Neighborhood Voices: Sonny Wainwright Interview (Tape 5)
Sonny Wainwright provides discourse about the privilege of marriage as it pertains to illness and becoming a parent. She explains her choice to "live straight" for several years so that she could have a child. It was not until she met Audre Lorde that she realized she had "choices", whom she called her teacher. Wainwright also discusses the need for lesbian illness support groups due to unjust experiences brought on by the illegality of same-sex marriage.
Neighborhood Voices
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English
VID018
Neighborhood Voices: Audre Lorde Interview (Tape 4)
In the final part of the Old Neighborhood Voices interview with Audre Lorde, she wraps up the talk with a discussion on the drama of lesbian life in her youth. She talks about the difficulties and joys of living in community with lesbians in the 1950s and how being on the edge of society gives you a different worldview. She stresses how everyone should view themselves as an outsider so they don't lose perspective on the true sense of power structures at play in the world.
Neighborhood Voices
April 30, 1985
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VID013
Neighborhood Voices: Audre Lorde Interview (Tape 2)
In the second part of the Old Neighborhood Voices interview with Audre Lorde, she talks about living around the Village in the 1950s - from the migrators who came into the gay bars just for the weekend, to the imagined mythos of the Village as a place for anyone outside of white, middle-class America, and to the conflicts between the older residents and the newcomers to the area. Lorde touches on what her apartments were like and the rent situation of the area, as well as scrouging together food to share with her communities as a poor person. Then, Lorde discusses the multiple lives lesbians of the time had to live and the incredible gift that integrating every aspect of herself was as she got older. She touches on the Stonewall Riot, as well as the way she had to stop arbitrarily dividing aspects of herself to make others more comfortable.
Neighborhood Voices
April 30, 1985
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English
VID011
Neighborhood Voices: Audre Lorde Interview (Tape 1)
Old Neighborhood Voices interviews Audre Lorde about living as a young Black lesbian in the Lower East Side (now referred to as the East Village). She discusses the interconnectedness of the lesbian communities in the neighborhood, the imperfect support systems they offered each other when there were no other options, and the pressures of living on the edge of society. Lorde also discusses the racism that was rampant in the gay community in the Village, and how the few black lesbians within these communities were met with apathy when discussing political matters. She also discusses the effects of McCarthyism in the 1950s on her lesbian communities, as well as how she gained political consciousness growing up with the Brown v. Board of Education case, as well as by living near the Women’s House of Detention in the Lower East Side and seeing Black incarcerated women for the first time.
Neighborhood Voices
April 30, 1985
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VID010
Lesbian Nation, November 20, 1972
Lesbian Community, Poetry, Lesbian Activism
A re-broadcast of a poetry reading with Audre Lorde on Staten Island. The poem read include "Times Change and We Change with Them or We Seem to have Lost Touch with Each Other," "Martha," and "The Maiden, and Song."
Lesbian Herstory Archives
1972-11-20
English
LHA_Audio_010
Lesbian Nation, November 20, 1972
Reading from 13th Moon Series, 1982
Lesbians [sh85076160] Feminists [sh85047761] African American feminists [sh2004002861] African American women--Poetry [sh2007100767]
Side A : A poetry reading from Audre Lorde
March on Washington / Pacifica Program Service, 1979 (Tape 3 of 4)
Minorities--Civil rights [sh98005421] Sexism [sh85120678] Racism--United States [sh2008110339] Labor movement--United States--History--20th century [sh2009128353] Lesbian community [sh95005870] Gay community [sh91003435]
March on Washington on October 14, 1979, which dealt with the civil rights of the gay and lesbian community. Participants included Audre Lorde (who can be heard on side A about 80% through), Allen Ginsberg, Peter Orlovsky, Ted Weiss, Gotham, Tom Robinson, Howard Wallace, Kate Millet, and Flo Kennedy. Key topics included civil and human rights, the labor movement, racism, sexism, and love. Short technical glitches occur on Side A.
Side A (mp3) http://herstory.prattsils.org/mp3_files/spw1160_A.mp3 Side A (wav) http://herstory.prattsils.org/wav_files/spw1160_A.wav
Side B (mp3) http://herstory.prattsils.org/mp3_files/spw1160_B.mp3 Side B (wav) http://herstory.prattsils.org/wav_files/spw1160_B.wav
Pacifica Program Service
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Tape 3 of 4. Preceded by SPW 1159
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Oral Histories
SPW1160
March on Washington / Pacifica Program Service, 1979 (Tape 4 of 4)
National March on Washington for Lesbian and Gay Rights, Washington, D.C., 1979 [sh93005113] Gay rights [sh94009215] Civil rights [sh99004998]
Rally mediated by Audre Lorde given at the March on Washington on October 1979. Speech topics include rights of LGBT prisoners, parents, immigrants, and atheists.
Side A (mp3) http://herstory.prattsils.org/mp3_files/spw1161_A.mp3
Pacifica Program Service
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Tape 4 of 4. Preceded by SPW 1160
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Speeches, poem readings, and musical performances.
SPW1161
Voices of Women Writing Conference, April 30, 1982 (Tape 1)
African American feminists [sh2004002861] African American lesbians [sh85001859] Lesbianism [sh85076157] Lesbians [sh85076160] Sexism [sh85120678] Sex discrimination [sh85120591] Lesbian culture [sh2004003370] Literatures [sh2003003668]
Ms Holly makes assorted announcements then introduces Audre Lorde. She reads three poems: "For Each of You" "Poem for Women in Rage" "Sister, Morning is a Time for Miracles". Side B: Continuation of poem from Side A: "Sister, Morning is a Time for Miracles" Then reads: "After Images" Final Poem of reading: "On My Way to San Francisco I Pass Over You and the Verazano Bridge"
Side A (mp3) http://herstory.prattsils.org/mp3_files/spw1167_A.mp3 Side A (wav) http://herstory.prattsils.org/wav_files/spw1167_A.wav
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Tape 1 of 6.
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Poetry Readings
SPW1167
Voices of Women Writing Conference, April and May, 1982 (Tape 2)
Audre Lorde is on the panel. Lorde speaks on side A after other panelists introduce themselves an on side B. This is the recording of a Community Workshop panel, mostly discussing obstacles to women writing, specifically, black womens literature. The recordings are fairly audible aside from some inaudible speakers who are not close enough to the recording device.
Side A (mp3) http://herstory.prattsils.org/mp3_files/spw1168_A.mp3 Side A (wav) http://herstory.prattsils.org/wav_files/spw1168_A.wav
Side B (mp3) http://herstory.prattsils.org/mp3_files/spw1168_B.mp3 Side B (wav) http://herstory.prattsils.org/wav_files/spw1168_B.wav
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Tape 2 of 6. Preceded by SPW 1167
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Speaking at convention
SPW1168
The Personal or the Political - I / Conference on Feminist Theory, September 29, 1979
African American feminists [sh2004002861] African American lesbians [sh85001859] Lesbianism [sh85076157] Feminism [sh85047741]
In addition to Audre Lorde, Linda Gordon, Manuela Prairie, Jessica Benjamin, Bonnie Johnston, Camille Bristow, and Susan McHenry participated in the panel. The recording includes a question and answer session between panelists and audience members. The topics discussed include racism, feminism, class oppression, individualism, sexuality, community, and sisterhood.
Side A (mp3) http://herstory.prattsils.org/mp3_files/spw1155_A.mp3 Side A (wav) http://herstory.prattsils.org/wav_files/spw1155_A.wav
Side B (mp3) http://herstory.prattsils.org/mp3_files/spw1155_B.mp3 Side B (wav) http://herstory.prattsils.org/wav_files/spw1155_B.wav
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Tape 1 of 2.
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Oral Histories
SPW1155
Conflicts in the Black Lesbian Community, Brooklyn NY, organized by the Committee on the Visibility of the Other Black Woman (Tape 2 of 3)
Lesbians, Minority lesbians, African American lesbians, African American lesbians--Identity, Classism, Ageism
Event organized by the Committee for the Visibility of the Other Black Woman. Audre Lorde moderates community discussion and dialogue including issues of identity, cross cultural conflicts, classism, and ageism. She also introduces panelists' presentations. Her most sustained comments are on SPW1163, as she introduces the panel on identity.
Audre Lorde
Side A (mp3) http://herstory.prattsils.org/mp3_files/spw1163_A.mp3 Side A (wav) http://herstory.prattsils.org/wav_files/spw1163_A.wav
Side B (mp3) http://herstory.prattsils.org/mp3_files/spw1163_B.mp3 Side B (wav) http://herstory.prattsils.org/wav_files/spw1163_B.wav
Committee for the Visibility of the Other Black Woman
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Tape 2 of a 3 tape series. Preceded by SPW1162. Followed by SPW1164
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community discussion
SPW1163
Conflicts in the Black Lesbian Community, Brooklyn NY, organized by the Committee on the Visibility of the Other Black Woman (Tape 3 of 3)
Lesbianism, Lesbians, Minority lesbians, African American lesbians, Gender identity
Audre Lorde moderates community discussion and dialogue including issues of identity, cross cultural conflicts, classism, & ageism. She also introduces panelists
Audre Lorde
Side A (mp3) http://herstory.prattsils.org/mp3_files/spw1164_A.mp3 Side A (wav) http://herstory.prattsils.org/wav_files/spw1164_A.wav
Committee for the Visibility of the Other Black Woman
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Tape 3 of a 3 tape series. Preceded by SPW1162 and SPW1163.
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community discussion
SPW1164
Third World Lesbian Writers Conference featuring Audre Lorde, Yvonne Flowers, and Robin Christian, 1979
Feminism, African American feminists, Lesbianism, Lesbians, Lesbian community, Lesbians' writings, American, African American lesbians
Audio recording of the Third World Lesbian Writers Conference that took place on March 24, 1979. This is one of two tapes from the workshop, the second tape is missing. This is a workshop with Audre Lorde, Yvonne Flowers, and Robin Christian. Audre Lorde is on Side 1. Joan Nestle, Deb Edel, and Candice Wood are mentioned.
Audre Lorde
Yvonne Flowers, Robin Christian
Side A (mp3) http://herstory.prattsils.org/mp3_files/spw1157_A.mp3 Side A (wav) http://herstory.prattsils.org/wav_files/spw1157_A.wav
Side B (mp3) http://herstory.prattsils.org/mp3_files/spw1157_B.mp3 Side B (wav) http://herstory.prattsils.org/wav_files/spw1157_B.wav
Third World Lesbian Writers Conference
Joan Nestle, Deb Edel, Candice Wood
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Conference
SPW1157
"Lesbians and Literature" panel discussion at MLA conference, 1977
Lesbians, Lesbians--Identity, African American lesbians, Racism, Sexism
Preceded by short presentation from representative of the recently vandalized Diana Press. Speakers, in order of appearance: moderator Julia Stanley (unnamed on tape); Mary Daly; Audre Lorde (11:38 into Side B); Judith McDaniel; Adrienne Rich. Lorde's speech is the original draft of her essay "The Transformation of Silence into Language and Action."
Audre Lorde
Julia Stanley (moderator)
Side A (mp3) http://herstory.prattsils.org/mp3_files/spw1150_A.mp3 Side A (wav) http://herstory.prattsils.org/wav_files/spw1150_A.wav Side B (wav) http://herstory.prattsils.org/mp3_files/spw1150_B.wav
Side B (mp3) http://herstory.prattsils.org/mp3_files/spw1150_B.mp3 Side B (wav) http://herstory.prattsils.org/wav_files/spw1150_B.wav
Modern Language Association
Mary Daly, Judith McDaniel, Adrienne Rich
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Panel discussion.
SPW1150
Conflicts in the Black Lesbian Community, Brooklyn NY, organized by the Committee on the Visibility of the Other Black Woman (Tape 1 of 3)
Lesbians, Minority lesbians, African American lesbians, African American lesbians--Identity, Classism, Ageism
Event organized by the Committee for the Visibility of the Other Black Woman. Audre Lorde moderates community discussion and dialogue including issues of identity, cross cultural conflicts, classism, and ageism. She also introduces panelists' presentations. Her most sustained comments are on SPW1163, as she introduces the panel on identity.
Audre Lorde
Side A (mp3) http://herstory.prattsils.org/mp3_files/spw1162_A.mp3 Side A (wav) http://herstory.prattsils.org/wav_files/spw1162_A.wav
Side B (mp3) http://herstory.prattsils.org/mp3_files/spw1162_B.mp3 Side B (wav) http://herstory.prattsils.org/wav_files/spw1162_B.wav
Committee for the Visibility of the Other Black Woman
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Tape 1 of a 3 tape series. Followed by SPW1163 and SPW1164
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community discussion
SPW1162
Astraea Benefit, "Conversation with Poems," 1981 (Tape 1 of 2)
Poetry, Lesbians' writings, Lesbians, African American lesbians--Identity, Racism, Sexism ,Lesbians--Identity
Benefit for the Astraea Foundation, "Conversation with Poems." Introduced by unnamed speaker. Poetry reading and conversation with Audre Lorde and Adrienne Rich; includes speech, poetry, and remarks.
Audre Lorde
Adrienne Rich
Astraea Foundation
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Tape 1 of a 2 tape series. Followed by SPW1166.
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Poetry reading and conversation
SPW1165
The Personal or the Political - II / Conference on Feminist Theory, 1979
African American feminists, African American lesbians, Lesbian feminism
Audre Lorde continues her presentation as part of “The Personal and the Political” panel held at the Second Sex Conference on September 29, 1979. Audience members pose questions and make comments regarding the intersections between race, class, sexual orientation, and gender and feminism in response to Audre Lorde’s speech, “The Master’s Tools Will Never Dismantle the Master’s House”, from SPW1155.
Audre Lorde
Side A (mp3) http://herstory.prattsils.org/mp3_files/spw1156_A.mp3 Side A (wav) http://herstory.prattsils.org/wav_files/spw1156_A.wav
Side B (mp3) http://herstory.prattsils.org/mp3_files/spw1156_B.mp3 Side B (wav) http://herstory.prattsils.org/wav_files/spw1159_B.wav
Second Sex Conference
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Preceded by SPW1155.
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Conference
SPW1156
Astraea Benefit, "Conversation with Poems," 1981 (Tape 2 of 2)
Poetry, Lesbians' writings, Writing, Writers' workshops, Racism, Antisemitism, Southern States--Poetry, Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945), Women, African American women, Lesbianism
Benefit for the Astraea Foundation, "Conversation with Poems." Poetry reading and conversation with Audre Lorde and Adrienne Rich; includes speech, poetry, and remarks.
Audre Lorde
Adrienne Rich
Side A (mp3) http://herstory.prattsils.org/mp3_files/spw1166_A.mp3 Side A (wav) http://herstory.prattsils.org/wav_files/spw1166_A.wav
Side B (mp3) http://herstory.prattsils.org/mp3_files/spw1166_B.mp3 Side B (wav) http://herstory.prattsils.org/wav_files/spw1166_B.wav
Astraea Foundation
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Tape 2 of a 2 tape series. Preceded by SPW1165.
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Poetry reading and conversation
SPW1166
"Poetry" radio program on WBAI hosted by Susan Howe, undated
African American women--Poetry, African American lesbians--Identity, Racism--United States, Sexism, Death--Poetry
Audre Lorde appears on Susan Howe's WBAI radio program "Poetry." She reads "Black Studies," "To My Daughter The Junkie On The Train," "To The Girl Who Lives In A Tree," "Song For A Thin Sister," "Oya," and "The Brown Menace" from her book New York Head Shop and Museum. On Side B, she reads newer poems including, "Solstice," "Dahomey," "Nobody Wants To Die On The Way," "School Note," and "Power."
Audre Lorde
Susan Howe
http://herstory.prattsils.org/mp3_files/spw1171_A.mp3 http://herstory.prattsils.org/wav_files/spw1171_A.wav
http://herstory.prattsils.org/mp3_files/spw1171_B.mp3 http://herstory.prattsils.org/wav_files/spw1171_B.wav
WBAI Radio
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Radio Program
SPW1171
Modern Language Association Conference in Chicago, 1977
Poetry, Lesbianism, Feminism, Motherhood, Sexual orientation, Sexism, Abortion, Family, Health, Rape, Misogyny, Lesbian feminism,
Modern Language Association Conference in Chicago, December 1977. Lesbian Feminist Poetry Reading featuring six poets. Side A includes Joan Larkin, Barbara Smith and Diedre McCalla. Side B includes Melanie Kaye, Adrienne Rich and Audre Lorde; Audre Lorde appears at 28:07 on SPW1151_B (Side B).
Modern Language Association
Joan Larkin, Barbara Smith, Diedre McCalla, Melanie Kaye, Adrienne Rich, Audre Lorde
Side A (mp3) http://herstory.prattsils.org/mp3_files/spw1151_A.mp3 Side A (wav) http://herstory.prattsils.org/wav_files/spw1151_A.wav
Side B (mp3) http://herstory.prattsils.org/mp3_files/spw1151_B.mp3 Side B (wav) http://herstory.prattsils.org/wav_files/spw1151_B.wav
Modern Language Association
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Poetry Conference
SPW1151
Power, Oppression and the Politics of Culture: A Lesbian/Feminist Perspective; Fourth Berkshire Conference on the History of Women, August 25, 1978, (Tape 2 of 3)
African American feminists, African American lesbians, Feminism, Lesbian feminism, Lesbianism, Lesbians, Sexism
Audio recording of a panel presentation at the Fourth Berkshire Conference on the History of Women. "Power, Oppression and the Politics of Culture: A Lesbian/Feminist Perspective" included Audre Lorde
Fourth Berkshire Conference on the History of Women
Audre Lorde
Side A (mp3) http://herstory.prattsils.org/mp3_files/spw1153_A.mp3 Side A (wav) http://herstory.prattsils.org/wav_files/spw1153_A.wav
Side B (mp3) http://herstory.prattsils.org/mp3_files/spw1153_B.mp3 Side B (wav) http://herstory.prattsils.org/wav_files/spw1153_B.wav
Berkshire Conference on the History of Women
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Tape 2 of 3. Preceded by SPW1152.
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panel presentation
SPW1153
Power, Oppression and the Politics of Culture: A Lesbian/Feminist Perspective; Fourth Berkshire Conference on the History of Women, August 25, 1978, (Tape 1 of 3)
African American feminists, African American lesbians, Feminism, Lesbian feminism, Lesbianism, Lesbians, Sexism
Audio recording of a panel presentation at the Fourth Berkshire Conference on the History of Women. Includes Audre Lorde.
Fourth Berkshire Conference on the History of Women
Audre Lorde
Side A (mp3) http://herstory.prattsils.org/mp3_files/spw1152_A.mp3 Side A (wav) http://herstory.prattsils.org/wav_files/spw1152_A.wav
Side B (mp3) http://herstory.prattsils.org/mp3_files/spw1152_B.mp3 Side B (wav) http://herstory.prattsils.org/wav_files/spw1152_B.wav
Berkshire Conference on the History of Women
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Tape 1 of 3. Followed by SPW1153 and SPW 1154.
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SPW1152
Lesbian & Gay Community Services Center (2nd Tuesday Series), 1986
American poetry--20th century, Poets, Oral interpretation of poetry, Lesbians--United States, Feminists--United States, Social conditions, Criticism and interpretation, Apartheid--South Africa, Gays, Russians, Lesbianism--United States, Apartheid--South Africa, Cold War, African American women
Audre Lorde reading her poems for the "2nd Tuesday Series" at the Lesbian and Gay Community Services Center, New York City. Side A: Recorded at the Lesbian and Gay Community Services Center, New York City. Sponsored by the Lesbian and Gay Community Services Center, Women's Poetry Center at Hunter College, New York. Poet Audre Lorde reads thirteen poems many from her new book. [Poems: Notes from a Trip to Russia, Sisters in Arms, Holographs, Political Relations, A Question of Climate, There are No Honest Poems about Dead Women, A Question of Essence, For the Record: (In memory of Eleanor Bumpurs), Making Love to Concrete, Women on Trains. Never to Dream of Spiders and Call.] Side B: Question and answer session with a collection for the Sisters in Support of South Africa.
Audre Lorde
Side A (mp3) http://herstory.prattsils.org/mp3_files/spw1170_A.mp3 Side A (wav) http://herstory.prattsils.org/wav_files/spw1170_A.wav
Side B (mp3) http://herstory.prattsils.org/mp3_files/spw1170_B.mp3 Side B (wav) http://herstory.prattsils.org/wav_files/spw1170_B.wav
Lesbian and Gay Community Services Center
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Poetry Reading
SPW1170