Writers Place Records, 1988-1997

Container Title
Series: Poetry Readings, Talks, and Discussions
1627A/1
Dennis Trudell, talk and reading, “Poetry and Revolution in Central America,” 1988 November 11
1627A/2-3
Lisel Mueller, Guest Writer Series, reading: “The Poem v. Its Occasion,” 1989 March 15
1627A/4
Daniel Kunene, Guest Writer Series, poetry and discussion, “The Writer and the Dynamics of Struggle in South Africa,” 1989 October 7
1627A/5-8
Gladys Swan, Guest Writer Series, fiction reading and talk: “Moving from Experience to Story,” 1989 October 28
1627A/9-11
Angela Peckinpaugh and Andrea Musher, Guest Writer Series, performance pieces: “Courage and Color: Personae Poems of Women Visual Artists,” and “If It Weren't for her Stays,” 1989 November 17-18
1627A/12
Daniel Kunene, talk: “The Writer's Struggle in South Africa,” 1989 October 5
1627A/13-14
Marianne Boruch, Guest Writer Series, poetry reading by author of Descendant and discussion: “The Long(er) Poem,” 1990 February 10
1627A/15-16
John Oliver Simon, Guest Writer Series, poetry reading and talk: “Braiding the Strands: Contemporary Latin American Poetry,” 1990 February 24
1627A/17-18
Jill Breckenridge, Guest Writer Series, poetry reading and talk: “Writing the Book in Mixed Forms, Poetry and Prose,” based on her book, Civil Blood, 1990 March 3
1627A/19-20
Mike Wilkerson and Lisa Ruffolo, short fiction readings, 1990 June 20
1627A/21-22
Jim Fleming, “Wisconsin's Backyard: Readings from Muir, Leopold, Vukelich, Mountain Wolf Woman,” part of the Festival of the Lakes, 1990 July 28
1627A/23
Janet Shaw and Ron Wallace, talk: “Successful Publishing,” 1990 April 21
1627A/24-25
Michael Klein and Wisconsin, poetry reading by editor of Poets for Life: 76 Poets Respond to AIDS, talk about the making of this anthology, 1990 April 28
1627A/26
Fireweed Poetry Collective, poetry reading and talk on how to start a poetry collective, 1990 July 12
1627A/27
Margaret George, talk: “On Writing Historical Fiction: The Writing Life,” by author of The Autobiography of Henry VIIII, 1990 October 22
1627A/28
Leslie Ullman, Guest Writer Series, poetry reading by author of Natural Histories and creativity workshop: “Dancing Into Your Voice,” 1990 November 2
1627A/29
Ron Kuka, Mark Wunderuch, Madison Review readings, poetry, and Rabin Chapman, Frank Keppler, fiction, talk by the editorial staff, and others, 1991 February 8
1627A/30-31
Pam Painter, Guest Writer Series: Interview, WORT Radio Literature, 1991 March 19
1627A/32
Pam Painter, fiction reading from award-winning Getting to Know the Weather, 1991 March 22
1627A/33
Pam Painter, fiction workshop based, 1991 March 20
1627A/34
David Wojahn, Guest Writer Series, poetry reading by author of Mystery Train and talk on writing poetry: “Tell, Don't Show,” 1991 April 19
1627A/35
David Wojahn, Guest Writer Series, poetry reading by author of Mystery Train and talk on writing poetry: “Tell, Don't Show,” 1991 April 18
1627A/36
Jean Feraca, talk: “Writing as an Inner Guide: What the Poem Knows That You Don't,” 1991 June 26
1627A/37
Ellen Kort, “Discover Your Story Workshop,” using discovery writing, guided, 1991 July 13
1627A/38
Sara and Jay Rath, talk: “How to Find Artistic Freedom as a Freelance Writer,” 1991 July 18
1627A/39
Robin Becker, Guest Writer Series, talk by author of Giacometti's Dog, small press publishing and poetry workshop, 1991 October 21
1627A/40
Bridget Brown, fiction reading, “Woman Without Cats,” 1991 October 19
1627A/41
Martha Vertreace, “An Evening with Martha Vertreace,” poetry reading by author of A Cat's Eye Moon, 1991 November 8
1627A/42
Vance Wilson, “An Evening with Vance Wilson,” author of The Quick and the Dead, reading from his novel in progress, 1991 November 22
1627A/43
Antler, “An Evening with Antler: Poetry and Performance,” 1992 March 25
1627A/44-45
Fabu Mogaka and Agate Nesaule, reading and discussion of the personal and political in literature with Rafael Perez-Torres, 1995 May 8
1627A/46-47
Clint McCown, “An Evening with Clint McCown,” founder and editor of The Beloit Fiction Journal on small press submissions, 1992 October 16
1627A/48-49
Dick Ringler, Agate Nesaule, Dewitt Clinton, and Wanda Bincer, “Healing Our Nation's Wounds,” panel discussion and open mike, 1992 November 7
1627A/50-51
Tim O'Brien and D.M. Boulay, writers on war read from their fiction, 1992 November 8
1627A/52
Vance Wilson, “Eudora Welty: Her Short Stories and Novel, The Optimist's Daughter,” 1990 July 18
1627A/53
Lynn Keller, “Quest and Question: The Art of Elizabeth Bishop,” 1990 October 24
1627A/54
Ron Kuka, “The Writing of Andre Dubus,” 1990 November 7
1627A/55
Rafael Perez-Torres, “Toni Morrison's Beloved and the Language of Silence,” 1990 November 14
1627A/56-57
Emily Auerbach, “Virginia Woolf Today - Her Influence as Writer and Thinker”
1627A/58
Sara Rath, “Rediscovering Anne Sexton,” 1990 December 5
1627A/59-60
Andrea Musher, “Lucille Clifton: The Work of a Common Woman,” 1990 June 27
1627A/61
Jean Feraca, “The Impersonal Voice in Contemporary Poetry,” 1991 February 27
1627A/62
Rafael Perez-Torres, “Chicano Poetry - The first 10 years,” 1991 March 13
1627A/63
Emily Auerbach, “Emily Dickinson and A Room of Her Own: The Relationship of Solitude to the Author's Work”
1627A/64
Daniel Kunene, “Thomas Mofolo's Chaka,” 1991 March 10
1627A/64 (continued)
Jerry Mirskin, “Mary Oliver's Poetry,” 1991 March 24
1627A/65
Vance Wilson, “Peter Taylor's Fiction,” 1991 March 24
1627A/66-67
Sara Rath, “Childhood Memories in Writing,” 1991 June 19
1627A/68
Dick Ringler, Sara Rath, “Contemporary American Love Poems”; Dick Ringler on “The Scots Poet: Edwin Muir,” 1991
Note: These talks took place on February 13, 1991 and June 26, 1991.
1627A/69
Will Risley, “Magical Realism and Three Novels by Gabriel García Márquez,” 1991 July 17
1627A/70
Gay Davidson-Zielske, “Flannery O'Connor: The Mysterious Habit of Being,” 1991 July 24
1627A/71
Kirsten Wasson, “Anzia Yezierska and the Myth of the Melting Pot,” 1991 July 31
1627A/72
Mary Layoun, “Contemporary Arab Women Writers,” 1991 October 13
1627A/73
Rafael Perez-Torres, “Gary Soto, Poet,” 1991 November 3
1627A/74
NiYi Osundare, “The State of Literature in Nigeria,” 1991 July 10
1627A/75
Ron Kuka, “The Fiction of Alice Munro,” 1992 March 1
1627A/76
Kathleen McSharry, “Diane di Prima, Beat and Feminist Poet,” 1993 March 22
1627A/77
Ksenija Bilbija, “Writing Against Oppression: Luisa Valenzuela's Other Weapons,” 1992 April 26