Bessie Head: Botswana and South Africa’s Shared Literary Great
Overview of the life and work of Bessie Head (1937 – 1986), South African-born novelist, journalist, and poet.| Literary Ladies Guide
Overview of the life and work of Bessie Head (1937 – 1986), South African-born novelist, journalist, and poet.| Literary Ladies Guide
Our featured poet is Deepika Singh. Tony Robles talks with award winning biographer and essayist, Megan Marshall, author of After Lives. An L&BH exclusive, the world premiere of Cairo in the Rain, by Jay Rodriguez Sierra, recorded live in Cairo and featuring Egyptian vocalist Abdelrahman Blala. More stream poetry from Martha...| Listen & Be Heard Network
In each of six essays, Marshall reinvents the personal essay form, as a portal to the past and its lessons for living into the future. The book’s brilliant, assured interplay between memoir and biography places surprising characters on the page, including the twelfth-century Buddhist hermit Kamo no Chomei, a reassuring spiritual presence for Marshall during several otherwise deracinating months in Kyoto. In her stunning coming-of-age tale, “Free for a While,” set in 1970s California,...| Listen & Be Heard Network
Megan Marshall is the author of the Pulitzer Prize–winning Margaret Fuller: A New American Life as well as Elizabeth Bishop: A Miracle for Breakfast and The Peabody Sisters: Three Women Who Ignited American Romanticism, a Pulitzer Prize finalist.| Listen & Be Heard Network
Brief biography of Toni Cade Bambara, author, editor, professor, screenwriter, documentarian, and civil rights activist.| Literary Ladies Guide
An overview of the life of Palestinian poet Fadwa Tuqan (1917 - 2003), who wrote of love and resistance in her prolific career.| Literary Ladies Guide
Biography of Dame Edith Sitwell (1887 – 1964) was a British poet considered one of the first of the avant-garde movement.| Literary Ladies Guide
