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  A: Where Would I Be Without You The Poetry of Pat Parker + Judy Grahn - Pat Parker
  B: Where Would I Be Without You The Poetry of Pat Parker + Judy Grahn - Judy Grahn

  A collection of poetry performed by Pat Parker and Judy Grahn. Pat Parker's performance speaks of topics such as her Black lesbian feminist experiences, domestic violence, reproductive rights, civil rights, and anti-racism. Judy Grahn's performance talks about her experiences as a lesbian, love, and feminism.

  Tags LGBTQ+ people's writings, LGBTQ+ poetry, Performing arts, Poetry, Spoken Word Poetry
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  Everywoman Space - Women Writers - Irene Yarrow Speaks with Jan Clausen

  Irene Yarrow opens this episode of Everywomanspace with information about Lesbian Switchboard and Identity House to help listeners who want to know how to reach the gay community. She recommends these organizations and coming-out groups, along with consciousness-raising groups, for any woman who wants to get together with other women to discuss issues relating to feminism or lesbianism.
  
  Irene interviews Jan Clausen, a poet and writer from Oregon who reads her short story, "The Warsaw Ghetto." Irene and Jan discuss autobiographical writing, the experience of writing about friends and acquaintances, incorporating the political into personal writing, and receiving feedback as a writer. They also debate the question of whether feminist and lesbian writers should publish with women's presses or commercial presses, prompted by a questionnaire Jan sent to a number of lesbian writers, which she describes as her "writing community." Finally, Irene asks Jan if she feels that her stories with "lesbian content" limit her to a lesbian audience. Both hope that all women would be interested in women's content, regardless of sexuality. Jan also reads her poems, "The Christmas Letter" and "This is a Poem for You, Mary."
  
  Irene also takes questions from callers (side B) including a woman asking for advice on how to find resources to respond to her younger sister coming out and a woman who wanted to share her opinion that publishing through women's presses will be the only option when the women's movement "goes out of vogue."

  Tags Autobiography, Coming out, Feminism, Lesbian authors, Lesbian autobiographies, Lesbian community, Lesbian feminism, Lesbian radio, Lesbian writers, LGBTQ+ poetry, Poetry, Writing