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Martha Vertreace.
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Associate Professor of English and the Poet in Residence at Kennedy-King College in Chicago Martha M. Vertreace reads aloud selections of her work from some of her poetry books, which include Second House from the Corner, Under a Cat's Eye Moon and Oracle Bones. Martha writes poetry that is layered in symbolism and reflective on her environment.
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Date Issued
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1995
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Worth_Quoting_Martha_Vertreace, fscj:13498
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Video file
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Joy Harjo.
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Poet Joy Harjo discusses her work, which focuses on landscapes, the Native American experience, and racism. Harjo also reads and discusses her inspirations for her poems "New Orleans," "Strange Fruit," and "She Had Some Horses." Harjo stresses the importance of acknowledging and discussing evil in the world. NOTE: Video lacks standard series intro and introduction by host and starts several minutes into interview.
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Date Issued
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1992
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Worth_Quoting_Joy_Harjo_MarySueKoeppel_May92, fscj:13495
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Video file
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Irene Blair Honeycutt.
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Poet Irene Blar Honeycutt, a native of Jacksonville, Florida, shares selections of her poetry and discusses her inspirations.
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Date Issued
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1993
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IreneBlairHoneycutt
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Video file
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Sandra Haldeman Martz.
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Sandra Haldeman Martz, the author of When I am an Old Woman I Shall Wear Purple, discusses her writings on the topic of women and aging and reads a few selections from her book. NOTE: Video quality is poor for the first 15 seconds, but improves thereafter.
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Date Issued
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1993
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SandraHaldemanMartz
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Video file
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Elaine Marcus Starkman.
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Elaine Marcus Starkman - poet, playwright, and author of Learning to Sit in the Silence: A Journal of Caretaking - shares selections of her book and discusses spending ten years of her life as caretaker of her mother-in-law. Through her writings, Elaine reflects on this time period in her life and how she coped with the essential truths of the aging process.
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Date Issued
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1994
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ElaineMarcusStarkman
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Video file
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Elizabeth Seydel Morgan.
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Poet Elizabeth Seydel Morgan discusses how she became a poet and the influences on her work, and reads many of her original poems aloud such as Heron and All my Friends Pets are Growing Old.
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Date Issued
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1989
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ElizabethSeydelMorgan
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Connie May Fowler.
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Connie May Fowler, author of Before Women had Wings, shares how her life as a young child growing up in Florida was the basis for this novel. She also discusses how the character of Zora in the novel was a tribute to author Zora Neal Hurston.
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Date Issued
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1996
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ConnieMayFowler2
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Video file
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Carolyn Forche.
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Poet, teacher, translator, and activist Carolyn Forché - whose poetry has been praised by Joyce Carol Oates and who received a Guggenheim Fellowship and traveled to El Salvador with Amnesty International, where she witnessed the civil war - discusses how she became a professional poet and shares selections of her politically engaged poetry.
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Date Issued
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1990
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CarolynForche
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Video file
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Elizabeth Lund: Seeking Emotional Truth.
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At the time of this interview, poet Elizabeth Lund worked as the Poetry Editor for Christian Science Monitor. She discusses her job working with poets and the publishing industry and reads aloud and discusses selections of her own poetry. Episode #: 27 (? number on case)
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Date Issued
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2001
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ElizabethLund, fscj:13512
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Elaine Konigsburg: Writing Children's Literature.
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Elaine Konigsburg, Newbery Award winning author, discusses two of her books, The View from Saturday and Talk, Talk: A Children's Book Author Speaks to Grown-Ups. E. L. Konigsburg discusses how many of her books deal with the theme of identity and how she develops the ideas for her stories. Ms. Konigsburg also discusses some of the major changes she has seen in children's literature since writing her first book. Episode #: ?
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Date Issued
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1997
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ElaineKonigsburg, fscj:13514
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Video file
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David Hopes: Poetry, Playwriting and Essays.
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Author and UNC-Asheville professor David Hopes discusses his essay collection A Sense of the Morning, the relationship between poetry and essays and his theory that poems as part of essays are less intimidating to readers than stand-alone poems. The author reads aloud selections of his own poetry. Mr. Hopes also discusses the publishing company he founded. Episode #: 27
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Date Issued
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1996
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DavidHopes, fscj:13505
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Video file
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Robert Morgan: Using Voice.
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Poet and novelist Robert Morgan asserts that poetry is more self-expressive than the imaginative endeavor of writing novels. He discusses how he writes the “voice” of characters with a different gender and background than his own. He also reads aloud the poem “Working in the Rain” and from his novel Gap Creek, which was selected for the Oprah book club. NOTE: Video and audio diverge at 22:50 Episode #: 28
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Date Issued
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2001
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RobertMorgan, fscj:13569
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Video file
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Susan Vreeland: Writing with Grace.
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Author Susan Vreeland, whose works often deal with the lives of artists such as Dutch painter Johannes Vermeer, discusses her lymphoma diagnosis and how it affected her career as a writer and educator. She also give a detailed account of her relationships with various publishing houses. Episode #: ?
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Date Issued
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2001
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SusanVreeland, fscj:13605
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Video file
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Sandra Martz: Getting the Edge on Editing.
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Editor and publisher Sandra Martz explains how authors and editors collaborate to publish anthologies and collections. She also gives a detailed explanation of how the submission and editing process works and what editors expect from writers. NOTE: Video and audio diverge at 10:20. Episode #: 17
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Date Issued
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1995
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SandraMartz, fscj:13598
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Video file
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Ruth Kempher.
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Ruth Kempher details her professional life as an author, publisher and editor and engages in a lengthy discussion about prose poetry. Episode #: ?
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Date Issued
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1998
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RuthKempher, fscj:13596
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Video file
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Yvonne Sapia: Writing Poetry and Fiction.
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Award winning poet and novelist Yvonne Sapia reads aloud selections of her poetry. She writes self-therapeutic poems about issues of loss, immigration and other themes of her childhood. Sapia also discuss her novel Valentino’s Hair. Episode # 1
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Date Issued
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1994
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YvonneSapia, fscj:13606
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Shelley Mickle: Writing with Humor.
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Novelist and playwright Shelley Mickle discusses how themes of grief, sorrow and loss can be addressed through humor. She also reads aloud from her book Replacing Dad. She discusses the value of female authors and how modern technology allows a broader spectrum of women to become authors. Episode #: 11
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Date Issued
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1995
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ShelleyMickle, fscj:13600
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Developing and Creating Characters.
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Leslie Schwartz is the author of Jumping the Green, which won the James Jones Literary Society Award, and Angels Crest which was adapted for film in 2011. In this interview, Leslie discusses how she became a writer, her writing process and the importance of marketing and self promotion. Episode # ?
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Date Issued
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2003
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LeslieSchwartz, fscj:17224
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Video file
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The Folktellers: Connie Regan-Blake and Barbara Freeman.
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Connie Regan-Blake and Barbara Freeman, who left their careers as librarians to travel nationally and internationally as storytellers and found the National Association for the Preservation and the Perpetuation of Storytelling (now the National Storytelling Network) - discuss their craft and tell some of their stories.
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Date Issued
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1993
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Folktellers
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Video file
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Women of Vision: An Experience in Seeing by the Visual Impaired.
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Date Issued
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2000-01-01
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0735-7885, 8981808, 2000WomenofVision
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E-book
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