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Inaugural Writers Series: Lev Rapahel and Loren D. Esteleman January 22, 1999

Introduction - Mike Steinburg.

Lev Raphael discusses his writings and preambles the reading. Discussion of the setting of the Nick Hoffman series. Both of the following excerpts are Nick's dealings with SUM administrators.

Lev Raphael reads part 1 from The Death of a Constant Lover:

Lev Raphael reads part 2 from The Death of a Constant Lover:

Introduction Bob Root.

Loren Estleman reads part 1 from Jitterbug current installment of the Detroit Series. Introduction and reading selection.

Q. & A.

The interview section of the veening conducted by Jane Arnold, of the Michigan State University Library.

Part 1. Interview beginning with questions for Lev Raphael and then for Loren Estleman.

Part 2, Questions for both of the writers.

Laura Kasischke February 5, 1999

Interview.

Introduction by Mark Sheehan, and Laura Kasischke's preamble. The first three readings are from her current novel "White Bird in a Blizzard" about a teenage girl through four Januarys. The remainder are a selection of poems.

1st January of "White Bird in a Blizzard."

2nd January of "White Bird in a Blizzard."

3rd January of "White Bird in a Blizzard."

"I Love You, You Love Me" - Barney Poem.

"The Baby Learns to say Baby."

"What I Hear in Your Hair."

"Do Not Leave Baby Unattended - Manufacturer's Warning."

Gordon Henry February 19, 1999

Introduction

How did the title of The Light People come about?,

"Playing with words…is that because you are a poet?"

"Could you comment on storytelling in the Native American Community?"

"Different voices in each chapter…"

"Describe the episode where the bird is trained to recite the Constitution"

New work called The Golden Arrow.

Suggested Native American Writers.

Introduction by Michael Steinburg.

Acknowledgements, Dedication, and "Sleeping in Rain."

The Light People (2 excerpts).

"I will not tell you..."

From: Art not history not art :Dreamcatchers.

From: Art not history not art: Sperm Bank. Questions/Discussion

Thoughts on writing, and "Dodem Dream Song."

Linda Nemec Foster March 26, 1999

Introduction by Jane Arnold.

Talks about title of "Living in the Firenest."

You teach a poetry workshop?

What kind of poems can be exhibited?

Were you told the Baba Yaga stories as a child?

Dedication in "The Bowels"

What are you working on now?

Introduction by Diane Wakoski

"Postcard"

"History of the Toenails"

"History of the Hand"

"Heat Lightning"

Movie Poems: "History of the Legs," "Absurdity is a Sweet Life," "Jean de Florette."

Ars Poetica

"The Therapeutist Asks Magritte"

"The Rain in Bijosko," Nocturn Opus 9 - Chopin Poem

"The awkward young girl approaching you"

"In my grandmothers house"

"After the war.../Auschwitz"

Keith Taylor April 9, 1999

How did you end up in Michigan?

Where are you a bookseller?

Tell us about your writing style

Discuss being a Canadian-Michigan writer.

Prose "Life Science and Other Stories" as the work of a poet.

Autobiographical nature of work.

What are you working on now?

Where can we get your work?

What do you read for pleasure?

Introduction.

"Innocent Confusion"

"Creation Story "

"Guilty at the rapture"

"The footwashing"

"Resurrection"

From work in progress.

Judith Minty April 23, 1999

Introduction

How do you lead people to read and enjoy poetry?

What are you going to do to celebrate National Poetry month?

Poem "A Sense of Place"

Do you think your ethnicity effected your poetry?

What are you writing right now?

Introduction