song of ourselves

Welcome to Song of Ourselves:
A Gay and Lesbian
Literary Salon

If you want to download the entire series, you are welcome to do so. But if you do, as a favor to Wild Hare Press, please send us an e-mail with your reactions.

And if you are one of those magical people who can get airplay for the shows on a nonprofit public radio station, please let us know about it. We're happy to see this material circulate to interested ears. Just give us the name and contact info for any station managers or program directors who request it.

The co-hosts of Song of Ourselves are Jim Pitt, a teacher of high school English and drama for 32 years, and Jean-Vi Lenthe, a poet, performer, novelist, and college teacher. This series was originally aired on public radio station KRCB 91.1 FM in Santa Rosa, California.

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Each show has a 5-minute sample (streaming audio, fast download).

You may also download entire shows
(3 MP3 files per show, ranging from 9-18MBs each).

Walt Whitman &
Emily Dickinson

Walt's Window & Emily's House

5-minute sample
E.M. Forster
Forster & The
Undeveloped Heart


5-minute sample
Virginia Woolf
The Woolf at the Door
of English Literature

5-minute sample
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Christopher Isherwood
To Be Young & Gay
in 1930s Berlin


5-minute sample
Gertrude Stein
I Am I Because
Alice Knows Me


5-minute sample
Tennessee Williams
The Passions of
Tennessee Williams


5-minute sample
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Jane Bowles
One Serious Lady

5-minute sample
Forman Brown
Better Angel

5-minute sample

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