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The blood jet is poetry : the life and work of Sylvia Plath / Mimi Weisbord Anderson and Nanette Rainone.

Biographical sketch of poet Sylvia Plath (1932-1963). Program includes interview footage with Plath by Peter Orr from the British Council, recorded in London in October 1962. During this interview she reads the following poems: Stopped Dead, Daddy, Lady Lazarus, The Applicant, Medusa, A Secret, Amnesiac, Nick and the Candlestick, and A Birthday Present. Other readings included here by Plath are from 1958 and 1959, recorded in the U.S. This program also includes readings and/or interviews by poets Erica Jong, Robin Morgan, Robert Bagg, Paul Roche, and George Starbuck, interviews with filmmaker Polly Elliott and Plath's editor Frances McCullough, readings from Plath's books by Donna Dooly, and a reading from her college roommate's journal by Brett Vuolo. Also broadcast on KPFT.

Plath, Sylvia, Feminist literature., Women poets, Blood jet is poetry : the life and work of Sylvia Plath / produced by Mimi Weisbord Anderson and Nanette Rainone. **The, American Women Making History and Culture: 1963-1982 American Women -- Poetry BC0636 The blood jet is poetry : the life and work of Sylvia Plath / produced by Mimi Weisbord Anderson and Nanette Rainone.
Feminist poetry reading / Grace Paley.

Grace Paley (December 11, 1922 - August 22, 2007), feminist writer, reads poetry at the San Francisco Women's Building on June 22, 1980 in a benefit for the War Resisters League. In Part 1, Paley reads the poems Two villages, Connections: Vermont Vietnam, and That country, and a short story, The story hearer. Also performing that night was Judy Grahn (see AZ0456). Part 2 of the recording also contains Grace Paley reading at U.C. Extension, Berkeley on June 19, 1980. Paley reads the stories The used-boy raisers and Enormous changes at the last minute. Part 3 of the recording is a question and answer period from when Paley was at U.C. Berkeley (audience questions not miked). Contains sensitive language. 

Women authors, Poetry, Modern -- 20th century., Feminism, Feminist poetry reading / Grace Paley., Women poets, Paley, Grace., American Women Making History and Culture: 1963-1982 American Women -- Authors and journalists, American Women -- Poetry AZ0457 Feminist poetry reading / Grace Paley. (Part 1 of 3)
A Conversation with Grace Paley / interviewed by Lin Harris.

Grace Paley (1922 - 2007), author of the short story collections Enormous Changes at the Last Minute and Little Disturbances of Man, reads some of her short stories, and is interviewed by WBAI's Lin Rosechild Harris about her career, her life and the short story form. Paley reads the stories: Enormous changes at the last minute; A subject of childhood; The immigrant story; and Lavinia: an old story. Contains sensitive language. Produced by Lindsay Audin and recorded by Bill O'Neill.

Paley, Grace., Harris, Lin., Radio programs -- Fiction., Women authors, Conversation with Grace Paley / interviewed by Lin Harris.**A, American Women Making History and Culture: 1963-1982 American Women -- Authors and journalists IZ0032 A Conversation with Grace Paley / interviewed by Lin Harris. (Part 1 of 2)
Childbirth / interviews by Nanette Rainone.

A series of tapes of women discussing their experiences with childbirth, including the shame and abuse they've experienced at the hands of doctors. Interviewees are Lolly Hirsch, Dr. Doris Hare, author of The Cultural Warping of Childbirth, and Dorothy Tennor[sp?, name cut off at end of recording]. Hosted and produced by WBAI's Nanette Rainone. No intro.

Hirsch, Lolly, Hare, Doris, Childbirth, American Women Making History and Culture: 1963-1982 American Women -- Parenting and children BC1604 Childbirth / interviews by Nanette Rainone. (Part 1 of 2)
Feminist art workshop / Judy Chicago, Sheila De Bretteville and Arlene Raven; interviewed by Clare Loeb.

Judy Chicago and Sheila De Bretteville, artists, and Arlene Raven, art historian and critic, discuss the goals and philosophy of the Feminist Art Workshop they are in the process of forming at the Woman's Building in Los Angeles. They discuss their initial attempts at establishing similar workshops at Fresno State College and the California Institute of the Arts, and their goals for the workshop to be an inclusive art space based on women's consciousness-raising. The interviewer is Clare (Loeb) Spark.

Chicago, Judy, 1939-, Bretteville, Sheila de, Spark, Clare., Women artists, Feminist art workshop / Judy Chicago, Sheila De Brettville and Arlene Raven ; interviewed by Clare Spark Loeb., American Women Making History and Culture: 1963-1982, Raven, Arlene. American Women -- Art and artists BC1429 Feminist art workshop/Judy Chicago, Sheila De Brettville and Arlene Raven; interviewed by Clare Loeb. (Part 1 of 2)
The Ruth Benedict collective (Parts 1 and 2 only) / produced by Nanette Rainone.

The Ruth Benedict Collective is a group of 25 women in the New York area including anthropologists, students of anthropology and non-academic colleagues. Here they discuss their work as affected by feminism, particularly in the areas of matriarchy, myths and sexual behavior in sub-human primates. They also discuss how their field might have been different had they been acquainted with the women's movement. None of the speakers' full names are given in the recording. Followed by a Q&A period with the audience. Produced by Nanette Rainone. Program is on three reels; the third reel of this program is missing.

Anthropologists., Women's movement -- United States., Ruth Benedict collective / produced by Nanette Rainone.**The, American Women Making History and Culture: 1963-1982 American Women -- Anthropology and societal role, American Women -- Feminism BC1587 The Ruth Benedict collective / produced by Nanette Rainone. (Part 1 of 3)
Roadies vs. groupies / Cherry Vanilla ; interviewed by Richard Gollance.

Cherry Vanilla (née Kathleen Dorritie), publicist for David Bowie, talks with Richard Gollance of the Gay Community Services Center and Doug Weaver. They discuss Bowie's sexuality and career, male rock stars wearing makeup, and closeted gay and lesbian rock musicians.

Gollance, Richard., Rock musicians., Bowie, David, American Women Making History and Culture: 1963-1982, Cherry Vanilla American Women -- Music and musicians BC1377 Roadies vs. groupies / Cherry Vanilla ; interviewed by Richard Gollance
Does the feminist movement equal sexual suicide? / George Gilder ; interview by Jan Legnitto.

KPFA's Jan Legnitto interviews George Gilder, author of the book Sexual Suicide (Quadrangle Press, 1973). Gilder claims that women's place is primarily in the home and that if she chooses to explore new paths in both the job market and in the sexual arena that it will lead to the destruction of American society. Legnitto criticizes the content of Gilder's anti-feminist book, citing the erroneous statistics he uses to craft his arguments.

Feminism -- Social aspects., Women -- Social conditions., American Women Making History and Culture: 1963-1982, Gilder, George F., 1939-, Legnitto, Jan., Anti-feminism American Women -- Men's commentary and experiences BC1669 Does the feminist movement equal sexual suicide? / interview by Jan Legnitto.
Harlan county USA / Nancy Barker and Hart Perry

Barry Parker from WPFW's Film Exchange interviews Nancy Barker and Hart Perry, respectively the director of editing and principal cinematographer of Barbara Kopple's 1977 documentary Harlan County USA. The two discuss how they came to be involved in the film's production and about the scene in the film where strikebreakers attacked the film crew.

American Women Making History and Culture: 1963-1982, Barker, Nancy, Perry, Hart, Documentary films, Coal Miners' Strike, Harlan County, Ky., 1973, Harlan County USA (Motion picture), Kopple, Barbara American Women -- Work and unions, American Women -- Film and television WZ0047 Harlan county USA / Nancy Barker and Hart Perry (CD)
Changes / written and read by Denise Oliver.

This program features a reading of the short story "Changes" by author Denise Oliver, former program director for WPFW in Washington, DC. The story is about a young black woman who lived in a black neighborhood in Queens as a teenager and would hang out and later work in the Puerto Rican neighborhood of East Harlem (El Barrio) New York. She finds herself in her early twenties teaching young kids and struggling with the fact that people don't recognize her as black. Her broken Spanish, light skin and straight hair hide her heritage. She falls in love with a young man who is recovering from drug addiction. Includes actuality and music. Produced by Robert Frazier, operations director of WPFW, and Sigidi Braudy, music director of WPFW.

This recording is a duplicate of WZ0268.

Women, Black., Women authors, Ghettoes., American Women Making History and Culture: 1963-1982, Oliver, Denise, African American women authors, East Harlem (New York, N.Y.) American Women -- Authors and journalists, American Women -- Women of Color and discrimination WZ0019 Changes / written and read by Denise Oliver. (CD)
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