Title from film container. Title from film container. Recordings of Ann Roy and 2-3 other women reading poetry and speaking casually at her home in Tepoztlán, Morelos, Mexico. Voices sometimes overlap. Speakers include a 20-year-old American woman, Jackie, and another woman possibly also named Jackie. Readings include an essay or article on androgyny and David Bowie; a poem by Robin Morgan about Sylvia Plath; "Letter to a Sister Underground" by Robin Morgan; and poetry by Ann Roy from the early 1950s. Ann Roy discusses her interest in poetry and writing, the inspirations for her poetry in Prescott, AZ, Italy and Spain - including the birth of her son Willie, her first divorce, her marriage to John Nevin, and death of her father. The women discuss various people they know from the Center for Intercultural Documentation (CIDOC) in Cuernavaca, Mexico, including the "Monsignor" Ivan Illich. Ann Roy describes seeing a white light the first time she met Illich. Jackie describes her arrival in Mexico, and meeting and bonding with Margaret [Fielder?], who brought her to Ann Roy's house to live. Jackie reads a letter from her mother, who has recently visited Mexico and disapproves of her lifestyle.
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Title from film container. Title from film container. Recordings of Ann Roy and 2-3 other women reading poetry and speaking casually at her home in Tepoztlán, Morelos, Mexico. Voices sometimes overlap. Speakers include a 20-year-old American woman, Jackie, and another woman possibly also named Jackie. Readings include an essay or article on androgyny and David Bowie; a poem by Robin Morgan about Sylvia Plath; "Letter to a Sister Underground" by Robin Morgan; and poetry by Ann Roy from the early 1950s. Ann Roy discusses her interest in poetry and writing, the inspirations for her poetry in Prescott, AZ, Italy and Spain - including the birth of her son Willie, her first divorce, her marriage to John Nevin, and death of her father. The women discuss various people they know from the Center for Intercultural Documentation (CIDOC) in Cuernavaca, Mexico, including the "Monsignor" Ivan Illich. Ann Roy describes seeing a white light the first time she met Illich. Jackie describes her arrival in Mexico, and meeting and bonding with Margaret [Fielder?], who brought her to Ann Roy's house to live. Jackie reads a letter from her mother, who has recently visited Mexico and disapproves of her lifestyle.
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