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  1. Walt Whitman (1994 Video)

    Subject
    English language and literature
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 30 minutes), £13.74

    A programme about Walt Whitman from the ‘Famous Authors’ series of documentary biographies. Using film, archive documents, portraits, music and commentary, the programme presents not only a factual...

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  2. Bobbie Louise Hawkins (1993 Video)

    Director
    Yasmin Skelt
    Producer
    Sally Reardon; Yasmin Skelt
    Subject
    English language and literature
    Distribution
    Sale, Videocassette. VHS. col. 20 min.

    The Texan writer Bobbie Louise Hawkins talks about her life and work, and reads from her work. With archive film footage and photographs.

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  3. Raymond Carver - Dreams Are What You Wake Up from (1989)

    Subject
    Literature
    Distribution
    Sale, VHS (PAL, 60 minutes), £125.00

    When Raymond Carver died in 1988, he was mourned as a national literary figure and shortlisted for the Pulitzer prize, yet only ten years earlier he was marooned in a drying-out clinic. From his experiences,...

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  4. Eugene O’Neill: Journey into Genius (1988)

    Subject
    Literature
    Distribution
    Sale, VHS (NTSC, 55 minutes), $24.99

    A drama-documentary exploring the early life and work of Eugene O’Neill. Made for American television.

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  5. Alan Ginsberg with R D Laing (1986 Video)

    Subject
    English language and literature
    Distribution
    Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 40 min.

    The American ‘beat’ poet Alan Ginsberg discusses his experiences with Buddhism and his work with R D Laing. Most of the conversation is given over to exchanges about gurus and meditation centres.

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  6. Death of a Salesman (1985)

    Director
    Volker Schlöndorff
    Subject
    Drama
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 136 minutes), £17.99 (inclusive)

    A television recreation of the stage production of Arthur Miller’s 1949 play about the ageing salesman Willy Loman and his growing disillusionment with life.

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  7. Gore Vidal with Lorna Sage (1985 Video)

    Subject
    English language and literature
    Distribution
    Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 40 min.

    After a brief introduction to Gore Vidal’s life and work by Lisa Appignanesi, the author discusses with Lorna Sage his book ‘Lincoln’. Vidal also comments on American history - the Civil war in...

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  8. Joseph Heller with Michael Kustow (1985 Video)

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

    Joseph Heller, American author of the anti-war novel ‘Catch 22’ in conversation with Michael Kustow.

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  9. 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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  10. Toni Morrison (1985)

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

    Toni Morrison inn conversation with AS Byatt at the ICA discusses: the terrain of black women novelists; defining oneself as a writer; black American literature; the visual as starting point of the novel;...

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