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Interview Archives: Literature
Wednesday April 11, 2012, 11:06 AM
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Josefina Lopez, Writer; Playwright; Screewriter; Artist in Residence, University of Illinois
Host: David Inge
Our guest will be playwright and author Josephina Lopez. She is one of America’s best-known Latina writers, most recognized for her play and film “Real Women Have Curves.” She was just 19 when she wrote the play that tells the story of a teenage girl torn between her desire to go to college and the need to provide for her family. We’ll talk about where the impulse to tell stories comes from, her early interest in theater, and about challenging the standard notions of beauty.
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Categories: Film/Movies • Literature
Wednesday January 18, 2012, 10:06 AM
Luminarium: A Novel
Alex Shakar, Associate Professor/Program Director, Creative Writing Program, Engnlish Department, University of Illinois
Host: David Inge
Where does religious experience come from? Is it the result of some random action of our brains? What if we could reproduce the experience of the divine by artificial means? Would it be any less real? Those are just a few of the questions Alex Shakar explores in his new novel, "Luminarium." We'll talk to him about the book, which revolves around a man named Fred Brounian. In the midst of a crisis, both personal and professional, Brounian volunteers for a study searching for the roots of faith, and it ends up changing his life.
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Categories: Literature
Monday November 21, 2011, 11:06 AM
The Annotated Peter Pan: The Centennial Edition by J.M. Barrie
Maria Tatar, Ph.D., Book editor; the John L. Loeb Professor of Germanic Languages and Literatures; Chairs the Program in Folklore and Mythology, Harvard University
Host: David Inge
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Wednesday October 26, 2011, 11:06 AM
The Hands of Strangers: Poems from the Nursing Home
Janice N. Harrington, Award-Winning Poet; Storyteller; Librarian; Creative Writing Teacher, Department of English, University of Illinois
Host: Celeste Quinn
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Categories: Literature
Wednesday September 28, 2011, 10:06 AM
The King James Bible, 400 Years
Valerie Hotchkiss, Ph.D., Head of the Rare Book & Manuscript Library; Director of the Midwest Book & Manuscript Studies Program; Professor of Medieval Studies, Religion Studies, and Library Science, University of Illinois
Host: Steve Shoemaker
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Categories: Literature • Religion
Friday September 23, 2011, 11:06 AM
A Jane Austen Education: How Six Novels Taught Me About Love, Friendship, and the Things That Really Matter
William Deresiewicz, Ph.D., Writer; Essayist; Book Critic; Contributing Writer for The Nation; Contributing Editor for The New Republic
Host: Carol Spindel
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Categories: Literature
Wednesday September 14, 2011, 11:06 AM
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Rolando Hinojosa-Smith, Ph.D., Novelist, Essayist, Poet, the Ellen Clayton Garwood Professor, English Department, University of Texas
Host: David Inge
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Categories: Literature
Tuesday September 13, 2011, 11:06 AM
Death of the Mantis, A Detective Kubu Mystery
Michael Sears, Ph.D., Professor, Department of Computer Science, University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa; Mystery Writer known as Michael Stanley
Stanley Trollip, Ph.D., Former Director of Learning Strategies, Capella University; Mystery Writer known as Michael Stanley
Host: David Inge
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Categories: Literature • Africa • Botswana • Zimbabwe
Tuesday June 07, 2011, 11:06 AM
The Book, a Retrospective: Book Publishing and E Books, Insights from a Publisher and a Writer
Philip Graham, Ph.D., Professor of English and Creative Writing, University of Illinois; Editor, Poet, Novelist, and NonFiction Writer
Martin Riker, Associate Director / Publicity, Dalkey Archive Press
Host: David Inge
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Categories: Book Industry • Books and Reading • Literature
Friday May 13, 2011, 10:06 AM
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Mary Doria Russell, Ph.D., Anthropologist; Award-Winning Writer
Host: David Inge
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Categories: Biography • Literature
