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- Author Diane Carey talks about how she came to write science fiction books for the "Star Trek" series, about the business of freelance writing, being a dependable writer, and being fortunate to have found a genre which she enjoys and is in demand. Carey is interviewed by Leslie Behm for the Michigan State University Libraries' Michigan Science Fiction Writers Series.
- Date Issued:
- 2004-11-19T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
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- Lansing Community College student Holly Barker talks about her interest in music and her desire to transfer to a major university. She describes the rigors of her major, the long hours of practice hours and her desire to perform and compose professionally. She also reflects on her parents and sister, her LCC teachers, and her classmates.
- Date Issued:
- 1988-07-25T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
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- Science fiction writer Patrick O'Leary talks about how he started writing science fiction while working as an advertising professional and his current work in progress. He also gives advice to young writers and says that good writers are good readers. O'Leary is interviewed by Michigan State University Librarian Leslie Behm. Part of the Michigan Writers Series. Held at the MSU Main Library.
- Date Issued:
- 2003-10-03T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
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- Michelle Martinez, author of the crime novel "Most wanted," talks about the issues faced by Latin Americans in their home country versus what they face in the United States. She describes her family and education, graduation form Harvard Law School, and her professional endeavors. Martinez discusses the story line of her book, what motivated her to write, and how she brought her experiences from the prosecutor's office to bear on her writing. She describes her writing as an opportunity to explore her own cultural heritage. Martinez discusses the art of writing and talks about what she reads. Martinez is interviewed by Diana Rivera at the 2005 Left Coast Crime Conference held in El Paso, Texas.
- Date Issued:
- 2005-02-25T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
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- Science fiction writer Scott Huggins talks about why he came to Michigan State University for his M.A., how he became published, themes in his stories, his day job in East Lansing. He also gives advice to people who want to be writers. Huggins is interviewed by MSU librarian Leslie Behm for the MSU Libraries' Michigan Writers Series.
- Date Issued:
- 2003-03-28T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description:
- Twenty-four-year-old Michigan State University graduate Shantae Cannon talks about her childhood in Hayti, MO and moving to Lansing, MI at the age of eleven. Cannon also talks about her education, her desire to learn, participating in an MSU "Upward Bound" program, being the first person in her family to graduate from college, and her job with the State of Michigan. She says that she has a difficult time projecting where she will be in ten years and that a career is not as important to her as continuing to learn.
- Date Issued:
- 1991-01-30T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
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- Poet and fiction writer Joe Matuzak explains how he started his career in arts administration, and the community knowledge project at the Clinton Township Library in Lenawee County, Michigan, where he served as an artist-in-residence. He talks about the political concerns surrounding the cover art of his book "Eating Fire," the theme of his poems, his relationship with his poet wife, his emotional links to Flint, and his works in progress. Matuzak is interviewed by Stephanie Mathson of the Michigan State University Libraries. Part of the MSU Libraries' Michigan Writers Series.
- Date Issued:
- 2002-10-18T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description:
- Michigan State University junior Elaine Birning describes her social science major, but says she is really uncertain about her ultimate career path and contemplates taking a year off from school. Birning also compares her peers with the 1960's generation and says that there is now a stronger focus on earning a degree and deferring happiness. She says, however,that while she does want a good income, she is really more focused on happiness and helping others.
- Date Issued:
- 1988-12-20T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description:
- Science fiction writer David Feintuch, living in Mason, Michigan, explains how and why he started writing, gives advice to people who want to write, and makes suggestions for improving writing techniques. Feintuch is interviewed by Michigan State University Librarian Leslie Behm for the Michigan State University Libraries' Michigan Writers Series. Held in the MSU Main Library.
- Date Issued:
- 2000-10-06T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
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- 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