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Alice Walker reads Fame from her book You Can't Keep a Good Woman Down

Description

Alice Walker reads her short story "Fame" from her book of short stories, "You Can't Keep a Good Woman Down," at the San Francisco Women's Building on May 23, 1981. Susanne Lee and Karla Tonella recorded the reading. Walker is the author of three books of poetry: "Once" (1968), "Revolutionary Petunias and other Poems" (1973), "Good night, Willie Lee, I'll see you in the morning" (1979). She also edited an anthology of the work of Black Renaissance writer Zora Neale Hurston entitled "I Love Myself When I'm Laughing: a Zora Neale Hurston reader.".

Details

Title

Alice Walker reads Fame from her book You Can't Keep a Good Woman Down

Creator

Walker, Alice. speaker.

Lee, Susanne. producer.

Tonella, Karla. producer.

Creator

Pacifica Radio Archive.

KPFA (Radio station : Berkeley, Calif.).

Published

Los Angeles :, Pacifica Radio Archives,, 1981.

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_AZ1127_00_000_00.mp3 00:24:38

Linked Resources

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