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- Author Kathleen McGookey talks about developing her motivation to write during college and getting published for the first time. She also talks about the work required to assemble a number of pieces for publication, her relationship with editor Robert Alexander, balancing writing with being a parent, working on a children's book, the difference between simple prose and a prose poem, and the subtle influence of Michigan on her writing. She is interviewed by Michigan State University Librarian Peter Berg for the Michigan State University Libraries' Michigan Writers Series.
- Date Issued:
- 2007-10-19T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
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- Writer Lev Raphael talks about being a second generation writer and a child of Holocaust survivors, how he started writing, his love for reading science fiction, living in Michigan, and his current projects. Raphael is interviewed by Michigan State University Librarian Kara Gust. Recorded as part of the MSU Libraries' Michigan Writers Series.
- Date Issued:
- 2006-09-15T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
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- Poet, autoworker, and active member of UAW Local 160 Lolita Hernandez, talks about her concerns for the future as General Motors and Delphi struggle in the economy. Hernandez explains how she began writing, her mother's influence, her family's Trinidadian heritage, and being published. She also talks about her time in the Cadillac plant and the influence it has had on her writing, her current short story and poetry projects, and how her co-workers support her writing. Hernandez is interviewed by Michigan State University Librarian Diana Rivera for the MSU Libraries' Michigan Writers Series. Held at the MSU Main Library.
- Date Issued:
- 2006-02-17T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description:
- Writer Jack Driscoll discusses how he started writing and publishing, the person who most influenced his writing, writing fiction versus poems, the theme of families in his fiction, the influence of Michigan in his work, teaching, and his current projects. Driscoll is interviewed by Michigan State University Librarian Kara Gust for the Michigan State University Libraries' Michigan Writers Series.
- Date Issued:
- 2005-11-04T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
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- Author Samuel Delaney talks about his participation in the 38th annual Clarion Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers Workshop at Michigan State University. Delaney comments on the work done by the students, and the impact which the workshop might have on their careers. He also talks about his own writing career, teaching, who influenced him, and why he portrays mundane and often vulgar acts in his books. Delaney is interviewed by Capital Area District Library librarian Jessica Trotter.
- Date Issued:
- 2006-06-26T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description:
- Author Robin Silbergleid, Michigan State University professor of English and head of the creative writing program, talks about her broad publishing credits and how she balances an academic career with a writing career. She comments on her memoir "Texas girl," suggests that clear genres are going away as lines between them become more blurred, and explains the differences between memoir, autobiography, and the novel. Silbergleid is interviewed by MSU Librarian Michael Rodriguez for the Michigan State University Libraries' Michigan Writers Series. Held in the MSU Main Library.
- Date Issued:
- 2015-04-08T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
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- 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:
- 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
- Description:
- 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:
- Poet, autoworker, and active member of UAW Local 160 Lolita Hernandez, talks about her concerns for the future as General Motors and Delphi struggle in the economy. Hernandez explains how she began writing, her mother's influence, her family's Trinidadian heritage, and being published. She also talks about her time in the Cadillac plant and the influence it has had on her writing, her current short story and poetry projects, and how her co-workers support her writing. Hernandez is interviewed by Michigan State University Librarian Diana Rivera for the MSU Libraries' Michigan Writers Series. Held at the MSU Main Library.
- Date Issued:
- 2006-02-17T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection