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Woman-Stirred Radio Spring 2008 Schedule:

April 17: Mary Roach, author of Bonk
Mary grew up in a small house in Etna, New Hampshire. She graduated from Wesleyan in 1981. In 1995, she wrote an article called "How to Win at Germ Warfare” that was a National Magazine Award Finalist. In 1996, her article on earthquake-proof bamboo houses took the Engineering Journalism Award in the general interest magazine category, for which it was the only entrant. She also reviews books for The New York Times. Her first book, Bonk is about the study of sexual physiology—what happens, and why, and how to make it happen better—has been going on for centuries, behind the closed doors of laboratories, brothels, Alfred Kinsey's attic, and, more recently, MRI centers, pig farms, and sex-toy R&D labs. Mary spent two years getting behind those doors to bring you the answers to the questions Dr. Ruth never asked.
From http://www.maryroach.net/books.html.

April 24: Grethe Cammermeyer, author of Serving in Silence
was born in Oslo, Norway in 1942 during the Nazi occupation. The Cammermeyer immigrated to the United States in 1951 when Grethe was nine. At 17, Grethe started college at the University of Maryland and in 1960, became an American citizen.
Grethe Cammermeyer joined the Army in 1961, enlisting into the Army Student Nurse Program. She spent 14 month in Vietnam. Grethe was separated from the military in 1989 for being a lesbian, despite an exemplary military and civilian professional record.
She was reinstated in the National Guard in June of 1994 because the Judge ruled the policy (Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell) was unconstitutional and based on prejudice. Three years later, after 31 years of dedicated service to America Grethe retired with full military privileges.
SERVING IN SILENCE (1994) was recognized by the National Education Association and was named Outstanding Book on the subject of human rights in North America. A made-for-television movie of the same name starring Glenn Close as Colonel Cammermeyer, received three Emmy Awards and the prestigious Peabody Award.
From http://www.cammermeyer.com/bio.htm

May 01: Rachel Jury, British writer & performance artist
Rachel has been performing her poetry for the past seven years at a variety of locations across Britain and Europe from Brighton to Dundee to Dublin. Rachel studied acting, but is more into writing. She is in the process of writing her third collection of poetry Politics Post Postmodernism. Her second collection of poems, 'Laughin' Lesbians Vol 2' is due to be published early in 2008. She currently resides in Glasgow Scotland where she is developing her first musical “The Gates”. “Miss Smith”, her second musical is in the works . Rachel received the Jackie Forster Memorial Award for Culture, Pride Awards 2006, for outstanding contribution to culture in Scotland.
Her poems and short stories have been published in: Chameleon, Nomad, Cutting Teeth, Citizen 32, Poetry Scotland, The Gay Read and Hidden City, Mookychick
Some of her Venues include: “Creatures” in Manchester, “Lyrical Lounge” in London, Mardigras in Manchester, Pride Scotland and “Angel Delight” in Edinburgh.
From http://www.racheljury.co.uk/

Clare Summerskill, British stand-up, writer, actress and singer-songwriter
As a Lesbian Comedienne, Clare performs an original cocktail of stand-up and comedy songs to mainly gay and lesbian audiences and has even been known to make straight people chuckle just a little bit!!! She brings "Dyke" humour to the forefront of alternative comedy! Clare also writes and performs her own stage shows which she has toured nationally in the UK. She is currently touring a brand new show, "Clare Summerskill In No Particular Order." Her new book, We're the Girls (Diana Publishing, 2008), contains many of her comedy monologues, songs and stories. As a songwriter, her latest (and third) CD entitled Still Let Me Fly consists of twelve original songs written and performed by Clare and her band. Clare also has her own professional theatre company, ARTEMIS Theatre Company. The company performs theatre to audiences who are often excluded by mainstream commercial productions. Last year ARTEMIS performed a sell out National Tour of the play "GATEWAY TO HEAVEN", written by Clare and based entirely on the memories of older lesbians and gay men.
From www.claresummerskill.co.uk

Susan Werner, American songwriter and singer
Susan Werner was raised on a farm in rural Iowa. She studied classical voice at Temple University. Werner left behind her opera training and began performing as a singer-songwriter at coffeehouses throughout the northeast. She self-released her first album "Midwestern Saturday Night" in 1992 and then went on to put out "Live at Tin Angel" the following year. In 1995 came her breakout album, BMG/Private Music's "Last of the Good Straight Girls." Werner went on, recording two albums even better than her previous work, adding some country and soul sounds to her signature vocal stylings with the help of Nashville multi-instrumentalist and songwriter Darrell Scott, who produced "Time Between Trains" and Colin Linden (Blackie & The Rodeo Kings), who produced her 2001 "New Non-Fiction." Werner's latest endeavor, "The Gospel Truth," a collection of originals she describes as "hymns for the spiritually ambivalent."
Susan will be playing at Ragle Hall/ Marboro College in Marboro, Vermont on May 1st. From www.susanwerner.com

May 08: Amy Hoffman, editor-in-chief of The Woman's Review of Books; author of An Army of Ex-lovers. She is a writer and community activist, she has been an editor at Gay Community News (GCN), South End Press, and the Unitarian Universalist World magazine. She has served on the boards of GCN, Sojourner, Gay and Lesbian Advocates and Defenders (GLAD), and the Boston Lesbian and Gay History Project and as a judge of the Lambda Literary Awards. Hoffman’s memoir, Hospital Time, about taking care of friends with AIDS, was published by Duke University Press in 1997. It was short-listed for the American Library Association Gay Book Award and the New York Publishing Triangle Judy Grahn Award, and was a New York Public Library Books for the Teen Age selection. Her memoir An Army of Ex-Lovers, about Boston's Gay Community News and the lesbian and gay movement of the late 1970s, was published by the University of Massachusetts Press. Hoffman lives in Boston with her spouse, Roberta Stone.
From http://www.wcwonline.org/content/view/515/214/

Anais Mitchell local singer
Born on a Vermont sheep farm, the 25-year-old singer/songwriter, Anaïs (ah-NAY-iss) Mitchell has been around the world. It’s no surprise that Mitchell’s Righteous Babe debut, The Brightness, is infused with the restless, worldly perspective of a real troubadour. Mitchell gives us a glimpse into the raw talent and infectious energy of today’s underground folkies, not to mention a handful of the places she’s been.
From http://www.righteousbabe.com/artists/anaismitchell/thebrightness/index.asp

May 15: Liza Cowan, artist and owner of Pine Street Art Works, in Burlington, VT
Liza Cowan is a painter, photographer and gallery owner. One of her video shorts debuted on Vermont PBS. www.pinestreetartworks.com

May 22: Patty Larkin, singer/songwriter at 4pm
Patty Larkin grew up in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. She hales from a long line of Irish-American singers and taletellers. She learned at a young age to appreciate the beauty and magic of the arts. She began classical piano studies at age 7, and became swept up in the sounds of pop and folk in the 60’s, teaching herself the guitar and experimenting with songwriting. Patty Larkin has always prided herself in her creative approach to music. “I’ve always been a writer who enjoyed the solitude of the creative process. With WATCH THE SKY, Larkin has created a one of a kind release that she wrote, produced, engineered and edited. The result is a raw, intimate gorgeous sound that is all her own. The concept of combining acoustic instruments with modern technology has always intrigued Larkin, and she accomplishes this feat gracefully on SKY.
From http://pattylarkin.com/index.html

Dolores Smith, producer of the film Sara. Dolores is devoted to her creative work as a filmmaker. Her films are about people who need to be heard and events that need to be documented. Delores is quick to champion friends and family when they need help. She is also passionately devoted to her cats! She laughs easily about the ridiculous vagaries of life. She can argue too, about politics, about art and movies. Sara, a work in progress, is a film celebrating a mid-life lesbian’s issues og growing older with humor and depth.

May 29: Linq (Diane Lincoln), Massachusetts-based singer/songwriter
Diane has always lived in Massachusetts and went into her family business. For Diane, her life has taken an interesting twist. At an age when many look forward to retirement, she is kicking it up, cranking it out, and defying stereotypes. In December 2002 she decided that it was time to start sharing her music with the public as Linq, and she hasn’t looked back. She released a single called “War Machine” in June 2003, and her first full length CD, “Journey”, was released in July 2004. Linq’s music twists and turns from folk/rock to classic rock, from love and loss, to political, and from serious to outright fun.
On November 30, 2004 Linq sold her pharmacy to be able to spend more time writing and recording. Her latest CD “Fast Moving Dream” (June 2006), resonates with life experience without resorting to trite and tired images.
From http://www.linqmusic.com/presskit/index.html#Kit

June 05: JD Glass, novelist and musician
JD started writing as a child. Her first story was a kindergarten writing assignment called “A Mouse in the House.” It was a combination of truth and fiction, and her mother was not pleased that she shared it with the class!
She started writing stories and reading them to a trapped audience, her younger siblings. She joined the Society for Creative Anachronism as a teenager and became the Household bard, which required the creation of epic ballads, usually based on historical romances, to be performed at Household events. This, of course, was in addition to the typical angst-ridden poetry that seems to be required at a certain age.
From http://www.boldstrokesbooks.com/Reviews/BSBNews-Glass.htm
More about JD glass can be found on her web site http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofile&friendID=133823279

June 12: Antara Burlington-based singer/songwriter will be live in-studio. Whether busy conjuring variations of rhythm folk poetry in song lyrics or exploring the percussive-like dynamics of her trademark guitar riffs, independent folk songstress Antara continues to establish herself as a 'new' folk artist that is expanding the forefront of women’s music and the independent folk movement.
“I don’t want to be pigeon-holed into any particular category,” emphasizes Antara. “I believe that women’s music and folk singing is a respectful foundation from which I’ve come. I live that existence everyday; I am that community.
My music reflects who I am, and the personal truths that I have experienced and can share…like a storyteller weaving a tale. My hope is that the people who hear my music get some feeling or idea that enriches their own existence while creating that artist/audience connection that musicians like myself live for.” From http://www.littleweirdgirl.com/bio.html

June 19: Jackie Woods @ 4pm
Jackie Woods is an expert in the field of self-actualization with more than 25 years’ teaching experience. Jackie’s teachings transcend traditional self-help, which more often focuses on “fixing” symptoms and simply “coping” with dysfunction. Jackie, instead, focuses on Empowering Your Heart for Extraordinary Living, identifying and facilitating true healing and accelerated personal growth. Jackie built a highly successful practice as a Life Teacher that lasted for over 20 years in Atlanta, Georgia. In 1998, Jackie moved to Columbus, North Carolina where she founded Adawehi (Ah-dah-way-hee) Institute Healing School and Wellness Center. At Adawehi, she works with students and healers who are dedicated to making a difference in this world. She is the author of Soulmate or Cell Mate, which is devoted to the subject of relationships. From http://www.jackiewoods.org/jackie/index.asp

June 26: Jan Clausen, founding editor, Conditions (1976); author of If You Like Difficulty;
Jan Clausen was born in North Bend, Oregon, in 1950. Clausen attended Reed College in Portland, Oregon, majoring in philosophy and dropping out after her junior year. She wrote poetry and began to publish in little magazines. In 1973, she moved to New York City, and soon came out into a vibrant lesbian feminist community, finding an audience for her writing via its poetry readings and growing small press movement. She cooperatively published her first book, the poetry collection after touch, in 1975.
In 1976, together with Elly Bulkin, Irena Klepfisz, and Rima Shore, she founded Conditions, “a magazine of women’s writing with an emphasis on writing by lesbians,” which she co-edited until 1980.
In the 1980’s, she published a story collection and two novels with the Crossing Press (U.S.) and The Women’s Press Ltd. (U.K.). Her memoir Apples and Oranges: My Journey through Sexual Identity was issued by Houghton Mifflin in 1999. Two new poetry collections, From a Glass House (IKON) and If You Like Difficulty (Harbor Mountain Press) appeared in 2007. Since 1989, Clausen has taught creative writing at Eugene Lang College, Manhattan, where she is active in her faculty labor union, ACT-UAW. She also teaches in the Goddard College MFA Writing Program. From http://www.ablation.org/

July 03: Rebecca Brown, author, Goddard MFA faculty
Since beginning her career Rebecca as a professional writer in the mid '80s, she has published 10 books of prose, with the 11th, The Last Time I Saw You, to be published this November by San Francisco's City Lights. The Gifts of the Body is her most famous work—it has been translated into seven languages and won several awards. Her most recent book, Excerpts from a Family Medical Dictionary, which describes the passing of her mother, was published in the U.S. by the University of Wisconsin Press and in the UK by Granta. In 2001, Chicago's About Face Theater turned her early book The Terrible Girls into a play, and Seattle's New City Theater is about to premiere her original two-act play, The Toaster. Rebecca is a faculty member at Goddard College in Vermont.
From http://www.thestranger.com/seattle/Content?oid=23582

July 10: Martha Zweig Poet and author of Vinegar Bones
Hailed from Hardwick, Vermont, Martha has been widely published in magazines including Prairie Schooner, Poetry, Partisan Review, Green Mountain Review, Poetry Northwest, Sojourner: The Women's Forum, to name, literally, only a few. She won the Vermont Council on the Arts chapbook contest with her Powers. Martha earned her Bachelor of Arts and Master of Arts from the University of Michigan. She is currently pursuing an M.F.A. at Warren Wilson College in North Carolina. Martha works as an Advocate at the Northeast Kingdom Area Agency on Aging in Hardwick. She was born in Philadelphia and raised in Moorestown, New Jersey where she attended the Quaker Moorestown friends' School.
From http://www.nd.edu/~ndr/issues/ndr9/zweig/zweig.html

July 17: TBA

July 24: Nona Caspers writer and author of Heavier Than Air @ 5pm
Nona Caspers moved to San Francisco from rural Minnesota. She is an Associate Professor at San Francisco State University. Her recent book of stories, HEAVIER THAN AIR (University of Massachusetts Press) won the Grace Paley Prize in Short Fiction and was an Editor’s Choice in the New York Times Book Review. Nona’s stories have been widely published in literary journals and anthologies; she has received an Iowa Fiction Award from the Iowa Review, a Cooper Prize from the Ontario Review, a Joseph Henry Jackson Literary Award, and a Barbara Demming Memorial Award. http://online.sfsu.edu/~ncaspers/Welcome.htm

To be scheduled call in.

Julie R Enszer a poet, writer, and lesbian activist. From http:www.JulieREnszer.com


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