Category: Interviews
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lisa higgs interview
Originally posted on Lincoln Land Review:
Poet Lisa Higgs, interviewed by her University of Illinois Springfield colleague Ted Morrissey, discusses her chapbook of sonnets, Lodestar (2011); the collection she’s currently writing; poetic craft; and the Vachel Lindsay Association, for which she serves as president. The interview took place in the historic Vachel Lindsay Home, originally… -
ted morrissey interview
Originally posted on Lincoln Land Review:
Ted Morrissey, author of the novel Men of Winter and the forthcoming novella and story collection Weeping with an Ancient God, talks with Lincoln Land Instructor Adam Nicholson about his books, his writing process, and other literary projects he has underway. Morrissey’s short fiction has appeared in journals such… -
jacqueline dougan jackson interview
Jacqueline “Jackie” Dougan Jackson is the author of over a dozen books, including three about the family dairy farm in Wisconsin that her grandfather began at the turn of the 20th century. The Round Barn, volume one, is at the culmination of years of dedicated collection, research, and synthesis using family materials, historical sources, and […]
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a.d. carson interview
A.D. Carson—rapper, poet, novelist, educator—released his first novel Cold, A Novel by A.D. Carson in May. The novel, a multimedia work that blends traditional prose narrative with poetry and hip hop, is conceptually brilliant. In both form and style, Cold adopts the conventions of hip hop creating a profoundly symbolic narrative that follows a young […]
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isaac morris interview
Isaac “Marty” Morris is Adjunct Instructor of Philosophy at Lincoln Land Community College and the author of The Absence of Goodness. Deborah Brothers interviewed Morris in October 2010 about his novel, which is set in Springfield, Illinois. Although the book references an actual unsolved murder of a young woman from Springfield, Morris explains in this […]
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ricardo cortez cruz interview
D and I edited this video after Ricardo’s classroom visit to Lincoln Land. Great advice for writers and I watch the rough portion of this video quite a bit as I like the idea of looking at my work as music–also the idea of urgency inspires me.
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john and peg knoepfle
John and Peg Knoepfle visited D’s lit class and we put together this video. A conversation with John and Peg was in part why I put together this failed writing blog. They were the writers who told me to expect failure in writing and submitting. They were the ones who told me to write and […]
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joanna beth tweedy interview
Some news: D and I interviewed and filmed an interview with Joanna Beth Tweedy author of the novel The Yonder Side of Sass and Texas. She discussed her novel and finding a publisher as well as the use of dialect/patois in her fiction. Also we discussed her founding of the Quiddity International Literary Journal and […]
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martha miller interview
Martha Miller discusses writing and teaching as well as her current award winning short story. Find more on Martha Miller and her work: http://marthamiller.net/main/
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edgar lee masters’ home and museum
James Pisell, curator of the Masters’ Museum in Petersburg, Illinois, discusses the life of Edgar Lee Masters author of The Spoon River Anthology.
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tour of vachel lindsay home
Jennie Battles gives a tour of the Vachel Lindsay home in Springfield, Illinois.
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carol manley interview
Author of Church Booty, Carol Manley discusses her work and writing process. Her book was runner-up for the third annual Tartts Fiction Award.
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prairie archives interview
D and I put together this 5 min interview with the owner of our favorite bookstore. I hope to use this video as somewhat of a model for my Lit 150 students and their creative non-fiction assignments. I also hope to interview several authors I run across in the near future.
john paul jaramillo 