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  • A conversation with May Sarton

    Dec. 29, 1976

    A 1976 interview with the feminist novelist and poet is rebroadcast after her passing in 1995.*Please note: some sections have been edited out from the original recording due to copyright considerations 

  • An interview with John Frederick Nims ; part one

    Jun. 23, 1981

    The poet, educator, and editor joins Studs to discuss his process for selecting the English and American poems that made up the Harper Anthology of Poetry.*Please note: some sections have been edited out from the original recording due to copyright considerations 

  • An interview with John Frederick Nims ; part three

    Jun. 30, 1981

    Studs and John Nims continue along in their tour of the poems that make up the Harper Anthology of Poetry.*Please note: some sections have been edited out from the original recording due to copyright considerations 

  • An interview with Stanley Kunitz

    Nov. 19, 1978

    The American poet describes a lonely childhood that was made bearable by his discovery of literature and how the discipline of reading and writing has sustained him throughout his long career.*Please note: some sections have been edited out from the original recording due to copyright considerations 

  • Marjorie Kellogg writer and social worker discusses her second novel "Like The Lions Tooth"

    1975

    Marjorie Kellogg writer and social worker discusses her second novel "Like The Lions Tooth". The discussion begins with a reading of the first stanza of a poem by W.B. Yeats "Crazy Jane Grown Old Looks at the Dancers". Studs and Marjorie Kellogg both read excerpts from her novel "Like the Lions Tooth", as they discuss the book.

  • Murray Kempton talks with Studs Terkel

    Sep. 13, 1973

    Murray Kempton discusses race relation in the United State of America and the Black Panther Trial in New York. Murray also discusses his book, originally published as, "The Briar Patch: The People of New York versus Lumumba Shakur, et al." This book was reprinted as "The Briar Patch: The Trial of the Panther 21" in 1997.

  • Jane Kennedy talks with Studs Terkel

    Oct. 14, 1971

    Jane Kennedy talks about her political views and her view of society as a whole. She also discusses her experience in an all women's prison and how the prison system dehumanizes the inmates.

  • William Ball discusses the American Conservatory Theater

    Aug. 16, 1966

    William Ball discusses the American Conservatory Theater in Pittsburg, PA. They discuss in great detail how different the company is. Specifically that they keep themselves learning and perfecting the classic style. Dick Christiansen theater and film critic joins the conversation.

  • Jane Kennedy talks about her anti-war activism, crimes and experience in prison

    Nov. 6, 1975

    Jane Kennedy (part of the group Beaver 55) went to prison for the scrambling of magnetic tapes at the Dow Chemical napalm producing plant in Midland, Michigan, and, a week later, the destruction of draft files in Indianapolis, Indiana. Both companies were profited from the Vietnam War.

  • An interview with Alison Lurie

    Aug. 9, 1974

    Discussing the novel, The War Between the Tates, and interviewing the author Alison Lurie.*Please note: some sections have been edited out from the original recording due to copyright considerations 

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