Disc 1. June 9. Keynote address / Marilynne Robinson -- disc 2. June 10. What we learned from Frank Conroy / Charles D'Ambrosio, Curtis Sittenfeld, Abraham Verghese ; What makes literature immortal? / Deborah Eisenberg, James Galvin, Allan Gurganus ; The writer as outsider / Paul Harding, Edward Hirsch, Francine Prose -- disc 3. June 10. The urgency of first books / Kathryn Harrison, Brenda Hillman, Mark Levine, Chris Offutt ; Great moments in Workshop / Jorie Graham, Elizabeth McCracken, Glenn Schaeffer -- disc 4. June 10. How realistic is realism? / Justin Cronin, Michelle Huneven, Jayne Anne Phillips ; The future of short story / T.C. Boyle ; The necessity of estrangement / A.M. Holmes, Philip Levine, Z.Z. Packer, Scott Spencer -- disc 5. June 10. How does humor speak the unspeakable? / Kate Christensen, Benjamin Hale, Matthew Rohrer ; President's reception -- disc 6. June 11. How can literature imagine new worlds? / Kevin Brockmeier, Matthea Harvey, Margot Livesey, Susan Wheeler ; How can literature fight hatred? / Stuart Dybek, Nathan Englander, Robert Hass, Yiyun Li -- disc 7. June 11. Resistance to poetry / Eavan Boland, Juan Felipe Herrera, Geoffrey G. O'Brien, Carl Phillips ; What is the new avant garde? / D.A. Powell, Cole Swenson, Johnathan Thirkield ; The writer's voice and first person point of view / Marilyn Chin, Tom Grimes, James Tate -- disc 8. June 11. Dinner and speeches at the IMU main lounge.
Summary:
Video of the conference in held in Iowa City to commemorate the 75th anniversary of the Iowa Writers' Workshop.
OCLC:
(OCoLC)883841935
Locations:
OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)
This resource is supported by the Institute of Museum and Library Services under the provisions of the Library Services and Technology Act as administered by State Library of Iowa.