Jessamyn West

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Jessamyn West on an Author's Responsibility to Her Readers

Wednesday, January 16, 2013

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West discusses her take on literature and the writer's responsibility at this Book and Author Luncheon
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Jessamyn West

Monday, June 19, 1967

Novelist Jessamyn West, the author of the 1945 collection of short stories The Friendly Persuasion, speaks with host Warren Bower about the Quaker lifestyle and religious practices that are the recurring subjects of her work .

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Perle Mesta, Jessamyn West, and Sir Pierson Dixon

Monday, April 11, 1960

This episode is from the WNYC archives. It may contain language which is no longer politically or socially appropriate.

Irita Van Doren introduces important guests. Drawing for free books. Introduces Dolbier, who introduces Perle Mesta.

Mesta, a well-known socialite and Woman of the Year for 1960, talks ...

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National Association of Authors : The Writer's Position in America

Sunday, June 23, 1957

Langston Hughes on "The Position of the Negro Writer in America."

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