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- Science fiction writer David Harlan Wilson talks about his education, postmodern science fiction, and irrealism in his writings. Wilson is interviewed by Michigan State University Librarian Leslie Behm for the MSU Libraries' Michigan Writers Series. Held at the MSU Main Library.
- Date Issued:
- 2004-01-16T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description:
- Michigan State University Professor Anita Skeen reads at the first MSU Residential College in the Arts and Humanities Center for Poetry Reading, sponsored by the MSU Residential College in the Arts and Humanities. Skeen, coordinator Center for Poetry, begins by recognizing a number of people who helped make the Center for Poetry a reality and then reads a passage from Muriel Rukeyser's book "The life of poetry." She also reads from her own books, "Outside the fold, outside the frame", "Resurrection of the animals", and her recent work with Oklahoma poet Jane Taylor, "When we say shelter". Skeen describes the process of writing poetry and what influences her and how living in Canada and New Mexico have affected her work. She closes by reading from a work in progress. Skeen is introduced by Stephen L. Esquith, dean of the MSU Residential College in the Arts and Humanities.
- Date Issued:
- 2007-10-23T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description:
- Essayist and memoirist Robert Root, professor of English at Central Michigan University, talks about his book "Recovering Ruth" and the genealogical research research in his work and his role as both a university professor and an author. He also shares his views on creative nonfiction, Michigan as a source of inspiration, and works in progress. Root is interviewed by Stephanie Mathson of the Michigan State University Libraries for the MSU Libraries' Michigan Writers Series.
- Date Issued:
- 2001-12-07T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description:
- Author and ecologist Stephanie Mills talks about how she started writing and publishing, writing on nature and the environment, the challenges of being a writer, the influence of Michigan on her work, bio-regionalism, and a new book she is working on. Mills is interviewed by Michigan State University Librarian Kara Gust for the Michigan State University Libraries' Michigan Writers Series.
- Date Issued:
- 2008-09-19T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
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- Jane Arnold, humanities collection development coordinator at the Michigan State University Libraries, interviews poet and prose writer Keith Taylor on how he moved from Canada to Michigan and being a Canadian-Michigan writer, his writing style, autobiographical nature of his works, his work "Life science and other stories" and other In-progress works and reading interests.
- Date Issued:
- 1999-04-09T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description:
- Acclaimed American author of fantasy stories Holly Black, talks about her writing, choice of genre, and about her participation in the thirty-eighth Clarion Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers Workshop at Michigan State University. Black explains her decision to write about middle class suburban characters and the juxtaposition of fantasy with a very normal environment. She also discusses her writing process, conferring with other authors, editing her work, and her current projects. Black is interviewed by Capital Area District Library Librarian Jessica Trotter.
- Date Issued:
- 2006-07-31T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description:
- Poet Brian Gilmore, professor of Law at Michigan State University, reads from his work. Gilmore answers questions from the audience regarding his writing style and his hometown of Washington, D.C. Gilmore is introduced by MSU Librarian Robin Silbergleid. Part of the MSU Libraries Michigan Writes Series. Held in the Main Library.
- Date Issued:
- 2016-01-28T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description:
- Memoirist and short story writer Sue William Silverman explains how her childhood incestuous experience has influenced her writing career, her work "Because I Remember Terror, Father, I Remember You", her creative nonfiction writing style, her role as both a writer and a child welfare advocate, and her new in-progress memoir. Silverman is interviewed by Michigan State University Librarian Jane Arnold. Recorded as part of the MSU Libraries' Michigan Writers Series.
- Date Issued:
- 1999-10-22T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description:
- Journalists Sheila Schimpf, Kathleen Lavey, and John Schneider explain how they became authors, and discuss the literary forms and characteristics of their works, the role of Michigan in their writings, their reading habits, and works in progress. The trio is interviewed by Michigan State University Librarian Jane Arnold for the MSU Libraries' Michigan Writers Series. Held in the MSU Main Library.
- Date Issued:
- 2000-09-15T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description:
- Acclaimed American editor and short story writer Kelly Link talks about her participation in the thirty-eighth Clarion Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers Workshop at Michigan State University. Link discusses her involvement with Clarion first as a student and now as an instructor, her writing style, her chosen genre, her writing process, and her current projects. Link is interviewed by Capital Area District Library Librarian Jessica Trotter.
- Date Issued:
- 2006-07-24T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection