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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:
- Distinguished Professor Diane Wakoski, Michigan State University Poet in Residence, joins her longtime friend, acclaimed poet Jerome Rothenberg, in a reading at the MSU Main Library. The two authors read in turn, choosing poems based upon their warm personal friendship and the spirit of the gathering. Rothenberg opens with a series of six prose poems titled, Poems for the hell of hungry ghosts, for D.W., written for Wakoski during their collaboration in New York in the early 1960s. Wakoski reads El camino real (The Kings Highway), written in honor of Rothenberg's sixtieth birthday. Wakoski also reads from Coins and coffins, and her newest book, The diamond dog and Rothenberg reads from a series of poems honoring his Jewish-Polish ancestry. The event, part of the MSU Libraries' Michigan Writers Series, marks the first time in over twenty-five years that the two friends have read together. They are introduced by MSU Librarian Michael Rodriguez.
- Date Issued:
- 2011-04-23T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description:
- Great Lakes writer and poet Alison Swan reads from her essay "Fresh water" and other of her works about love, hunting, and the natural world in a time of suburban sprawl, at an event held at the Michigan State University Main Library. Swan also reminisces about her time at MSU, the influence of MSU Distinguished Professor Diane Wakoski on her life and work, and describes her own writing as "an attempt to write a picture". She answers a question from the audience about submitting her first work for publication while still a student of Professor Wakoski. Swan is introduced by Librarian Peter Berg for the Michigan State University Libraries' Michigan Writers Series.
- Date Issued:
- 2007-11-02T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description:
- Great Lakes writer and poet Alison Swan reads from her essay "Fresh water" and other of her works about love, hunting, and the natural world in a time of suburban sprawl, at an event held at the Michigan State University Main Library. Swan also reminisces about her time at MSU, the influence of MSU Distinguished Professor Diane Wakoski on her life and work, and describes her own writing as "an attempt to write a picture". She answers a question from the audience about submitting her first work for publication while still a student of Professor Wakoski. Swan is introduced by Librarian Peter Berg for the Michigan State University Libraries' Michigan Writers Series.
- Date Issued:
- 2007-11-02T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description:
- 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:
- Distinguished Professor Diane Wakoski, Michigan State University Poet in Residence, joins her longtime friend, acclaimed poet Jerome Rothenberg, in a reading at the MSU Main Library. The two authors read in turn, choosing poems based upon their warm personal friendship and the spirit of the gathering. Rothenberg opens with a series of six prose poems titled, Poems for the hell of hungry ghosts, for D.W., written for Wakoski during their collaboration in New York in the early 1960s. Wakoski reads El camino real (The Kings Highway), written in honor of Rothenberg's sixtieth birthday. Wakoski also reads from Coins and coffins, and her newest book, The diamond dog and Rothenberg reads from a series of poems honoring his Jewish-Polish ancestry. The event, part of the MSU Libraries' Michigan Writers Series, marks the first time in over twenty-five years that the two friends have read together. They are introduced by MSU Librarian Michael Rodriguez.
- Date Issued:
- 2011-04-23T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection