July 2012
35 posts
June 2012
42 posts
Women Writers: Has Anything Changed? | 92Y Readings
Today we’re sharing never-before-released audio of a panel discussion recorded at 92nd Street Y in 1972, featuring Nora Ephron, novelist Elizabeth Janeway and poet Carolyn Kizer, with literary critic Helen Vendler as moderator. The discussion was titled: “Women Writers: Has Anything Changed?”
“…still not nearly enough,” remarked Katie J.M. Baker, reporting on the recording for Jezebel.
Ms. Ephron began the panel discussion by talking about some “sloppy statistics” she did on 50 book reviews in The New York Times between 1971 and 1972.
“There was 697 major reviews,” she noted. “And of that, 101 of those reviewed books by women. So that’s 14.5 percent.”
Explaining the same examination undertaken with the 1956 Book Review, she continued, “I went through 26 issues of it. Of 725 books that were reviewed, 107 were by women, which is 14.4 percent. So has anything changed? 0.1 percent, I don’t know.”
We will miss Nora Ephron, friend and favorite of the 92Y community. She spoke here 15 times, often on women’s issues. Videos from some of those appearances can be seen on our YouTube channel.
In an ongoing effort to share with our readers some of the great literary moments which the Unterberg Poetry Center of the 92nd Street Y has presented across the decades, we’ve begun to feature regular postings of archival recordings. For access to other recordings from the Poetry Center archive, please click here.
Classical Music Mashup | 92Y Performing Arts - Concerts
We made a mashup and it’s a not on the Hype Machine but it should be!
Listen to our 92Y Concerts Classical Music Mashup and see how many pieces you can identify.
Send your entries in here and you could win two tickets to 92Y Concerts’ Opening Night with András Schiff and a champagne toast afterwards.
#poppinthebubbly
2 FUN SHOWS THIS WEEKEND, JUNE 16 AND 17
Heart of Darkness at The Bell House, Saturday, with me, Kristen Schaal, and Jon Benjamin.
http://www.ticketweb.com/t3/sale/SaleEventDetail?dispatch=loadSelectionData&eventId=4568615&pl=bellpl
The Moon at 92Y Tribeca, Sunday, with me, David Cross, Harvard Sailing Team, MC Chris, Camille Harris Band, and Special Secret Guest, whoever the fuck that is.
The 92YTribeca show was sold out but a few more tickets were released today. Get them before they’re gone again!
Classical Music Mashup | 92Y Performing Arts - Concerts
92Y Classical Music Mashup | Win Two Premium Tickets to Opening Night with András Schiff, a $500 Value.
Correctly identify 3 pieces in our Classical Music Mashup and enter to win 2 premium seats to 92Y Concerts’ Opening Night with András Schiff and a champagne toast afterwards – a $500 value!
Enter the contest here.
driving is dumb
I gave up and traded in my expired learner’s permit for a state ID because I’m almost 25 and I’m pretty sure I’m just never, ever going to drive and I really don’t want to go back every two years to retake the written test. But like, I know how to drive? I learned when I was eight because my dad is crazy but I’m also kind of scared of driving and car accidents and shit. Mostly I’ve been refusing to get my license because I can’t swim and I’m terrified that one day I’ll lose control of the car and somehow drive off a cliff into the water and I’ll be able to get myself out of the car because I watch a lot of action movies and Fear Factor but I won’t be able to swim to the surface and I’ll drown which is such a stupid and irrational fear but y’know, whatever. Always the drunkard, never the designated driver!
Then you MUST watch this video of ex-Ethicist Randy Cohen explaining how cars kill in many ways. “If you drive where there are real alternatives [like NYC], you are driving straight to hell.”
Alternatively, here’s Gary Numan singing “Cars.”
