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- 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
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- Jane Arnold, humanities collection coordinator at the Michigan State University Libraries, interviews poet Katherine Fishburn on why she chooses to be a poet, her book "The dead are so disappointing", the healing power of writing poems, how she brings in her relationship with her parents, especially her father, into her poems, nature as a theme in her poems, her in-progress works.
- Date Issued:
- 2000-03-31T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description:
- Poet and author Jack Ridl explains how he began writing, the writer series at Hope College, his coach poems, his chapbook "Against elegies," how working and living in Michigan shapes his work, and works in progress. Ridl is interviewed by Stephanie Mathson of the Michigan State University Libraries. Part of the MSU Libraries' Michigan Writers Series.
- Date Issued:
- 2002-11-22T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
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- Poet Robert Fanning explains how he began writing and publishing, the challenges of being a poet, people who have influenced his writings, working for the "InsideOut Literary Arts Project" in Detroit, and the role Michigan has in his poems. Fanning is interviewed by Michigan State University Librarian Sara Miller for the MSU Libraries' Michigan Writers Series. Held in the MSU Main Library.
- Date Issued:
- 2007-02-23T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description:
- Poet and essayist Marc Sheehan talks about his interest in language, his preferences between poetry and essay, human relationship as a theme in his poems, his experience as an editor of the journal "Fourth Genre", poets and poetic history in Michigan, his in-progress works, and his reading interests. Ends abruptly. Sheehan is interviewed by Michigan State University Librarian Jane Arnold for the MSU Libraries' Michigan Writers Series. Held in the MSU Main Library.
- Date Issued:
- 2000-11-10T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description:
- Science fiction writer Michael Kube-McDowell shares his thoughts about writing, his interests in the military, music, and sports, and the appeal of science fiction to him. Kube-McDowell is interviewed by Michigan State University Librarian Leslie Behm. Part of the MSU Libraries' Michigan Writers Series.
- Date Issued:
- 2000-11-17T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description:
- 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
- Description:
- Poet and novelist F. Richard Thomas, Michigan State Univesity professor of American Thought and Language, talks about the literary forms he uses, how teaching affects his writing, his books "Frog praises night : poems with commentary" and "Prism : the journal of John Fish", and how living in Michigan has influenced his writing. Thomas is interviewed by MSU librarian Jane Arnold for the Michigan State University Libraries' Michigan Writers Series.
- Date Issued:
- 2000-02-11T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description:
- Poet Laura Apol, Michigan State University professor of Education, discusses how she started writing and was first published, her favorite writer, the relationship between teaching and writing,the landscape of Michigan in her writings, and current projects. Apol is interviewed by MSU Librarian Kara Gust for the MSU Libraries' Michigan Writers Series. Held in the MSU Main Library.
- Date Issued:
- 2005-09-30T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description:
- 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