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- Detroit native Jim Daniels, Professor of English and Creative Writing at Carnegie Mellon University, talks about being identified as a Detroit writer and poet, reading in Detroit with author Philip Levine, script and short story writing, challenging himself to try new things and developing a character over time. Daniels also explains how our ideas of movies have influenced expectations in writing and changed the way many writers approach their craft and suggests that contemporary writers have dropped the idea of writing the great American novel for writing the great American screenplay. Daniels is interviewed by Michael Rodriguez for the Michigan State University Libraries' Michigan Writers Series.
- Date Issued:
- 2007-09-21T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
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- Novelist Craig Holden talks about public perception of writers, the possibility of using 9/11 as a theme for a future novel, his writing style, his book "The jazz bird," the possibility of film adaptations of his novels, and the impact of Michigan on his writings. Holden is interviewed by Stephanie Mathson of the Michigan State University Libraries. Part of the Michigan State University Libraries' Michigan Writers Series.
- Date Issued:
- 2003-09-12T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description:
- Natasha Trethewey, Poet Laureate of the United States and professor of English and Creative Writing at Emory University, talks about her term as Poet Laureate, the legacy of previous Laureates, and her own experiences and accomplishments, at an event held in the Michigan State University Main Library. Trethewey and MSU Professor and poet Anita Skeen, converse about the duties of Laureate, and how Trethewey has promoted poetry across the country. Trethewey explains the influences in her life, how she approaches writing, and the difference between playing with language and having something to say. She reads her poem, "Elegy. For My Father." The session is convened by Librarian Michael Rodriguez. Cosponsored by the Michigan State University Library, The MSU Center for Poetry, and the MSU Residential College in the Arts and Humanities.
- Date Issued:
- 2014-04-03T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description:
- Science fiction writer L. Warren Douglas talks about how he started writing, how he applies his anthropology degree to his work, and how his writing style has changed over the years. He also talks about what inspires him and his work. Douglas is interviewed by Michigan State University Librarian Leslie Behm for the Michigan State University Libraries' Michigan Science Fiction Writers Series.
- Date Issued:
- 2001-11-09T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description:
- Poet and novelist Walter Richard Knupfer talks about his writing technique and style, the role of Michigan in his writings, and works in progress. Knupfer is interviewed by Michigan State University Librarian Jane Arnold. Recorded as part of the Michigan State University Libraries' Michigan Writers Series.
- Date Issued:
- 1999-11-05T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description:
- 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:
- Novelist Peter Levine talks about his novel "The Rabbi of Swat", his writing style for historical fiction, and his in-progress works.Recorded as part of the Michigan State University Libraries' Michigan Writers Series.
- Date Issued:
- 2000-01-28T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description:
- Author Gary Gildner explains why he left his tenured teaching position to move to Idaho to became a full-time writer of poetry. Gildner talks about donating his personal papers to Michigan State University Libraries' Special Collections, his writing style and how he approaches writing. Gildner is interviewed by MSU Librarian Michael Rodriguez for the MSU Libraries' Michigan Writer Series. Held at the MSU Main Library.
- Date Issued:
- 2004-09-24T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description:
- Linda Nemec Foster talks about the title of her work, "Living in the Fire Nest", teaching poetry in schools and colleges, how her poems were displayed in exhibits for visual arts and poetry, inspirations of one of her poem, her writing style, and in-progress works. Foster is interviewed by librarian Jane Arnold for the Michigan State University Libraries' Michigan Writers Series.
- Date Issued:
- 1999-03-26T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description:
- Poet and short story writer Jim Daniels, a Detroit native and professor of English at Carnegie Mellon University, talks about themes in his poetry, his poem "Time, Temperature", his in-progress works, and his literary style. Daniels is interviewed by Michigan State University Librarian Jane Arnold for the Michigan State University Libraries' Michigan Writers Series.
- Date Issued:
- 2000-04-14T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection