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A GIRL'S LIFE
To The Best of Our Knowledge
from Wisconsin Public Radio
When Geraldine Hughes was growing up, violence was
a way of life. There were bombs, guns, and slayings right out the
back door. Then Hollywood showed her a way out. In this hour of
To the Best of our Knowledge, growing up in a war zone. Also,
"Reading Lolita in Tehran" - an English professor remembers
her underground book group in revolutionary Iran
SEGMENT 1:
Azar Nafisi taught English at the University
of Tehran until she was expelled for refusing to wear a veil.
She tells Steve Paulson about her weekly secret meetings with
students to read forbidden Western literature. She also tells
her story in a memoir called "Reading Lolita in Tehran."
Also, Geraldine Hughes wrote and stars in the one-woman
play "Belfast Blues." It's based on her childhood in
Troubles-plagued Belfast. Hughes talks with Anne Strainchamps
and performs excerpts from the play.
SEGMENT 2:
Betsy Israel is the author of "Bachelor
Girl: The Secret History of Single Women in the Twentieth Century."
She tells Jim Fleming our society has always been suspicious of
unmarried women and talks about examples from Louisa May Alcott
to Ally McBeal.
SEGMENT 3:
Guitarist Sharon Isbin talks with Steve Paulson
about how she came to the guitar as a child, why women have a
harder time than men being accepted as guitarists, and shares
some personal background about Rodrigo's "Concierto de Aranjuez."
All lavishly illustrated with music.
Cassette copies are available
at 1-800-747-7444. Ask for program number 03-04-20-B.
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Books:
- Betsy Israel, Bachelor Girl: The Secret
History of Single Women in the Twentieth Century (Harper Collins)
- Azar Nafisi, Reading Lolita in Tehran:
A Memoir in Books (Random House)
Music:
- - Ghateh-ue Zarbi/ Dastan Ensemble/ Homage to Molavi
(Rumi)/ Sounds True
- Theme from Sex in the City
- - Just a Girl/ No Doubt
- -Concierto de Aranjuez/ Sharon Isbin's Greatest
Hits/ Virgin Classics
- -Suite No. 4 - Bach/ Sharon Isbin's Greatest
Hits/ Virgin Classics
Distribution dates:
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Questions and comments can
be addressed to: flemingj@wpr.org
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