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- 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
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- 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
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- Poet and novelist Laura Kasischke talks about her novel "Suspicious River," other in-progress works, why she started writing novels, and her reading interests. Kasischke is interviewed by librarian Jane Arnold for the Michigan State University Libraries' Michigan Writers Series.
- Date Issued:
- 1999-02-05T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description:
- Poet Judith Minty describes how she leads people to read and enjoy poetry, her poem "A Sense of Place," the role her heritage and background plays in inspiring her works, and other works in-progress. Minty is interviewed by Michigan State University Librarian Jane Arnold for the MSU Libraries' Michigan Writers Series.
- Date Issued:
- 1999-04-23T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description:
- Walter Satterthwait, author of a series of contemporary crime novels, talks about his protagonists Joshua Croft and Rita Mondragon, and his novels set in Santa Fe, New Mexico. Satterthwait describes how he came to writing crime stories and why he chose to use a Latina as a main character. He describes his exposure to different cultures, his childhood of frequent moves, how he came to writing, and how he developed his characters. Satterthwait is interviewed by Diana Rivera at the 2005 Left Coast Crime Conference held in El Paso, Texas.
- Date Issued:
- 2005-02-26T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description:
- Author Suzy McKee Charnas delivers a talk entitled, "Science Fiction, Women Writers, and Women Readers", at the Michigan State University Main Library. Charnas describes how science fiction writers are marginalized in the publishing industry and says that their craft is not taken seriously. She also discusses the intersection of feminism and the science fiction genre and concludes with a long, off mic, discussion with audience members. Charnas is introduced by MSU Librarian Ruth Ann Jones. Part of the MSU Libraries' Colloquia Series.
- Date Issued:
- 1999-02-04T00:00:00Z
- 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
- Description:
- Author Jeff Vande Zande talks about teaching and writing, poems vs. short stories, developing characters in his stories based on his personal experience, and his current projects. Vande Zande is interviewed by Michigan State University Librarian Kara Gust for the MSU Libraries' Michigan Writer Series.
- Date Issued:
- 2005-02-11T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description:
- Michigan State University alumni and award-winning authors Richard Ford, Jim Harrison, and Thomas McGuane answer questions from an overflow audience at the Wharton Center for Performing Arts during an event titled, "Michigan Author Homecoming." The three authors talk about their love for dogs and the shared theme of "love and nothingness" in their stories. They also discuss how they became interested in words and writing when very young, how they relate to their characters, and their experiences while students at MSU. Sponsored by the Michigan Humanities Council and the Michigan State University Libraries.
- Date Issued:
- 2008-07-10T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description:
- Author Michael Kimball talks about moving away from Michigan to become a successful writer, his education, the fiction reading series he has started in Baltimore, the life-story-on-postcard project, and his book "Dear everybody." Kimball is interviewed by Michigan State University Librarian Michael Rodriguez for the Michigan State University Libraries' Michigan Writers Series.
- Date Issued:
- 2008-10-07T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection