Reuben Brower. |
Talk on Frost's transcendence of typical New England writing. |
KPFA, 9 Nov. 1966. | |
| BC3106 | Selections from Chimera / written and read by John Barth. |
American author reads selections from his nove. |
WBAI, 6 Apr. 1976. | |
| AZ0595 | Sports in America / by James Michener ; interviewed by Ted Vincent. |
On Michener's book. |
KPFA, July 16, 1977. | |
| BC2662 | Steps / written and read by Jerzy Kosinski. |
Kosinski reads and discusses passages from his second novel. |
WBAI, 197-. | |
| AZ0507 | Studs Terkel at Cody's Books in Berkeley. |
A talk on power and powerlessness, his literary career, and interviewing styles. Question and... |
KPFA, Oct. 13, 1980. | |
| BB4924 | The Hero of the code / read by David Ossman. |
Reading of a Los Angeles Times obituary for Ernest Hemingway. |
KPFK, 28 Aug. 1962. | |
| BB0732.25 | Theodore Dreiser / produced by Byron Bryant. |
On the social aspects of Dreiser's novels. |
KPFA, 16 Nov. 1959. | |
| BC0437.02 | Walt Whitman / Jascha Kessler. (Episode 2 of 5) |
Kessler reads and discusses the prophetic nature of Whitman's writings. |
KPFK, 8 Nov. 1971. | |
| BB0732.13 | Walt Whitman / produced by Byron Bryant. |
On his romantic writing and its impact on American letters. |
KPFA, 9 Feb. 1959. | |
| BB0732.07 | Washington Irving / produced by Byron Bryant. |
On his contribution to American literature. |
KPFA, 10 Nov. 1958. | |
| BB4449.05 | William Dean Howells and the novel of manners / Alfred Kazin. |
Talk on Howells' focus on customs and manners. |
KPFA, 5 June 1963. | |
| BB0922.03 | William Faulkner as an American writer / Kenneth Brooks. |
Talk on Faulkner's folk-based writings about the deep South. |
KPFA, 9 Nov. 1966. | |
| BB0878 | World of Ray Bradbury / interviewed by Francis Roberts. |
Discussion of his work and views of the world.|WORLD OF RAY BRADBURY / interviewed by Francis... |
KPFK, 7 Dec. 1964. | |
| BB4466.01-.09 | Writers at work / interviews by Frank Roberts. |
Authors discuss their lives, objectives, and current works. ,r.1. Richard Lid (45 min.) -- r.2. C.Y. Lee (51 min.) -- r.3. Ben Maddow (55 min.) -- r.4.... |
KPFK, Nov. 1965. |
