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  1. Maya Angelou (1985)

    Subject
    English language and literature
    Distribution
    Sale, VHS (PAL, 40 minutes), £89.00 or free online

    Maya Angelou is interviewed at the ICA and talks about writing through the black experience; the human spirit in adversity; prose and poetry readings

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  2. Search for the Lost Manuscript: Julian of Norwich

    Subject
    History; Literature; Religious studies

    Dr Janina Ramirez tells the story of Revelations of Divine Love, the first book ever written in English by a woman - Julian of Norwich, in 1373 - and kept hidden for centuries.

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  3. Chinua Achebe with Nuruddin Farah (1986)

    Subject
    English language and literature
    Distribution
    Sale, VHS (PAL, 40 minutes), £89.00 or free online

    Nigerian writer Chinua Achebe in conversation with Somali writer Nuruddin Farah. They discuss Achebe’s sense of identity - African and Nigerian, the question of language in a multicultural society,...

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  4. Wired for Books: Toni Morrison (1987)

    Subject
    Literature

    Winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature and author of Beloved, The Bluest Eye, The Song of Solomon, Jazz, and Paradise, Toni Morrison talks about her early career, why every writer needs an editor, why she...

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  5. Russia’s Open Book: Writing in the Age of Putin (2014)

    Director
    Paul Mitchell
    Subject
    Literature
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 1 NTSC, 60 minutes), $19.99

    This documentary, narrated by Stephen Fry, tells the story of America and Europe’s love of Russian literature and introduces audiences to a new generation of Russian writers. With readings by host Stephen...

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  6. Wired for Books: Doris Lessing (1988)

    Subject
    English language and literature

    Two interviews, one from 1988 and one from 1992, in which Doris Lessing, author of The Fifth Child, The Golden Notebook, and several other pieces of literature, comes to talk with Don Swaim about her start...

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  7. Buchi Emecheta (1985)

    Subject
    Literature
    Distribution
    Sale, VHS (PAL, 40 minutes), £89.00 or free online

    Buchi Emecheta in conversation with with Susheila Nasta at the ICA talks about: her experiences as a young mother; the position of black women in society; incest ; the role of women in Nigeria; living in...

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  8. Seamus Heaney: A Life in Poetry (2010)

    Subject
    Literature

    Audio recording of an interview with Seamus Heaney at the Royal Society of Literature in London on 22/2/2010. The event was held in collaboration with Poet in the City and recorded by the British Library...

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  9. A S Byatt with Iris Murdoch (1985 Video)

    Subject
    English language and literature
    Distribution
    Sale, VHS (PAL, 40 minutes), £89.00 or free online viewing

    A S Byatt discusses with Iris Murdoch the influences of the 19th century novel; realism vs the novel of ideas; writing about sex; power and accuracy of language; belief, religion and ritual.

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  10. Anthony Burgess (1985)

    Subject
    English language and literature
    Distribution
    Sale, VHS (PAL, 40 minutes), £89.00 or free online

    Anthony Burgess in conversation with A S Byatt at the ICA. He talks about: quarreling with the Catholic God; the influence of music on structure; the role of language in ‘A Clockwork Orange’ ; ‘Evil’...

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