A writer's life in Berkeley; interview with Dorothy Bryant.

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2016


Descriptive Summary

Title: A writer's life in Berkeley; interview with Dorothy Bryant.
Dates: 2008
Collection Number: OH--Bryant
Creator/Collector:
Extent: 1 v. (100 p. ; ill. ; 29 cm.)
Repository: Berkeley Historical Society
Berkeley, California 94704
Abstract: Life in San Francisco and Berkeley; teaching; her writing career.
Language of Material: English

Access

The collection is open for research.

Publication Rights

Copyright is held by the Berkeley Historical Society. Permission to publish should be addressed to the Oral History Committee of the society.

Preferred Citation

A writer's life in Berkeley; interview with Dorothy Bryant.. Berkeley Historical Society

Biography/Administrative History

Oral history interview conducted by Charlotte Nolan, December 2000-January2001

Scope and Content of Collection

Bryant discusses her early life and teaching in San Francisco; earning a Master's degree in creative writing; living in Berkeley from 1968; teaching at Contra Costa College; her writing career and reading on KPFA radio; writing plays and the beginnings of the Aurora Theatre Company.