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Quentin Crisp and Donald Carroll discuss their book "Doing It with Style"
Oct. 23, 1981 Discussing the book "Doing it with style" with the authors Donald Carroll and Quentin Crisp.
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Celia Morris Eckhardt reads from and discusses the book "Fanny Wright: Rebel in America"
May. 23, 1984 Discussing the book "Fanny Wright: rebel in America" with the author Celia Morris Eckhardt.
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Discussing the book "The civilizing process" with the author Norbert Elias
Apr. 3, 1978 Discussing the book "The civilizing process" with the author Norbert Elias.
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Florence Scala and Studs Terkel on the site of Hull House as it is dismantled ; part 1
Jul. 9, 1963 Florence Scala gives Studs Terkel a guided tour of the area around Hull House. Terkel talks to people in the neighborhood. Mr. Briata spoke of how he would go to Hull House once a week to take a bath. Mrs. Picardi liked the area because it had good schools for her kids. Together they visit Scala's favorite butcher, who will have to relocate his business after 40 years.
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Florence Scala and Studs Terkel on the site of Hull House as it is dismantled ; part 2
Jul. 9, 1963 The tour continues on Maxell and Halsted Streets. Anita is sad to be leaving a place where she was born & raised. Mrs. Belmont said the mayor promised housing but they're currently living in a hotel. A 17-year resident of Hull House, Mrs. Morales says there will never be another place like it. The general feeling from everyone was that of sadness in having to leave their homes and businesses.
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Nelson Algren and Mario De Vecchi discuss ; part 2
Jun. 17, 1961 In this continued discussion of “La Dolce Vita,” Nelson Algren and Mario Devecchi discuss the film’s critical reception, the contrast it draws between humor and bitterness, and the religious and moral nature of the film. Includes part of the 36th issue of the Fiction Review, featuring host Bob Lefley, a review of the program’s first series of interviews with numerous authors, and a biography of writer Howard Nemerov.