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- Science fiction writer and Detroiter Kathe Koja talks about why she would like to be a cat, the sources of her inspiration, research for her books, her family, and her soon to be published works. Koja is interviewed by Michigan State University Librarian Leslie Behm for the Michigan State University Libraries' Michigan Writers Series. Held in the MSU Main Library.
- Date Issued:
- 2001-04-06T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
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- Poet Diane Wakoski, Michigan State University professor of English, talks about her early career as a poet, her series "The Archaeology of Movies and Books", her in-progress book of poems, and her opinions on gender roles. Wakoski is interviewed by MSU Libraries' staff person Stephanie Mathison for the MSU Libraries' Michigan Writers Series.
- Date Issued:
- 2001-09-14T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description:
- Patricia Clark, poet and Professor of Writing at Grand Valley State University, explains how landscape, travel, and teaching relate to her writing. She also talks about the Grand Valley State University National Poetry Festival held on the GVSU campus. Clark is interviewed by Michigan State University Librarian Michael Rodriguez for the MSU Libraries' Michigan Writer Series.
- Date Issued:
- 2005-03-18T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description:
- Poet Dennis Hinrichsen talks about his books "Cage of water" and "Message to be spoken Into the left ear of God", his involvement in the Rustbelt Roethke Writers’ Workshop in 2003, moving to Michigan, the landscape of Michigan in his poems, and moving into fiction writing from poetry. Hinrichsen is interviewed by Stephanie Mathson for the Michigan State University Libraries' Michigan Writers Series. Held at the MSU Main Library.
- Date Issued:
- 2004-09-10T00:00:00Z
- 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
- 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:
- Essayist and fantasy writer Jacqueline Carey talks about the meaning of the title of her Kushiel Trilogy, how she became an author, her work in progress. She also gives advice to aspiring authors. Carey is interviewed by Michigan State University librarian Leslie Behm. Part of the MSU Libraries' Michigan Writers Series. Held in the MSU Main Library.
- Date Issued:
- 2003-11-07T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description:
- Jim Hines, science fiction writer and Michigan State University alumnus, explains how he began his writing career, his literary style, his preparation of manuscripts, and how he has been able to get his works published. Hines is interviewed by MSU Librarian Leslie Behm
- Date Issued:
- 2002-03-29T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description:
- Michael Steinberg, Michigan State University professor of American Thought and Language, discusses his memoir "Still pitching," about coming of age in 1950s New York. He talks about creative nonfiction, writing memoir, baseball coaches, and how living in Michigan has influenced his writing. Steinberg is interviewed by MSU Library Assistant Stephanie Mathson. Part of the Michigan State University Libraries Michigan Writers Series.
- Date Issued:
- 2003-11-21T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description:
- Lev Raphael and Loren D. Estleman talk about their views on their crime novels, the role of Michigan in their works, the problems and benefits of writing a mystery series and their reading interests. Interview conducted by Jane Arnold, humanities collection development coordinator at the Michigan State University Libraries. Part of the Michigan Writers Series.
- Date Issued:
- 1999-01-22T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description:
- Novelist, poet, essayist, and play-write Robert Vivian, professor of English at Alma College, describes how he began writing and publishing, writing in different genres, the relationship between teaching and writing, his first novel "The mover of bones", the influence of Michigan in his writings, and his current projects. Vivian is interviewed by Michigan State University Librarian Kara Gust for the MSU Libraries' Michigan Writers Series.
- Date Issued:
- 2006-09-29T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description:
- Poet Terry Blackhawk explains how Michigan factors into her writings, the InsideOut Literary Arts Project in Detroit, and how she started writing. Blackhawk is interviewed by Michigan State University Librarian Michael Rodriguez. Part of the Michigan State University Libraries Michigan writers Series.
- Date Issued:
- 2004-11-12T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description:
- Jane Arnold, humanities collection coordinator at the Michigan State University Libraries, interviews poet Katherine Fishburn on why she chooses to be a poet, her book "The dead are so disappointing", the healing power of writing poems, how she brings in her relationship with her parents, especially her father, into her poems, nature as a theme in her poems, her in-progress works.
- Date Issued:
- 2000-03-31T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description:
- Poet and essayist Marc Sheehan talks about his interest in language, his preferences between poetry and essay, human relationship as a theme in his poems, his experience as an editor of the journal "Fourth Genre", poets and poetic history in Michigan, his in-progress works, and his reading interests. Ends abruptly. Sheehan is interviewed by Michigan State University Librarian Jane Arnold for the MSU Libraries' Michigan Writers Series. Held in the MSU Main Library.
- Date Issued:
- 2000-11-10T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description:
- Poet and author Jack Ridl explains how he began writing, the writer series at Hope College, his coach poems, his chapbook "Against elegies," how working and living in Michigan shapes his work, and works in progress. Ridl is interviewed by Stephanie Mathson of the Michigan State University Libraries. Part of the MSU Libraries' Michigan Writers Series.
- Date Issued:
- 2002-11-22T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description:
- Poet Robert VanderMolen talks about transitioning from being a community college teacher into a painter, teaching and writing, his reading habits, his writing style, and how Michigan factors into his writings. VanderMolen is interviewed by Michigan State University Librarian Michael Rodriguez. Part of the MSU Libraries' Michigan Writers Series. Held at the MSU Main Library.
- Date Issued:
- 2004-10-15T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description:
- Science fiction writer Michael Kube-McDowell shares his thoughts about writing, his interests in the military, music, and sports, and the appeal of science fiction to him. Kube-McDowell is interviewed by Michigan State University Librarian Leslie Behm. Part of the MSU Libraries' Michigan Writers Series.
- Date Issued:
- 2000-11-17T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description:
- Poet Anita Skeen, Michigan State University professor of English, talks about being a woman poet, her inspiration to write, connections between West Virginia and other places she has lived, and her body of work. She also talks about her works in process, teaching in the creative arts program at Ghost Ranch in New Mexico, and the use of humor in her poems. Skeen is interviewed by MSU Librarian Jane Arnold for the Michigan State University Libraries' Michigan Writers Series.
- Date Issued:
- 1999-09-10T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection