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Marge Piercy

  • 00:35:47

Description

Marge Piercy, poet and novelist, reads her poems and talks about poetry. She announces she has four books of poetry: Breaking Camp, Hard Loving, To Be of Use, and Living in the Open (at press now); and three novels: Going Down Fast (about urban renewal in Chicago), Dance Eagle to Sleep (60s youth movement) and Small Changes (10 years in life of two women friends). Reads and comments on her poems and on poetry. Poems read include "A Work of Artifice," "To Be of Use," "Athena and the Front Lines," "High Frequency," "The Friend," "Simple Song," "Gracious Goodness," "Burying blues for Janis," and "The Provocation of the Dream." Likely a copy of "Reading and Thoughts" by Marge Piercy, recorded and distributed by Everett/Edwards Inc. (Deland, FL) as part of their "Women's Studies Series" series of recordings.

Details

Title

Marge Piercy

Creator

Piercy, Marge. speaker.

Creator

Pacifica Radio Archive.

KPFA (Radio station : Berkeley, Calif.).

Published

Los Angeles :, Pacifica Radio Archives,, 1976.

Extent

1 online resource.

Repository

Pacifica Radio Archives.

Reproduction Note

Electronic reproduction.

Grant Information

Sponsored by the National Historical Publications and Records Commission at the National Archives and Records Administration as part of Pacifica's American Women Making History and Culture: 1963-1982 grant preservation project.

Usage Statement

RESTRICTED.

Tracks

PRA_NHPRC1_AZ1095_00_000_00.mp3 00:35:47

Linked Resources

View library catalog record.