Rainbow History received a collection of more than 300 1/4inch acetate tape reels of varying diameters from Bruce Pennington, a founder of the Stonewall Nation Media Collective, which produced and broadcast the show at WGTB and WPFW. Rainbow History raises funds to pay for preserving, digitizing and sharing the recordings. Stay tuned, there is more to come.
The following recordings are copyright of Rainbow History.
Poetry
ERNIE ACOSTA
recorded live on Friends Radio 1974
JOE BRAINARD (1942 - 1994) brief biography and artistic details at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe_Brainard
I Remember live on Friends Radio, 1973
PERRY BRASS for biographical details and publications see http://www.perrybrass.com
In Loving You read by David Aiken, Valentines Day 1975
ED COX (1946 - 1992) biographical detail from Richard McCann at http://washingtonart.com/beltway/cox.html
from Friends Radio poetry show 1974
EMILIO CUBEIRO poet, musician, filmmaker
interviewed by David Aiken circa 1974
TIM DLUGOS see the brief biograph at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tim_Dlugos. Dlugos' papers are held in the special collections at New York University.
recorded live in Georgetown and on Friends Radio 1974
JIM EVERHARD (1946 - 1986) see Terence Winch's recollections of the DC Poetry scene at http://www.dcpoetry.com/history/winch
This Day read by Bruce Pennington, Valentines Day 1975
LEE LALLY see http://douglangsdcpoetryblog.blogspot.com/2007/08/lee-lally.html for biographical background and also http://www.dcpoetry.com/history/lally for comments by her husband Michael Lally
recorded live at Mount Vernon College 1974
recorded live for Friends Radio December 1974
AUDRE LORDE (1934 - 1992) see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Audre_Lorde for a brief biography
recorded live at Harambee House during the Third World Conference October 1979
Harriett, a poem for my sisters
Between Ourselves a declaration for a black writers conference
Meat to Eat a love poem
RON MORGAN
recorded live at Harambee House during the Third World Conference October 1979
DICK MUNN
recorded live on Friends Radio 1974
PAT PARKER (1944 - 1989) see biographical details at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pat_Parker
The National Womens Studies Association sponsors an annual Pat Parker Poetry Award.
Gays Shouldn't Be Blatant live at the June 1978 DC Gay Pride Festival
IAN YOUNG
Gay Canadian poet and editor of The Gay Muse an early 1970s anthology of queer poetry