Lesbian Herstory Archives AudioVisual Collections

Women's Studies
Robin Morgan Reads: The Network of the Imaginary Mother

Item

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Title

Women's Studies
Robin Morgan Reads: The Network of the Imaginary Mother

Subject

Motherhood
Children
Families
Patriarchy
Feminism
Spirituality
Existentialism

Description

Robin Morgan reads her five part poem that is " a weird love poem" to her mother, husband, friends (sisters), children, and her self. Morgan describes it as a metaphysical search for transcendence. Mentioning the goddess, the poem situates womanhood to genitalia and the body.

Publisher

WBAI Radio

Rights

This item is protected by copyright. You are free to use this item for personal and educational purposes, as outlined in CC-BY-NC-ND 4.0. Requests for further uses and licensing questions should be forwarded to Pacifica Radio, owner of WBAI and other historical stations. See also LHA Copyright Statement.

Interviewee

Robin Morgan

Host

Viv Sutherland

Physical Format

Audio cassette

Duration

1:03:50

Citation

“Women's Studies
Robin Morgan Reads: The Network of the Imaginary Mother,” Lesbian Herstory Archives AudioVisual Collections, accessed May 9, 2026, https://herstories.prattinfoschool.nyc/omeka/items/show/1445.