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John Cage at Stanford - 80th birthday

Here Comes Everybody: Overpopulation and Art, a speech given by John Cage as part of a visiting scholar program at Stanford University, 28 Jan. 1992. Included are a question and answer session, followed by a presentation on John Cage by Norman O. Brown entitled "Dionysus in 1992."

Ntozake Shange: Sassafrass, Cypress & Indigo

Author Ntozake Shange reads from her novel, Sassafrass, Cypress & Indigo (St. Martin's Press, 1982) at Cody's bookstore in Berkeley, CA in September 1982. Shange describes the book before reading excerpts from it and is then interviewed by KPFA's Ginny Z. Berson. Reading at Cody's recorded by Pam Scola.

June Jordan Interviewed by Paris Williams

June Jordan, African American feminist poet and essayist, interviewed on International Women's Day at KPFA in 1986. She speaks about defining women's issues, and political activists including Winnie Mandela and Rigoberta Menchu Tum. She talks about her book “On Call: New Political Essays” and reads recent political poems. Recorded in 1986.
Recording starts with 35 seconds of loud tone.

Anais Nin at the University of California at Berkeley

Writer and diarist Anais Nin answers questions from audience members at UC Berkeley, touching on topics such as art, liberation, her diaries and other writings, acceptance from the establishment, and feminism. Includes musical performance by Richard Stoltzman of a solo clarinet movement from Messiaen's Quartet for the End of Time.

Your place is no longer with us / Ellen Sebastian

Writer and director Ellen Sebastian (Chang) discusses her debut play, Your Place is No Longer with Us, the coming of age story of a 10-year-old biracial girl with unnamed interviewer. The audio quality of the tape is poor. Tape box information does not refer to contents of tape.

Lesbian purges in the military / produced by Karla Tonella

Panel with four women who were in the military from 1946 until 1980 including Judy Grahn, author of "The Common Woman Poems"; Pat Bond from the film "Word is Out"; Sharon Isabel, author of "Yesterday's Lessons"; Debra DeBont of the Women Veterans Information Network; and moderated by Sabrina Sojourner.

The Art of the Performer: Budapest Quartet

The Art of the Performer: The Budapest Quartet Haydn: Quartet in G major, OP. 54, No. 1 Beethoven: Quintet in C major for strings Op. 29 Tchaikovsky: Quartet No. 2, F major Op. 22
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