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- 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
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- In a wide-ranging interview, Science fiction, horror, and fantasy writer Steven Climer talks about his book "Soul temple," his writing style, the film adaptation of his book "Demonesque," publishing in an electronic format, and how Michigan contributes to character development in his novels. Climer is interviewed by Stephanie Mathson for the Michigan State University Libraries' Michigan Writers Series. Held in the MSU Main Library.
- Date Issued:
- 2004-03-19T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
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- 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
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- Michigan writer, poet and playwright Anne-Marie Oomen talks about what brought her to writing and how living in Michigan has influenced her work. She describes the state as being both truly and metaphorically her bedrock and discusses her play "Wives of an American king" about the Mormon kingdom on Beaver Island and teaching at Michigan's famous Interlochen Academy. Oomen is interviewed by Michael Rodriguez for the Michigan State University Libraries' Michigan Writers Series.
- Date Issued:
- 2008-04-04T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
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- Science fiction writer Dave Galanter talks about Star trek, publishing a Star trek spin-off series, collaborating with Greg Brodeur in writing Star trek stories, how Michigan factors into his books, message boards and blogs he owns, his favorite comic books, and his current projects. Galanter is interviewed by Stephanie Mathson for the Michigan State University Libraries' Michigan Writers Series. Held in the MSU Main Library.
- Date Issued:
- 2004-10-08T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
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- Author Tom Springer is interviewed about his writing career and his newest book "Looking for hickories". Springer talks about his career following after earning an Environmental Journalism degree from Michigan State University. He calls his genre "creative non-fiction" and explains how he weaves his memories into his books about life in rural and wild Michigan. Part of the Michigan State University Libraries' Michigan Writers Series. Springer is interviewed by Librarian Michael Rodriguez.
- Date Issued:
- 2009-04-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
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- Acclaimed children's author Lois Lowry talks about her writing, plot and character development, and the plot-line of her most recent book "Gossamer." She also discusses the possibilities of a movie based upon her book "The Giver" which would star Jeff Bridges. Lowry is interviewed by Capital Area District Library South Services Coordinator Nicole Wells for the "Author Corner Live" series from CADL.
- Date Issued:
- 2006-01-19T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
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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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- 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