Scottish poet Helen Adam (1907 - 1993) reads and discusses her ballads and other poetic efforts with Susan Howe and Charles Ruas. Adam was born in Glasgow, Scotland, educated at Nairnshire and Edinburgh University, worked as a journalist in Edinburgh and London, and moved with her family to the US in 1939, settling in the San Francisco Bay Area in 1949. She is the author of Ballads (White Rabbit Press) and Counting out rhyme (published by Kirby Congdon and Ralph Simmons), and has written a musical, San Francisco's burning, published by Genesis with illustrations by Jess (Collins). The other readers on the program are Daniel Haberman and Barbara Wise. Some of the poetry performed in this program includes Ballad of the Hawthorne bough, In and out of the Horn-beam Maze, The fair young wife and A walk in the wind. Produced by Susan Howe with technical assistance by Miles Smith. Restricted distribution rights. Copyrighted by the artist.
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2016-04-30 05:34:54
Date-broadcast
1977-07-15
Date-created
1977-07-15~
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pacifica_radio_archives-IZ0067
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RESTRICTED. Please contact the Pacifica Radio Archives if you wish to use any portion of this recording in any published work or performance. Permissions, licensing requests, and all other inquiries should be directed in writing to: Pacifica Radio Archives c/o Archives Director, 3729 Cahuenga Blvd. West, North Hollywood, CA 91604, 800-735-0230 x 263, fax 818-506-1084, info AT pacificaradioarchives.org, http://www.pacificaradioarchives.org. The Pacifica Radio Archives will honor all takedown requests in compliance with the Digital Millennium Copyright Act and other applicable intellectual copyright laws. Claimants are advised to leave detailed contact information including name, telephone number, e-mail address, and/or physical address where they may be reached, as well as all information pertaining to the specific nature of the complaint. The preservation of these tapes was funded by a grant from the National Historic Publications and Records Commission. Preservation services provided by George Blood Audio and Video.