Against the Grain – Sheila Rowbotham talks about Edward Carpenter
Sheila Rowbotham, author of "Edward Carpenter: A Life of Liberty and Love", talks to guest host Ramsey Kanaan about the pioneering gaysocialist writer.
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Acclaimed program of ideas, in-depth analysis, and commentary on a variety of matters — political, economic, social, and cultural — important to progressive and radical thinking and activism. Against the Grain is co-produced and co-hosted by Sasha Lilley and C. S. Soong.
Sheila Rowbotham, author of "Edward Carpenter: A Life of Liberty and Love", talks to guest host Ramsey Kanaan about the pioneering gaysocialist writer.
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