KPFA-FM Music Dept. ➔ Underground Woman: A Semi-Autobiographical Novel by Kay Boyle

Analog Audio

Event Type

Interviews

Origin

KPFA

Identifier

AM.1975.07.08

Program Length

40 min

Dates

1975-07-08 | broadcast
| 402 | created

Description

Erik Bauersfeld and Lee Jenkins of KPFA interview poet, author, and political activist, Kay Boyle, about her 1975 novel “The Underground Woman.” The novel, which is semi-autobiographical, follows the life of classics professor Athena’s experience being imprisoned for protesting the draft, as well as a later run-in with her daughter, who has joined a cult and tried to take over her mother’s house. An attempt that is thwarted when Athena gives ownership of the house to a third party. This is similar to the tact that Boyle herself had to take when her own child became involved with a cult during the 1960s.

Genres

Literature

Subjects

Literature
Fiction
Parent and child -- Fiction
Cults -- Fiction
Women -- Social conditions -- Fiction

Acknowledgment

Funding for the preservation of this program made possible through a grant by the GRAMMY Foundation.

Related place

Berkeley (Calif.) (was broadcast at)

Related Entities

Bauersfeld, Erik
Jenkins, Mercilee M.
Boyle, Kay, 1902-1992