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1. Interview of Marta Feuchtwanger

Topic:
German Émigrés
Literature
Length:
50 hrs.
Language:
English
Audio:
Biographical Note:
German émigré. Wife of author Lion Feuchtwanger.

2. Interview of Deena Metzger

Topic:
Literature
Length:
13.25 hrs.
Language:
English
Audio:
Biographical Note:
Novelist, poet, essayist, and teacher.

3. Interview of Carolyn See

Topic:
Literature
Length:
14 hrs.
Language:
English
Audio:
Biographical Note:
Author who writes books based in west Los Angeles.

4. Interview of Mel Weisburd

Topic:
Literature
Length:
4 hrs.
Language:
English
Audio:
Biographical Note:
Poet and essayist. Co-founder and editor of the literary journal Coastlines.

5. Interview of Jay Ruby

Topic:
Community History
Literature
Length:
4.25 hrs.
Language:
English
Audio:
Biographical Note:
Temple University professor of anthropology. Founding member of the Society for the Anthropology of Visual Communication. Interviewed because of connection to Coffee House Positano: A Bohemian Oasis in Malibu.

6. Interview of Deborah Tobola

Topic:
UCLA and University of California History
Community History
Theater
Art
Music
Literature
UCLA History: Events and Projects
Length:
1 hr. 20 min.
Language:
English
Audio:
Series Statement:
The interviews in the series Arts in Corrections: Interviews with Participants in California Department of Corrections' Institutional Arts Program document the stories of formerly incarcerated artists, professional artists, and administrators who participated in the Arts-in-Corrections program. A...
Biographical Note:
Writer, poet, educator, and founding Artistic Director of the Poetic Justice Project.

7. Interview of Herbert Wells

Topic:
UCLA and University of California History
Community History
Literature
Art
Music
UCLA History: Events and Projects
Theater
Length:
1 hr.
Language:
English
Audio:
Series Statement:
The interviews in the series Arts in Corrections: Interviews with Participants in California Department of Corrections' Institutional Arts Program document the stories of formerly incarcerated artists, professional artists, and administrators who participated in the Arts-in-Corrections program. A...
Biographical Note:
Writer and actor with the Poetic Justice Project. Former member of the Arts-in-Corrections program while incarcerated.

8. Interview of Judith Tannenbaum

Topic:
UCLA and University of California History
Community History
Music
Theater
UCLA History: Events and Projects
Literature
Art
Length:
1.75 hrs.
Language:
English
Audio:
Series Statement:
The interviews in the series Arts in Corrections: Interviews with Participants in California Department of Corrections' Institutional Arts Program document the stories of formerly incarcerated artists, professional artists, and administrators who participated in the Arts-in-Corrections program. A...
Biographical Note:
Writer and teacher for the Arts-in-Corrections program, developer of Manual For Artists Working in Prison, and editor of Memo Arts.

9. Interview of Guillermo Bermudez

Topic:
UCLA and University of California History
Community History
Music
UCLA History: Events and Projects
Literature
Art
Theater
Length:
3.5 hrs.
Language:
English
Audio:
Series Statement:
The interviews in the series Arts in Corrections: Interviews with Participants in California Department of Corrections' Institutional Arts Program document the stories of formerly incarcerated artists, professional artists, and administrators who participated in the Arts-in-Corrections program. A...
Biographical Note:
Painter and actor, member of the Advisory Board of the Poetic Justice Project and part of the Arts-in-Corrections program during incarceration.

10. Interview of Laurie Brooks

Topic:
Community History
UCLA and University of California History
Art
UCLA History: Events and Projects
Theater
Literature
Music
Length:
1.5 hrs.
Language:
English
Audio:
Series Statement:
The interviews in the series Arts in Corrections: Interviews with Participants in California Department of Corrections' Institutional Arts Program document the stories of formerly incarcerated artists, professional artists, and administrators who participated in the Arts-in-Corrections program. A...
Biographical Note:
Executive director of the William James Association. Advocate for legislative support to reinstate arts programming in correctional institutions.