Poets & Writers Theater

“Sundays too my father got up early / and put his clothes on in the blueblack cold,” reads Robert Hayden from his seminal poem “Those Winter Sundays” in this 1975 interview at the Brockport Writers Forum, in which he also discusses his faith, W. B. Yeats, and Frederick Douglass.

"It's from 'A Prayer for My Daughter' and the lines are 'It's certain that fine women eat / A crazy salad with their meat,' and I thought it was a nice title for a book about women." In this 1975 interview with Studs Terkel, the late Nora Ephron recounts lines by Yeats, the poetic inspiration for the title of her book of essays Crazy Salad: Some Things About Women (Random House, 1975), and talks about her experiences as a journalist and feminist. Animated by Pat Smith, this video is part of PBS Digital Studio's Blank on Blank series.

High-Rise, J. G. Ballard's 1975 novel that follows the breakdown in social order among residents of a luxury high-rise building, has been adapted into a feature film. Directed by Ben Wheatley, the film stars Tom Hiddleston, Jeremy Irons, and Sienna Miller.