Monday, December 10, 2018: Please support KPFA Women's Magazine

It's that time again. It's KPFA's final fundraiser of the year.  Today's show features an interview with acclaimed writer Maxine Hong Kingston that was aired over a year ago, along with a conversation between Maxine and Gary Gach, author of PAUSE, BREATHE, SMILE: AWAKENING MINDFULNESS WHEN MEDITATION IS NOT ENOUGH.  (For anyone who doesn't know, Maxine is author of THE WOMAN WARRIOR, the most frequently taught book by a living writer in American universities, and CHINA MEN, winner of the National Book Award.)

Click here to listen to entire show aired on December 10, 2018. 59:50

Kate Raphael says: "We're offering the full 90+ minute talk as a thank you gift for your pledge to KPFA of $75 or $5 a month (I know, $5 a month is $60, but that's what they told me), and the book for a donation of $100 (book and CD for $150).  Usually I think meditation and mindfulness are not my thing, but I have to say, I was kind of blown away by this discussion, especially when Maxine said that protest marches are a form of meditation! [Note: gifts are still available on KPFA Donate.]

"Any amount, from $5 to $500, helps us make our goal of $1500 for the hour, and lets KPFA know that you value feminist and gender-oriented programming.  And helps keep the voices you need coming to you 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.  (I was hearing the new Sunday evening music show, Motown on Mondays, while I was here at the station tonight, and it's pretty great. If you haven't heard it, check it out - 10 pm on Sundays.)"

Monday, September 11, 2017: Maxine Hong Kingston

Maxine Hong Kingston, whose book The Woman Warrior is said to be the most frequently taught work of a living writer in US universities, reflects on the truths she received from her parents, both of whom were undocumented.  She talks about how the Vietnam War affected her family - two of her brothers were drafted, and her feelings about pacifism and Buddhism, as well as how she became a writer and the impact of negative comments about her work. I'll be in conversation with Maxine next Sunday, September 17, at the final Peace Talk sponsored by Women's International League for Peace and Freedom East Bay and San Francisco.

Listen now or Get MP3. 31:03 min

Maxine Hong Kingston Reflect on Our Times

Sunday, September 17th 3-5pm

Ed Roberts Campus, 3075 Adeline Street, Berkeley (at Ashby BART)

Event is free, wheelchair accessible, refreshments served, all are welcome

For more information contact wilpf@wilpfeastbay.org

The East Bay-San Francisco branches of the Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom is honored to have Maxine Hong Kingston, celebrated author and professor of creative writing at UC Berkeley, as the final speaker in our Peace Talks series. She will reflect on her life and writing, on immigration, war, peace, and activism. She will be in conversation with Kate Raphael, author and producer of KPFA’s Women’s Magazine.

Click here to listen to the entire show. 59:50 min


Also on today's show:
Joey Brite
Kate Millett

Monday, September 4, 2017: Asian Women Telling Truths - Canyon Sam

We speak with San Francisco writer, teacher and activist Canyon Sam, who was the youngest member of the Unbound Feet Collective, a groundbreaking troupe of Chinese American feminist writers in the late 1970s and early '80s. Canyon Sam will join three other collective members, Nellie Wong, Kitty Tsui and Genny Lim, for two reunion readings this week.

Listen now or Get MP3. 18:56 min

This historic reading, Unbound Feet Collective Reunion: Chinese American Women Poets, Genny Lim, Kitty Tsui, Nellie Wong, Canyon Sam and special guest emcee Jade Cho, celebrates the 35th anniversary reunion of these pioneer poets, who broke ground as members of the writing collective, Unbound Feet, established in 1981. Their work challenged the gender stereotypical roles of Asian women in society and addressed issues of sexual as well as racial oppression, forging a pathway for Asian American feminists today.

Event:
Unbound Feet Collective Reunion: Chinese American Women Poets
Tuesday, September 5th at 7 PM
Laurel Book Store
1423 Broadway
Oakland, CA 94612


Click here to listen to entire show. 59:50 min


Also on today's show:
Suzuyo Takazato

April 28, 2014: Listen to the Squawking Chicken

Nonprofit fundraiser turned professional gossip Elaine Lui lays bare her own story, and that of her mother, aka The Squawking Chicken.  Alternately hilarious and tragic, Lui's first memoir bristles with honesty, wit and insight.

Get to know Elaine, founder and maven of the massively popular website laineygossip.com in this charming conversation with Women's Magazine's Kate Raphael.




or Get MP3 (18:17)

Also on today's show:

Artists Sigi Arnejo, Kay Cuajunco and Genevieve Erin O'Brien talk about food and Asian identity, and the exhibit EATING CULTURES, which opens Thursday at SomArts Gallery.

We check out the women-directed and gender-themed films at San Francisco International Film Festival

More info about Listen to the Squawking Chicken

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