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Warren, Robert Penn, 1905-1989
Berry, Wendell, 1934-
Still, James, 1906-2001
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Jones discusses growing up in a small town, and later, attending Berea College. His early interests centered around art, and later, he gravitated to writing. It is very important to Jones to represent the Appalachian region and the people who live there in an honestly positive light. He spent some time working for the Council of the Southern Mountains, and later founded the Appalachian Center, which bears his name, at Berea College. He wishes for the Appalachian Center to work to reverse negative stereotypes about the region. Jones has published poetry, short stories, and other works. Throughout the interview, he talks about various authors whose work he admires, including James Still.
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11Introduction family historyThis is an oral history interview with Loyal Jones conducted by Linda Beattie for the Kentucky Writers Oral History Project Jones was born in Marble North Carolina He tells the names and origins of his parents and grandparents and the names of his siblings Baptist preachers Cotton mills Kentucky writers Kentucky Writers Oral History Project Marble N C Tenant farmersAmerican literature Kentucky Appalachia Appalachian Region Baptists Cotton manufacture Kentucky In literature Tenant farmers35 175 83 92517Marble N C https www berea edu appalachian center The Loyal Jones Appalachian Center at Berea College Berea Ky 463Early schoolingWhat was your early schooling like Jones describes his early school experiences in a small five room school and later on high school from which he graduated in grade eleven He later went to Berea College five years after he graduated high school Jones did not get a lot of encouragement ahead of time Berea had the benefit of being a school that students could work their way though in order to finance their education Berea College Brasstown N C Central heating Marble N C Navy Square dances Traveling libraries Treasure Island Typhus Zane GreyAppalachia Appalachian Region Berea College Brasstown N C Education Education Higher Grey Zane 1872 1939 Higher education Square dancing Traveling libraries Typhoid fever United States Navy37 57244 84 2918817Berea Collegehttps www folkschool org John C Campbell Folk School in Brasstown N C 1013Going to collegeUh I I don t know the one of the things that I ve always wondered is uh maybe I didn t show that much promise I don t know but nobody in high school around said uh Why don t you go to college Jones notes that when he was growing up many people went to college from small high schools except the middle class people in town The advantage of Berea College included the diverse population of students The students were not sophisticated and Jones characterizes the school as paternalistic providing considerable direction for student behavior An example of the teaching style included reading ballads out of an anthology without listening to people singing the ballads It is notable that the ballad is characteristic of the Appalachian region Appalachian ballads Ballads Berea College Diversity James Watt Raine Katherine French Kentucky ballads Tennessee Walking HorsesAppalachia Appalachian Region Ballads Ballads English Appalachian Region Southern Ballads English Kentucky Berea College Diversity in higher education Education Higher Folk music United States Folk songs American French Katherine Higher education Raine James Watt 1869 1949171385Working at Berea CollegeWhen you were here as a student uh what job did you have at Berea Jones worked as a wood carver during his college career He also had a job as a janitor at the local elementary school Jones originally wanted to be an illustrator and took up drawing and carving At Berea College at that time the professors were interested in the Bauhaus school of art Jones was not interested in the philosophy of art and for that reason decided to major in English instead of art Bauhaus Berea Ky Berea College Laszlo Moholy Nagy Wood carvingAppalachia Appalachia Region Bauhaus Berea Ky Berea College Education Higher Employment Kentucky Higher education Moholy Nagy La szlo 1895 1946 Wood carving17http community berea edu hutchinslibrary specialcollections saa18 aspGuide to the Appalachian Ballad and Folk Music Collection Special Archives at Berea College collected by Katherine Jackson French1725Student writers publishing at BereaDid you do much writing here at Berea Berea College did not have a formal school literary magazine while he was in residence The students got together to form a club called The Twenty Writers to publish some of their work Jones wrote a poem that was included in the work There is a discussion of some of the authors who went to Berea College Albert Stewart Berea Ky Berea College Billy Edd Wheeler Draft Fort Bliss Tex Kentucky writers Lee Pennington The Twenty WritersAmerican literature Kentucky Appalachia Appalachian Region Berea Ky Berea College Pennington Lee Stewart Albert Wheeler Billy Edd172085Supporting writersAnd but I think in liberal arts colleges quite often um the when they when people uphold uh the great writers Shakespeare and Milton and whoever you know they represent the epitome and therefore I don t think there s much uh much expectation of uh lesser people being able to write anything uh Jones discusses the idea that liberal arts colleges do not tend to try to teach people to write because what they produce will not be as important as the works of Shakespeare and Milton He expresses the belief that colleges who support writers will produce writers Berea Ky Berea College Foxfire Movement Gurney Norman Harriette Arnow Liberal arts colleges Norman Gurney 1937 Wendell BerryAppalachia Appalachian Region Arnow Harriette Louisa Simpson 1908 1986 Berea Ky Berea College Berry Wendell 1934 Education Higher Higher education172326The years after BereaUh what did you do after Berea In the years after he attended Berea Jones volunteered for the draft He was sent to Japan where he ran an education center Berea College Japan Military draft Teacher s certificate University of North CarolinaBerea Ky Berea College Japan United States Army United States Army Military life United States Army Recruiting enlistment etc 172544The Council of the Southern MountainsUm so when you came to the uh the Appalachian uh blanking here Jones recounts the history of the Council of the Southern Mountains which was founded by John C Campbell Jones discusses his time on the Council and his association with Perley Ayer Berea Ky Berea College John C Campbell Perley AyerAppalachia Appalachian Region Berea Ky Berea College Campbell John C John Charles 1867 1919 Council of the Southern Mountains17http appalachianstudies org resources timeline phpA timeline of Appalachian studies2952The Appalachian CenterI founded this Appalachian Center such as it is Jones explains how he came to found the Appalachian Center The Center was founded with the idea that people from the region could study Appalachia in a scholarly way Appalachian Region Berea CollegeAppalachia Appalachian Center Appalachian Region Berea Ky Berea College Brushy Fork Institute173527Appalachian humorWell I know you have a theory of how or why Appalachian humor is different from other types Jones feels that humor from the southern mountain region came out of traditional Calvinist values The humor may turn around tropes with the result that the rural person is perceived as witty compared to Vaudeville humor that portrayed the urban person as being wittier than the rural person Berea College Davy Crockett Humor Tall tales VaudevilleAppalachia Appalachian Region Appalachian Region Social life and customs Appalachians People Kentucky Social conditions Berea Ky Berea College Crockett Davy 1786 1836 Fink Mike 1770 1823 Humor Tall tales Vaudeville Watson Willard17http www nbcnews com id 5581029 WUFasevyu70A telling of the lore about Mike Fink Miche Phinck 3946Family lifeAll right uh backing up again a little bit uh before getting more on with your publications Jones talks about his marriage in 1954 to his wife Nancy Their daughter Susan was born in 1958 They also have a daughter Carol and a son Scott whom they adopted at age 5 There is a brief discussion of race relations between teachers and their students of different races Berea College Children Race relations ReadingAppalachia Appalachian Region Berea Ky Berea College Families Race relations Reading174341PublicationsUm talk about your publications Jones has published some articles and essays He wrote an article called Appalachian Values to show people about the culture of Appalachia He has collaborated on a book of humor written the text for a book of photographs and various other books He is planning a book of his essays to include black and white photographs of the people from the region Jones has also interviewed people in the region and is working on a book of these interviews He wants to present a positive image of the faith of people who live in the mountains Appalachian Consortium Press August House Publishers Berea College Bradley Kincaid JEMF Quarterly John Edwards Memorial Foundation Kentucky writers Mountain Life amp Work ML ampW Mountain Life and Work ML ampW American literature Kentucky Appalachia Appalachian Region August House Publishers Inc Berea Ky Berea College JEMF quarterly Kentucky In literature Kincaid Bradley17http saa primo hosted exlibrisgroup com UKY alma scope UKY ALMA21193357660002636Jones L amp Brunner W 1994 Appalachian values Ashland Ky Jesse Stuart Foundation 5234Work Jones would like to doUm uh what sort of projects would you like to do that you haven t done in terms of writing Jones would like to rewrite a novel that he had written several years before about the Widow Combs and coal mining He never prepared it for publication and would like to revisit the work if it is still relevant He stresses the importance of sitting down to write every day and of keeping a journal Kentucky writersAmerican literature Kentucky Appalachia Appalachian Region Kentucky In literature17http www kentucky com news special reports fifty years of night article44430654 html Fifty Years of Night a year long news feature about tensions between the strip mining industry and the people whose homes they destroyed The story of the Widow Combs is told here 5444CreativityHe writes a lot of fiction Jones discusses creativity He has been amazed when he goes back to see what he has done to see how good it really was He enjoys the process of writing especially the process of writing poetry The poet restructures words so that ideas are seen in a different way Jones discusses authors whose poetry he enjoys A particularly fond memory that he recounts is an outing to the mines on the occasion of awarding an honorary degree to Robert Penn Warren Berea College Gary Barker James Still Kentucky writers Mammoth Cave Ky Robert Penn Warren Wendell BerryAmerican literature Kentucky Appalachia Appalachian Region Berea Ky Berea College Berry Wendell 1934 Kentucky In literature Mammoth Cave Ky Still James 1906 2001 Warren Robert Penn 1905 198937 183333 86 117Mammoth Cave Ky http faculty csupueblo edu sandy hudock jssection5 htmlAn excerpt of James Still s correspondence includes a poem Leap Minnows Leap 6288Harriette ArnowDid you ever meet Harriette Arnow Jones describes some of his interactions with Harriette Arnow He invited Arnow to participate in some workshops that he was running He describes Arnow as mountain independent Harriette Arnow Kentucky writersAppalachia Appalachian Region Arnow Harriette Louisa Simpson 1908 1986 Berea College Women writers17https muse jhu edu article 479224Biography of Harriette Arnow6438Theories about creativityUm I m just wondering I ve had some kind of interesting responses from other writers um in talking about creativity Interviewer Beattie describes other authors theories about creativity Jones describes his own view about the nature of creativity and art Artists Creativity Ego Humble Questions Robert Penn WarrenCreative ability176610Teaching writingUm how do you think writing should be taught Jones did not have many courses for creative writing He thinks that teachers should push people to express themselves and then to work with them to improve It is important to allow for some writing styles that would work for some writers that possibly would not work as well for other writers Classes Harry CaudillBerea Ky Berea College Caudill Harry M 1922 1990 Teachers Teaching Writing177113Overcoming stereotypesIs there anything that we haven t talked about in terms of uh your writing or the Appalachian region or your center here that you think is important to mention Jones feels that the Appalachian Center is helping to overcome stereotypes about mountain people but that there is still work to be done in this regard He discusses Appalachian Heritage magazine published at Berea College and various media representations of the region Jones sums up by saying he thinks of himself more as an administrator than a writer Berea College Kentucky writersAmerican literature Kentucky Appalachia Appalachian Region Berea Ky Berea College Kentucky In literature Public speaking17https www appalshop org Film and video production that tells the story of Appalachia No transcript
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Kentucky writers discuss their lives, careers, publications, and the influence of Kentucky on their work.
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Walker talks about coining the term "Affrilachian," and the origins of the Affrilachian Poetry Movement. He discusses the nature of creativity, and his creative process for poetry, short stories, and visual arts, and mentions people who have influenced his writing. Walker emphasizes the importance of recognizing that there are people of color who are Kentucky artists. The Kentucky art community is positive and diverse.
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0IntroductionToday is October third 2001 Betsy Brinson introduces this second interview with Frank X Walker She asks him clarifying questions about their previous interview including his time with the Civil Rights Institute and the Birmingham Museum of Art in Birmingham Alabama Affrilachia Betsy Brinson Birmingham Museum of Art Creative writing Frank X Walker Kentucky writersAfrican Americans Appalachian Region American literature Kentucky Appalachia Appalachian Region Birmingham Museum of Art Birmingham Ala Brinson Betsy Creative writing Kentucky writers Kentucky In literature Walker Frank X 1961 17293Origins of the Affrilachian Poetry movementTell me a little bit about the origins of the Affrilachian Poets please Walker talks about his circle of creative friends Black writers from Kentucky had not been recognized for their contributions A group of young men gathered to read their poetry and liked the sound of the coined term Affrilachia and used it as the name for their group Later more poets were brought into the circle Affrilachia Alfalfa s Creative writing Gerald Coleman Kelly Norman Ellis Kentucky writers Nikky Finney Poetry Ricardo Nazario Colon Thomas AaronAfrican Americans Appalachian Region American literature Kentucky Appalachia Appalachian Region Brinson Betsy Creative writing Ellis Kelly Norman 1964 Finney Nikky Kentucky writers Kentucky In literature Nazario y Colo n Ricardo 1967 Poetry Walker Frank X 1961 17http www frankxwalker com The web presence of Frank X Walker837Encouraging new writersThe the big topic now is is trying to recruit a new group of young writers so that we can so that the organization can still continue to live and doesn t count on our availability because we keep being less and less available as a collective Walker discusses efforts to recruit new writers into the Affrilachian poetry group The original group agreed on some criteria that writers desiring to join would meet Affrilachia Creative writing Kentucky writers PoetryAfrican Americans Appalachian Region American literature Kentucky Appalachia Appalachian Region Brinson Betsy Creative writing Kentucky writers Kentucky In literature Poetry Walker Frank X 1961 171107 Coal Black Voices Tell me how um the documentary Coal Black Voices came about Walker explains the origin of the idea for the documentary Coal Black Voices The poets main concern was that the ideas for the poems would be respected so that the documentary would be more than a poetry reading Funding for the documentary came from grants Educational materials accompany the video Affrilachia Coal Black Voices Creative writing Educational tools Kentucky Arts Council Kentucky writers PoetryAfrican Americans Appalachian Region American literature Kentucky Appalachia Appalachian Region Brinson Betsy Creative Writing Instructional and educational works Kentucky Arts Council Kentucky Writers Kentucky In literature Poetry Walker Frank X 1961 17http coalblackvoices com documentary Website for the documentary Coal Black Voices1749WritingFrank I want to uh move now to asking you a series of questions about writing and they may sound kind of dry some of them but bear with me please Walker is a busy man who finds time to write when everybody else is asleep in the mornings between 4 30 and 8 00 a m While he doesn t write every day he is involved in the process every day Walker thinks through his poems while driving In response to a question from a previous interview about what people in Walker s neighborhood thought of him being smart Walker turned his answer into a short story He generally is able to compose poems in his head but this story just wouldn t be a poem Affrilachia Birmingham Museum of Art Creative writing Kentucky writers Time managementAfrican Americans Appalachian Region American literature Kentucky Appalachia Appalachian Region Brinson Betsy Creative writing Kentucky writers Kentucky In literature Walker Frank X 1961 Work life balance172166The creative processSometimes when I wake up I don t have anything to say Walker explains how his creative process works Sometimes despite plans to spend his time in other ways Walker is compelled to write Affrilachia Birmingham Museum of Art Creative writing Kentucky writers Reading WritingAfrican Americans Appalachian Region American literature Kentucky Appalachia Appalachian Region Brinson Betsy Creative writing Kentucky writers Kentucky In literature Reading Walker Frank X 1961 Writing172230Visual artI confess I don t know anything at all about your art Walker describes his visual art including t shirts sketching woodwork and photographs His writing was a secret and people who knew him as an artist did not know him as a writer Affrilachia Art Birmingham Museum of Art Creative writing Gemini Kentucky writers Slave shipsAfrican Americans Appalachian Region American literature Kentucky Appalachia Appalachian Region Art Creative writing Gemini Kentucky writers Kentucky In literature Slave ships Walker Frank X 1961 172810Photography for the Million Man MarchI m curious to know um what it was about the Million Man March that prompted you to do the photography Walker brought some students to the march and while he was there he was moved to capture the experience in photographs Walker uses a 35mm camera that he bought at a Walmart Affrilachia Birmingham Museum of Art Creative writing Kentucky writers Million Man MarchAfrican Americans Appalachian Region American literature Kentucky Appalachia Appalachian Region Creative writing Kentucky writers Kentucky In literature Million Man March 1995 Washington D C Walker Frank X 1961 172988Advice for writersI want to ask you some questions about writing Walker gives the advice for writers to read If they are writing because they have to then do it Get honest feedback and learn the craft Affrilachia Coffee shops Creative writing Kentucky writersAfrican Americans Appalachian Region American literature Kentucky Appalachia Appalachian Region Coffeehouses Creative writing Kentucky writers Kentucky In literature Walker Frank X 1961 173094Journal of visual art and writingI m interested do you keep a journal Walker buys black hardcover sketch books in which he keeps his journals and sketches Affrilachia Creative writing Journals Kentucky writers SketchbooksAfrican Americans Appalachian Region American literature Kentucky Appalachia Appalachian Region Creative writing Diaries Kentucky writers Kentucky In literature Notebooks Walker Frank X 1961 173158Walker talks about his sonMy son wrote some poems in here this summer Walker has a ten year old son who has written some poems in Walker s journal Affrilachia Birmingham Museum of Art Creative writing Kentucky writersAfrican Americans Appalachian Region American literature Kentucky Appalachia Appalachian Region Creative writing Kentucky writers Kentucky In literature Walker Frank X 1961 173223InfluencesWell I wanted to ask you um who some of the writers were that have influenced you Walker feels that Gurney Norman is his greatest mentor He was influenced by the writers in his group Nikky Finney Maya Angelou and others have influenced them He reads extensively but also feels that he knows more about the work if he hears the author read aloud Affrilachia Bernard Clay Creative writing Gurney Norman Kentucky writers Maya Angelou Nikky FinneyAfrican Americans Appalachian Region American literature Kentucky Angelou Maya Appalachia Appalachian Region Creative writing Finney Nikky Kentucky writers Kentucky In literature Norman Gurney 1937 Walker Frank X 1961 173410Performing readingsHow do you um how do you like doing readings yourself Walker gets nervous before a reading no matter what size the audience is He says he enjoys it a lot as soon as it s over It can be exhausting to go through the emotional changes that a poetry reading causes him to undergo He uses his vacation days doing readings He says he only writes poetry because he has only the time for these short works Affrilachia Creative writing Kentucky writers Poetry readings Stage frightAfrican Americans Appalachian Region American literature Kentucky Appalachia Appalachian Region Creative writing Kentucky writers Kentucky In literature Poetry reading Stage fright Walker Frank X 1961 173819Reading reviewsDo you read reviews of your work Walker collects his reviews and reads them when his ego needs to a boost There was one negative review He has letters from elementary school students who wrote sincerely Affrilachia Creative writing Kentucky writers Literary reviewsAfrican Americans Appalachian Region American literature Kentucky Appalachia Appalachian Region Creative writing Criticism Kentucky writers Kentucky In literature Walker Frank X 1961 173931Multi taskingDo you work on one project at time or do your work on multiple pro poems and Walker works in only one journal at a time and then goes back to the journal He likes to work on a piece of writing on two separate occasions He does his revision in the journals by dividing the page into columns Walker does not write using red ink and he will not wear red The color stands out too much A poetry reading he feels is administrative not artistic Quote 1 09 47 The only time I can t work as a writer is when I m on stage Affrilachia Creative writing Kentucky writers MultitaskingAfrican Americans Appalachian Region American literature Kentucky Appalachia Appalachian Region Creative writing Human multitasking Kentucky writers Kentucky In literature Walker Frank X 1961 174301FeedbackWhen you have uh finished a piece Frank to the point where you re ready to have somebody read it how do you decide who s going to read it For feedback on his work Walker trusts Nikky Finney the most but she is the least available to provide immediate feedback He sends work to people based on their availability Walker likes the immediacy of e mail because he can get feedback quickly Affrilachia Creative writing Kentucky writers Mitchell Douglas Nikky FinneyAfrican Americans Appalachian Region American literature Kentucky Appalachia Appalachian Region Creative writing Douglas Mitchell L H 1970 Finney Nikky Kentucky writers Kentucky In literature Walker Frank X 1961 174381Driven to writeDo you feel that you have some kind of internal drive to write Walker is driven to write He s the most unlike the rest of his family especially in his need to express himself through visual art and writing If there is a gift of creativity Walker feels that there is an attendant obligation He is driven to create but he gets to decide whether it is supposed to be expressed in written form Affrilachia Creative writing Kentucky writersAfrican Americans Appalachian Region American literature Kentucky Appalachia Appalachian Region Creative writing Kentucky writers Kentucky In literature Motivation Psychology Walker Frank X 1961 174544The nature of creativityWhat do you think the the nature of creativity is for you Walker writes in order to capture the moment Walker uses creativity to build bridges and share information Affrilachia Creative writing Creativity Kentucky writersAfrican Americans Appalachian Region American literature Kentucky Appalachia Appalachian Region Creative ability Creative writing Kentucky writers Kentucky In literature Walker Frank X 1961 174603Being a writerWhen Frank do you think you really knew you were a writer Gurney Norman convinced Walker that he was a writer and Walker truly believed it when he read it in the paper Walker thought of himself as an artist in the first grade He always knew he could do that Affrilachia Creative writing Gurney Norman Kentucky writersAfrican Americans Appalachian Region American literature Kentucky Appalachia Appalachian Region Creative writing Kentucky writers Kentucky In literature Norman Gurney 1937 Walker Frank X 1961 174830The Governor s School for the ArtsUm tell me a little bit about the Governor s program Walker started working for the Governor s School as a teacher of creative writing Walker had decided to move to Kentucky and took the job as director of the Governor s School when it was offered Walker discusses moving the Governor s School to Lexington and sources of funding for the program Affrilachia Creative writing Kentucky Governor s School for the Arts Kentucky writers Purdue University Transylvania UniversityAfrican Americans Appalachian Region American literature Kentucky Appalachia Appalachian Region Creative writing Kentucky writers Kentucky In literature Purdue University Transylvania University Walker Frank X 1961 38 029722 84 49472217Lexington Ky 5221Alumni of the Governor s SchoolYou mentioned uh a visible commitment to the alumni What does that mean Walker discusses the commitment that the Governor s School has to its alumni The alumni in turn tell their stories via a newsletter The Governor s School through the Toyota Performance Fund pays artists to create and perform their work Affrilachia Betsy Brinson Creative writing Frank X Walker Kentucky writersAfrican Americans Appalachian Region American literature Kentucky Appalachia Appalachian Region Brinson Betsy Community arts projects Creative writing Kentucky writers Kentucky In literature Walker Frank X 1961 175751Being a teacher who writesUm I have a few more writing questions Walker explains how he uses the skills that he uses as a teacher in editing his own work Affrilachia Creative writing Editing Kentucky writers Teachers WritingAfrican Americans Appalachian Region American literature Kentucky Appalachia Appalachian Region Creative writing Kentucky writers Kentucky In literature Poetry Editing Teachers Walker Frank X 1961 Writing175832People of color are part of Kentucky and are artistsWhat do you think Frank the most important thing that you re doing in your work is Walker is creating evidence that people of color live in Kentucky and are part of the artistic landscape of Kentucky People of color have been left out of the narrative of Kentucky a narrative that can be negative as well as homogeneous Walker sees his art as a bridge to bring people together Affrilachia Creative writing Kentucky Educational Television KET Kentucky writers People of colorAfrican Americans Appalachian Region American literature Kentucky Appalachia Appalachian Region Creative writing Diversity within America Kentucky Educational Television Kentucky writers Kentucky In literature Walker Frank X 1961 17https www ket org The web site of Kentucky Educational Television KET 6000Current writing projectsYou mentioned the short story that you ve just recently written Walker is working on several projects He is working on a play and has some poems that are currently in their second or third draft and need revision He is going to school which cuts out some writing time Walker is planning a screenplay Affrilachia Coal Black Voices Creative writing Gurney Norman Kentucky writersAfrican Americans Appalachian Region American literature Kentucky Appalachia Appalachian Region Creative writing Kentucky writers Kentucky In literature Norman Gurney 1937 Walker Frank X 1961 176244Walker s mother and her storiesIs there anything else that you care to add that we haven t talked about specifically at this point Walker adds that he wishes his mother would write her stories Some of the stories his mother tells affect him like the last song you hear on the radio Her stories inspire his poetry Affrilachia Creative writing Kentucky writers Life storiesAfrican Americans Appalachian Region American literature Kentucky Appalachia Appalachian Region Creative writing Kentucky writers Kentucky In literature Stories amp storytellers Walker Frank X 1961 17 No transcript
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Robert Penn Warren Oral History Project
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January 1, 1977
Project LC Subject
Authors
Blake, William, 1757-1827
Clark, Eleanor, 1913-1996
Criticism
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Essay
Fiction
Fugitives (Group)
Guthrie (Ky.)
Hardy, Thomas, 1840-1928
Literature
Novelists
Poetry
Poets.
Prose literature
Southern review (Baton Rouge, La.)
Warren family
Warren, Robert Penn, 1905-1989
Warren, Robert Penn, 1905-1989. All the king's men
Warren, Robert Penn, 1905-1989. At heaven's gate
Warren, Robert Penn, 1905-1989. Audubon, a vision
Warren, Robert Penn, 1905-1989. Brother to dragons
Warren, Robert Penn, 1905-1989. Night rider
Warren, Robert Penn, 1905-1989. Poems. Selections
Warren, Robert Penn, 1905-1989. Promises
Warren, Robert Penn, 1905-1989. The ballad of Billie Potts
Warren, Robert Penn, 1905-1989. The cave
Warren, Robert Penn, 1905-1989. World enough and time
Wordsworth, William, 1770-1850
York, Alvin Cullum, 1887-1964
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Robert Penn Warren (1905--1989), a native of Guthrie, became the first official poet laureate of the United States in 1986. He won the Pulitzer Prize three times: for his novel All the King's Men in 1947, for Promises: Poems 1954-1956 in 1957, and for Now and Then: Poems 1976-1978 in 1979. He taught at several universities, including Yale, Louisiana State, and the University of Minnesota, and was an essayist, editor, and critic. This project contains interviews with Warren and his friends, relatives, and colleagues, including Saul Bellow, Cleanth Brooks, James Dickey, and William Styron. They discuss Warren family history; Guthrie at the turn of the century; Warren's childhood; his educational experiences; his early interest in writing; his writing style; the intellectual development of his writing; the influence of William Wordsworth, William Blake, Thomas Hardy, and other writers; the Southern Review; the Fugitives; Eleanor Warren; Sergeant York; Warren's suicide attempt; and many of Warren's works, such as All the King's Men, Selected Poems, Brother to Dragons, At Heaven's Gate, The Cave, Billy Potts, Promises, Audubon, Night Rider, and World Enough and Time.
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Art, Culture, and Tradition -- Theme
Education -- Theme
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Interview with Robert Penn Warren, January 10, 1981
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Authors
Literature
Warren, Robert Penn, 1905-1989
Kentucky--In literature
American literature--Kentucky
United States--History--War of 1812
United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783
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Warren recounts some events from his youth, including the illness of his father, and his father's reaction to hearing the news of his brother's death.
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0IntroductionThe following is an unrehearsed interview with Robert Penn Warren for the Robert Penn Warren Oral History Project The interview with Robert Penn Warren is introduced Kentucky writers Robert Penn Warren Robert Penn Warren Oral History ProjectAmerican literature Kentucky Kentucky In literature Warren Robert Penn 1905 198941 175833 73 27194417Fairfield Conn 26Floyd s book about Robert Penn WarrenIf what s his name Warren discusses a previous biography of himself that left some facts out and added other untrue events Biographies Brothers Kentucky writers Lies Literature Robert Penn WarrenAmerican literature Kentucky Kentucky In literature Warren Robert Penn 1905 198917282The illness of Warren s fatherNow we ve talked about some of those in our talks Warren s father was ill when Warren was a child He describes noticing some odors as an adult that caused him to recall these uncertainties from his youth These smells brought back uncertainty and fear from a time when he was very young and did not know what exactly was wrong but knew that it was something terrible Family Fathers Illnesses Memories Odors Sickness SmellsAmerican literature Kentucky Kentucky In literature Warren Robert Penn 1905 198917587Warren discusses his forebearsYou d also talked about your uh another period of uncertainty about your or another s moment of uncertainty about your father was uh uh his tears upon the death of hearing the death of his brother in Albuquerque Warren s grandfather was a cranky man and perhaps became incompetent before dying Warren describes his own father taking him for a walk to look for a lost grave and foundations for an old house Warren had assumed that it was about his paternal grandfather but it was perhaps a great grandfather or even an earlier forebear The conversation touches upon the War of 1812 and the Revolutionary War Family Kentucky writers Relatives Revolutionary War Robert Penn Warren War of 1812American literature Kentucky Families Genealogy Kentucky In literature United States History Revolution 1775 1783 United States History War of 1812 Warren Robert Penn 1905 1989171108Warren recalls some events that shaped his familyWe were talking then about your father s emotion at the death of his brother Warren s uncle had moved to Mexico After the death of his brother Warren s father although he was very self controlled wept Brothers Death Family Fathers Kentucky writers Relatives Robert Penn Warren UnclesAmerican literature Kentucky Families Kentucky In literature Warren Robert Penn 1905 198917 No transcript
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Kentucky Writers Oral History Project
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kwgen
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January 1, 1977
Project LC Subject
American literature--Kentucky--History and criticism.
Authors, American--Kentucky
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Critics
Drama.
Dramatists.
Fiction
Intellectual life
Kentucky--In literature.
Kentucky--Intellectual life.
Literature
Novelists
Poetry
Poets.
Prose literature
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Audio
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Kentucky writers discuss their lives, careers, publications, and the influence of Kentucky on their work.
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Art, Culture, and Tradition -- Theme
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Interview with John Egerton, June 2, 1992
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Appalachian Region
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Beattie, Linda
Clark, Tom, 1941-
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McClanahan, Ed
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Egerton, John
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Egerton was the youngest of five children. Egerton's father was a traveling salesman. During a childhood illness, he wrote a school newspaper, which he shared with the students in his class. After attending the University of Kentucky, he joined the army, where he worked in public relations. He began to do freelance writing, and published a book about the vanishing South, as the South became more like the rest of America. He was inspired to write the story of an American family, by an interview with Sue Alston, a 105 year-old woman who explained a century of U.S. history to him. Egerton began writing about Southern food, analyzing social and cultural aspects of the South through Southern cuisine. He has a varied resume of works, including a booklet about a medical condition, essays to accompany books of journalism, and a book about the U.S. civil rights movement for racial equality. Egerton discusses the process of writing, teaching, and the nature of creativity.
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0IntroductionThis is an oral history interview with John Egerton being conducted by Linda Beattie for the Kentucky Writers Oral History Project Egerton names his parents and origins He was the fifth child of the family His father was a traveling salesman His paternal grandfather wanted to be a doctor in India His maternal grandfather was an inventor American Tobacco Company Bombay India Cadiz Ky Rugby Colony Tenn UtopiasAmerican Tobacco Company Appalachia Appalachian Region Cadiz Ky Egerton John Families Genealogy Mumbai India Rugby Tenn Utopias36 361111 84 70027817Rugby Colony Tenn 786Early schoolKind of place you would uh uh love to raise kids because it was safe Egerton attended the Cadiz Graded School through grade six He feels that there were no good school systems in Kentucky during the time he was growing up He was ill during second grade and wrote a gossip sheet of school news as a pastime during his illness In the sixth grade he worked for the local newspaper writing up the school sports events Cadiz Ky Cadiz Graded School Histoplasmosis Trigg County High School TuberculosisAppalachia Cadiz Ky Education Egerton John Histoplasmosis Trigg County High School Tuberculosis171377College and the armyAnd then after high school did you go directly to college Egerton went to Western Kentucky University for a year and then signed up for military service After spending two years in the Army he went back to college at University of Kentucky After earning his BA and MA in public relations he had a job in public relations in Lexington where his son was born Cadiz Ky Germany Public relationsAppalachia Appalachian Region Cadiz Ky Education Higher Egerton John Germany Higher education Public relations United States Army Military life171704Public relationsI was doing this PR job and then writing other things at the Kentucky Research Foundation involved in their they had an overseas program with Indonesia and uh I was Egerton got hired as a public relations administrator at the University of South Florida at Tampa which was just being built at that time He enjoyed his work which entailed writing the college president s speeches It seemed that the era s accusations of communism were based in racial inequality Egerton was involved in a car accident while he was at South Florida University McCarthyism Public relationsEducation Higher Egerton John Higher education McCarthy Joseph 1908 1957 Public relations28 054561 82 41305817University of South Florida2201AfricaBut uh I took this trip to Africa While recovering from an accident Egerton read about Albert Schweitzer and decided to take a trip to meet him He began the trip but never met Schweitzer When he came back to the USA Egerton wrote some articles which were published He was writing for Southern Education Reporting Service and submitted articles to other publications Africa Albert Schweitzer Atlantic Monthly Republic of Rhodesia Rhodesia Southern Education Reporting ServiceEgerton John Schweitzer Albert 1875 1965 Southern Education Reporting Service 20 3017Republic of Zimbabwe roughly occupies the land that was formerly the Republic of Rhodesia2681FreelancingWhen you were working here in Nashville for the what was it called the Southern Egerton was submitting some articles and published a book and publishing the book led him to think the he could make a success of writing freelance Freelance workEgerton John Self employed Writing172876The disappearing SouthAnd I was working I think I by the time I quit I was working or at least thinking about working on a book that that uh eventually materialized in uh 74 The Americanization of Dixie Egerton describes his book The Americanization of Dixie as an idea book His idea was the disappearing South His other category of books is what he would call a subject book which originates externally to the author Egerton tells how he came to be known for the phrase the Americanization of Dixie but his book on that topic was not a great success in terms of sales Dixie Kentucky writers The Americanization of DixieEgerton John Southern States Writing173289Interview with Sue AlstonUh I was gradually shifting to other areas of interest and history was one of them Egerton discusses the idea for his book Generations Egerton had interviewed Sue Alston a woman who was about 105 years old Alston was able to give Egerton a lot of insight into American life over the past century Hearing her story inspired him to write a book about the experience of an idealized mainstream family in the South To find this family he wrote letters to people he knew who could help him find a family that met his criteria Kentucky writers Sue Alston Tom ClarkAlston Sue approximately 1873 1983 American literature Kentucky Appalachia Appalachian Region Beattie Linda Clark Thomas Dionysius 1903 2005 Egerton John Kentucky In literature33 198333 79 43777817Hampton Plantation McClellanville S C http www southcarolinaparks com Virtual Exhibits hampton MansionExhibit vex1 E7060590 658C 450D AD5B 143477590435 htmImage of Sue Alston at the Hampton Mansion 3794GenerationsSo I uh got a couple names out of there and called them up on the phone and uh from Virginia Egerton describes the process of writing and then trying to get it published In the middle of writing Generations a story about the family of Burnam and Addie Ledford Egerton wrote and published a book about Nashville s bicentennial Nashville the Faces of Two Centuries Then he went back and continued to try to have Generations published The family whose story Egerton told gave permission for the story to be told after they read the first draft Not all of the parts of the family s story are necessarily positive but the family nevertheless permitted the story to be told Alcoholism Divorce Kentucky writers Nashville Tenn Alcoholism Divorce Egerton John Families Nashville Tenn 36 166667 86 78333317Nashville Tenn 4630 Southern Food And since then I guess the next thing I did of any major consequence was the food book Egerton says that food was just such a natural way to look at the South and its social history He talks about how much help his wife has been in support of his career as a freelance writer She is now an antiquarian book dealer Kentucky writers Southern FoodCooking American Southern style Egerton John175255The writer defines himself things like this uh uh leaves me uh pretty much outside pretty much anybody s uh uh little cubbyhole of definition After the book Southern Food came out several magazines began to ask Egerton to write articles He next attempted to syndicate a column with newspapers Food and Wine Magazine Kentucky writers Southern Food Travel and Leisure MagazineCooking American Southern style Egerton John175724Significance of a book about Southern foodWhat do you think is the most significant aspect of of Southern Food Egerton characterizes his book on Southern food as a collection of excerpts about southern food that appeared in authors from the South about the South Food is an important part of Southern culture Kentucky writers Southern FoodCooking American Southern style Egerton John Writing175892Fear of unhealthy foodUm I understand that you think most Americans have an unhealthy fear of food these days especially foods uh laden with fat or cholesterol Sugar cream butter eggs salt and bacon grease define southern cooking in Egerton s view Nouvelle cuisine seems to be removing these characteristic elements from Southern cooking Kentucky writers Nathalie Dupree Nouvelle cuisine Southern FoodAmerican literature Kentucky Appalachia Appalachian Region Cholesterol Egerton John Kentucky In literature175976Hemorrhoid comic bookWhat is the story of your hemorrhoid comic book Egerton wrote the copy for a comic book about hemorrhoids called The Bottom Line for patients Egerton has collected his magazine articles into a book he calls Shades of Gray Hemorrhoids Kentucky writers Medical informationEgerton John Writing176218Views on race relationsHad you been or were you raised uh thinking the same way thinking about race relations as you have as an adult Egerton believes that it s unfair to treat some people one way and others another way He remembers his father as being racially prejudiced but his mother was opposed to prejudice Note use of a pejorative term referring to race at 1 44 19 Race relations RacismEgerton John Race relations Racism176467Writing about the events leading up to the civil rights movementUh I ve read that you ve been working on a book about the relationship between blacks and whites from the end of World War Two until the early 1950s Egerton believes that the civil rights movement in the South started earlier than the traditionally accepted date of 1954 He is looking at the people from a generation before 1954 and how their beliefs shaped the events that surround segregation Civil rights Kentucky writers Race relations RacismCivil rights Egerton John Race relations Racism Writing177443Future writing projects in the worksWhat about future writing projects Egerton has some unexplored ideas for further work including a story about England that would help him explore his grandfather s journey to the United States Other interests include elderly people and travel Egerton tries to define the kind of writing he does It s some mix of journalism fiction and non fiction The lines are blurred He writes in order to explore topics Elderly people Highways Kentucky writersEgerton John Older people Roads Writing177795The process of writingUm uh will you discuss your research and and writing methods and by that I mean you talked about discipline Do you have a specific time and place and tools with which you write and is it a daily thing or or what Egerton is not very rigid in his methods but he does have to spend time in libraries doing research Kentucky writers Libraries Newspapers ResearchBeattie Linda Egerton John Libraries Newspapers Research Writing177962Secondary worksUm there are a couple other things I probably ought to mention that uh I ve done that don t don t have uh either don t have my name on them or I m sort of secondary Egerton has worked on some projects for which he is either not named or for which he took a secondary role Egerton describes some of the books to the interviewer Kentucky writers Radnor Lake Nashville s WaldenEgerton John Radnor Lake Tenn Writing36 0619 86 807517Radnor Lakehttps books google com books id ICEEAAAAYAAJ source gbs navlinks sDishes amp Beverages of the Old South Martha McCulloch Williams McBride Nast 1913 Beverages 318 pages8379CreativityWould you comment on what you think the nature of creativity itself is Egerton believes a person can learn how to write but that a person cannot be taught Sentence structure and such technical aspects of writing get in the way of the writer Egerton believes that certain types of creativity arise from birth For writing people would have to be born with the desire for it A person does not ever master writing That keeps it interesting Creative writing Creativity Kentucky writersCreative writing Egerton John reative ability178659Teaching writingYou said you you taught writing or journalism for a year at uh Virginia Tech was it Egerton liked working with students in his course teaching writing for journalism He felt that his colleagues were not all hard workers although there were good teachers who worked hard By the end of school year Egerton was too drained to write when he got home He looked at the time as a sabbatical from writing Journalism Kentucky writers Teaching WritingEgerton John Journalism Teaching Writing178949Speeches readings and conferencesDo you do readings or writers conferences very often Egerton has done some work at conferences and giving talks but it is not his favorite work In some ways it can be helpful to talk on a subject of his writing in order to work out the explanation of the topic Egerton enjoys reading other writers work and he lists some of his favorites Ed McClanahan Kentucky writers Thomas D Clark Tom ClarkClark Tom 1941 Egerton John McClanahan Ed Writing179283Influences in writingUm is there anything that we haven t talked about that you think is particularly important to know about you as a person or as a writer Egerton likes to try to figure out why people do what they do His Kentucky heritage had a great deal of influence on his writing He believes that the contribution of blacks to southern cooking is enormous Both of Egerton s children have expressed an interest in writing Kentucky cuisine Kentucky writers Social historyAfrican Americans Egerton John Social history 17 No transcript
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10Introduction and family backgroundThis is an oral history interview with Jim Wayne Miller being conducted by Linda Beattie for the Kentucky Writers Oral History Project Miller describes his parents and grandparents and his upbringing Miller was born in Leicester North Carolina Miller s father was always interested in new and different pursuits Miller characterizes his book Newfound as somewhat autobiographical Miller used names of family members in his book His two sets of grandparents were from two different social classes the Smith family were sharecroppers and the Miller family were landed farmers who were landlords of sharecroppers Childhood Family farms Family histories Family history Farm life Leicester N C SharecroppersAuthors Families Genealogy Leicester N C Sharecropping Writing35 655 82 69638917Leicester N C http jimwaynemiller net Website of Jim Wayne Miller 748A writer is first a listenerYou write in your essay in Contemporary Authors that and you you ve just spoke about your paternal grandmother reciting poetry and that sort of thing Miller s parents did not read to them They talked and told stories The oral tradition was more of an influence for Miller as a writer than reading He listened to recitations by his paternal grandmother rather than reading books directly Creative writing Kentucky writers Listening Oral communication ReadingAuthors Oral communication Reading Writing171072Archaic languageYou also wrote about uh the archaic speech that you grew up hearing Miller talks about the archaic speech that he grew up hearing Archaic EnglishAppalachia Appalachian Region Childhood English language Archaisms Families Rural conditions171197The relationship between the oral tradition and poetic languageUm I m I m wondering if you think that the fact that you have been primarily a poet although you are you ve written a novel and you re at work at another one Miller took phrases and lines from poems he had written and embedded them in scenes from the book written about a boy who grows up to be a poet Creative writing Kentucky writersAmerican literature Kentucky Appalachia Appalachian Region Authors Kentucky In literature Poetry Writing171317ChildhoodUm here s an all encompassing question Miller characterizes his childhood as wholesome and talks about always being around family He talks about raising their own food including meat on their farm Animals Brothers Family Farms Food Grandparents Idyllic Money Relatives Sisters VisitingAppalachian Region Social conditions Childhood Families 171430MoonshineUh you refer to a moonshining incident in an essay you ve written What was that Miller and his friend made some whiskey and sold it to a bootlegger They used the money to buy a car which they shared and then they got out of the business MoonshiningAppalachia Appalachian Region Distilling Illicit171647Community schoolingUm where did you attend school and what was that like Miller attended the local school which was characterized by close community ties and inter generational continuity Miller feels that this continuity is lost in modern comprehensive schools Miller spent some time at school as a teaching assistant helping other students to read Among his favorite assignments was a writing assignment for which he had the option to write a story Creative writing Spellers Spelling Works Progress Administration WPA Appalachia Appalachian Region Appalachian Region Social conditions Creative Writing Education Spellers Teachers Teaching United States Works Progress Administration172236Inspiration from a screenplayUm you coughs wrote that one summer you were inspired by a radio play to write something similar Miller recalls his first creative writing a poem about the dark woods which he wrote in the second grade There was a radio program a man plotted to murder his wife and he was going to record his voice at the radio station to use as an alibi Writing became more sporadic during high school He also recalls that the requirements became easier during his time in high school Creative writing Robert FrostAppalachia Appalachian Region Authors Creative writing Frost Robert 1874 1963 Writing172652After high school graduationAnd there was about thirty five or thirty six of us in my graduating class Miller describes the practice of boys either joining a branch of the armed forces or traveling north toward Detroit to do factory work the day after graduation The Dollmaker Automobile industry Colleges Community Harriette Arnow Marriages North PolishAppalachia Appalachian Region Arnow Harriette Louisa Simpson 1908 1986 Detroit Mich Military service Voluntary United States 42 331389 83 04583317Detroit Mich 2772Berea CollegeSo is Billy Edd Wheeler Miller went straight from high school to Berea College His family was supportive of him going to college He did not know Lee Pennington at that time Some discussion in this section about Miller s aptitudes as reflected in placement tests for college Berea College Billy Edd Wheeler Courier Journal Lee Pennington Newspapers Pete SeegerBerea College Courier journal Louisville Ky Education Higher Higher education Pennington Lee Seeger Pete 1919 2014 Pete Seeger folksinger Wheeler Billy Edd173499Twenty Writers groupBy my sophomore year I was interested in um in getting into the literary organization on the campus at Berea Miller realized that he wanted to participate in the campus literary organization named The Twenty Writers He was accepted into this competitive organization The group functioned as a workshop Loyal Jones was not in the same group as Miller Loyal Jones Twenty Writers Workshops Writers groupsAuthors Berea College Creative writing Jones Loyal 1928 Kentucky writers Writing173929MarriageUm uh so you met your wife at Berea and when did you marry Miller and his wife married in August 1958 and were then both employed by the same school in Fort Knox Kentucky Miller taught German and English His wife was paid less than he due to gender based inequity in pay Equal pay Experiment in International Living German Mary Tyler MooreExperiment in International Living Fort Knox Ky German language Mary Tyler Moore show Television program Pay equity37 8928 85 974717Fort Knox Ky 4205Soviet U2 incidentMary Ellen then just taught that one year Miller talks about living temporarily on the military base at Fort Knox Kentucky where he heard the news of the Soviet U2 incident in 1960 which was a serious international crisis Gary PowersFort Knox Ky Powers Francis Gary 1929 197717https history state gov milestones 1953 1960 u2 incidentWeb article explaining the U 2 overflights and the capture of Francis Gary Powers 1960 4364Lack of teaching credentialsUm uh I read that uh that you had written that uh when you went to the Fort Knox schools um even though the person who had hired you had had your resume for some months he saw when right before you started teaching that you hadn t had any education courses so Miller describes the teacher shortage which led him to undertake a plan to become a licensed certified teacher The plan would have taken seven years Miller worked on the plan for one year Teachers TeachingEducation Fort Knox Ky 174543Graduate school at Vanderbilt UniversityAnd you decided to go to Vanderbilt and ended up in German instead of English Miller applied to the English department at Vanderbilt where he was offered a teaching assistantship The German department offered him a fellowship Creative writing Fugitive Agrarian Literary Group Vanderbilt UniversityAgrarians Group of writers Education Higher Fort Knox Ky Higher education Vanderbilt University36 148649 86 80497217Vanderbilt University Nashville Tenn https www poets org poetsorg text brief guide fugitivesWebpage explaining the Fugitive Agrarian literary group 4806Teaching at Western Kentucky UniversityFollowing the completion of that came here to to uh Bowling Green Miller moved to Bowling Green in order to teach at Western Kentucky University while writing his dissertation for Vanderbilt Several professors retired leaving the way open for Miller to teach advanced classes at Western Kentucky University Creative writing Kentucky writers Lynwood Montell Michael Dorris Western Kentucky UniversityDorris Michael Education Higher Higher education Montell William Lynwood 1931 Western Kentucky University175321WritingWere you writing when you were teaching at uh at the Fort Knox schools and while you were in graduate school were you writing poetry or Miller talks about his writing during college and the pleasure he got from writing which has led him to write continuously since then He talks about fitting writing into a busy schedule Colleges Creative writing Deadlines Demands Inspiration Journalism Kentucky writers Poems Poetry Published Schedules Teachers Teaching The Writer magazine TimeAmerican literature Kentucky Appalachia Appalachian Region Authors Kentucky In literature Writing175551Beginning a publishing career Uh you talked about your seeing your first poem in print in The Writer with Maxine Kumin s comments When Miller s work was first published in Maxine Kumin s article in The Writer magazine he received several requests to submit similar work Now he has to exercise editorial control over his own work The Mountains Have Come Closer Maxine KuminAuthors and publishers Authors Creative writing Kentucky writers Kumin Maxine 1925 2014 Periodicals Publishers and publishing Writing175829Miller lists his booksUm uh could you talk about well first of all uh your publishing career in terms of each book um and what you re working on now Miller mentions his published books Copperhead Cane first poems Dissertation finished in 1965 Work published in magazines The More Things Change the More They Stay the Same 1971 Dialogue With a Dead Man expanded from Copperhead Cane 1974 The Figure of Fulfillment Translation 1975 Dialogue With a Dead Man reprint 1978 The Mountains Have Come Closer 1980 Vein of Words 1984 Nostalgia for 70s 1986 His First Best Country Brier His Book The Examined Life Family Community and Work as Reflected in American Literature Creative writing Kentucky writersAuthors Publishers and publishing Writing176429Writing in different genresAnd do you enjoy going back and forth Miller explains how he was asked to write a novel because many of his poems have a narrative voice He had written a short story that he expanded into a novel Then he wrote a play about the same family of characters Miller explains the process involved in writing in the different genres particularly the process of writing plays Horse Cave Theater Plays Playwrights Word processorsAuthors Creative writing Kentucky writers Playwriting177318Writing as a jobUh what uh other things are you working on now or are you or what is future work that you have planned Miller describes two ways he likes to write One way is just the work that he writes because likes to write The second way Miller likes to write is to take on the work as a job Creative writing Jonathan Greene Kentucky writers Writer s craftAuthors Greene Jonathan 1943 Occupations Writer s craft Writing177545CreativityWell I I find that misconception frequently Miller and Beattie discuss the nature of creativity The process of creativity drives the product Creativity is a quest Bricolage make something out of what you have Artists Arts Athletics Bricolage Creative writing Driven Gift Hard work Kentucky writers Lifestyles Meaning Memory Nature of creativity Poems Poetry Process Product Psychology Talent Teaching Tortured soulsAuthors Creative ability Writing178327Writing gives an opportunity to understandUm in talking about creativity and methods of composition and that sort of thing Miller discusses the differences between academic and other types of writing and the need to eventually stop researching and begin writing He talks about his poem Meeting and its connection to his grandfather He describes the process of writing as a chance to think about a situation that happened and change it to be the way it should have been Meeting Absence Absent person Academic writers Arguments Creative writing Fiction Kentucky writers Memory Remembering Research Therapy Understanding ViewpointsAuthors Writing178790Rural imageryUm you write in A House of Readers I saw myself as essentially a farmer raising a crop of kids Miller talks about his connection to farming and to Appalachia as part of his identity He talks about rural imagery in his work Agriculture Anecdotes Ascribed identity Ashamed Child rearing Children Creative writing Farming Kentucky writers Negative stereotypes Poems Poetry Rural imageryAmerican literature Kentucky Appalachia Appalachian Region Authors Creative writing Identity Psychology Kentucky writers Kentucky In literature Place attachment179036Reception of Appalachian fictionAnd and especially in terms of literary reception here s what I am uncomfortable with people who uh uh see my connection with my place and with that 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literature Mo rike Eduard 1804 1875 Norman Gurney 1937 Still James 1906 2001 Writing1710102Retreat at YaddoI uh hesitate to ask this James Still and Miller spent time at Yaddo together Going to a special place to write makes Miller feel self conscious Creative writing James Still Kentucky writers Sallie Bingham Yaddo writers colonyAuthors Bingham Sallie Still James 1906 2001 Writing Yaddo Artists colony 43 06848 73 7581317Yaddo Saratoga Springs N Y 10358How to teach creative writingUm in Vein of Words you have several poems about poetry workshops and about teaching Miller finds that there are very many people who say they want to write who are not readers Writers read widely Vein of Words Creative writing Kentucky writersAuthors Teachers Teaching Writing17http saa primo hosted exlibrisgroup com UKY alma scope UKY ALMA21235769900002636Miller J 1983 Vein of words 1st ed Big Timber Mont Seven Buffaloes Press 10604Talent of writers who attend workshopsUh have you found many people that you think have talent at workshops Writing is a tough business to really get good at Miller and Beattie discuss some problems students face in writing Miller discusses some talented authors whom he has nurtured Belinda Mason Creative writing Kentucky writers Rita Sims TalentAbility Authors Mason Belinda Quillen Rita Sims Teachers Teaching Writing17https nyx uky edu fa findingaid id xt7x959c630dBelinda Mason s papers at the University of Kentucky 11021 Reading writing and region notes from an American periphery All right Um I was impressed by your recent essay in the first issue of the New Thinker Review from Louisville Miller discusses his essay Reading writing and region notes from an American periphery published in the New Thinker Review The essay discusses poetry s function in English speaking cultures from a historical perspective and place and region nationalism vs globalism Creative writing Fort Knox Ky Kentucky writers Nationalism New Thinker Review RussiaAuthors Nationalism Place attachment Russia Writing17http saa primo hosted exlibrisgroup com UKY alma scope UKY ALMA21184703290002636Miller J 1992 From the Brier s Book of Cats Reading writing region Notes from Southern Appalachia an American periphery Louisville Ky s n 11325Education as apprenticeshipIt seems that that it seems that in reality if you look at history it s always the lowest common denominator that that prevails and I would just like to ratchet up the denominator a little A discussion of education as apprenticeship and societal implications of lowering standards in education Miller and Beattie agree that reading is necessary for writing Brevity of communication seems to be holding back unity and attention span seems to be shorter Creative writing Fort Knox Ky Jeffrey Skinner Kentucky writers Marketplace Metaphor ReadingAuthors Education Reading Skinner Jeffrey Writing1712136The value of studying the poetry of dead white men Uh there s a very interesting collection of of essays in a little red magazine a very prestigious magazine called Daedalus D a e d a l u s Miller and Beattie discuss the reasons for studying what has gone on in the past as a way to inform citizens and prepare ourselves for a better future Miller points out that we should find out how other people think because they are influential and so that sometimes we can counter their assumptions Creative writing PoetsAuthors Education Writing1712432Education vs willful ignoranceThis this egalitarian notion that um confusion of a political right with uh uh with educational goals There is discussion as to the idea that people should not challenge their own thinking or learn to challenge authority Beliefs Ignorant Religion Teaching UninformedEducation Education Higher Higher education1712583Poetry reading 1 Something I was wondering if you could read a few of these um Miller reads Something from Vein of Words He says that sometimes when we write something comes easy the process is like writing for the package Creative writing Jim Wayne Miller Kentucky writersAuthors Creative writing Kentucky writers Miller Jim Wayne Poetry Writing1712678Poetry reading 2 Poetry Workshop Uh I I thought I would read this one in which I remember I told you that I was fishing one time and then I saw the piano Miller reads his poem Poetry Workshop about directions on how to go about using old memories Creative writing Kentucky writers Poetry workshopsAuthors Creative writing Kentucky writers Miller Jim Wayne Poetry Poetry Study and teaching Secondary Writing1712788Poetry reading 3 Poetry Workshop Another Lecture in the Series And then a companion piece to that I call it Poetry Workshop Another Lecture in the Series Miller reads his poem Poetry Workshop Another Lecture in the Series Creative writing Kentucky writersAuthors Creative writing Kentucky writers Miller Jim Wayne Poetry Writing1712946More stories of familyUh the only other thing that I wanted to go back to was uh your children Miller has three children James Yates Miller who lives in Bowling Green Fred Miller who lives in Louisville and Ruth Miller Miller tells a story about his daughter s experience of an earthquake in San Francisco Children San Francisco Calif University of San FranciscoCreative writing Families University of San Francisco37 783333 122 41666717San Francisco Calif No transcript
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Lyon discusses her play, "Braids", and her research work regarding Virginia Woolf. There is a lot of discussion of associations of Appalachian writers and their collaborative work together. Lyon considers her upcoming work, which includes a youth novel and a chapbook of poetry. She also considers looking back at the past as a necessary part of processing life in America.
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1The play Braids But I don t know how useful he is either Lyon describes the basic plot structure of her play Braids and some of the characters who appear Characters Female writers Kentucky female writers Kentucky women writers Kentucky writers Plot Women writersAmerican literature Kentucky Appalachia Appalachian Region Characters and characteristics Kentucky In literature Lyon George Ella 1949 Norman Gurney 1937 Playwriting Plot17http www georgeellalyon com George Ella Lyon s website640Current workSo this is um um one of several things going on for you now Lyon describes her children s book coming out in the fall through Bradbury Press The cover of Father Time and the Day Boxes will be used as the cover of Bradbury Press book catalog Bradbury Press Chapbooks Father Time and the Day Boxes Female writers Kentucky female writers Kentucky women writers Kentucky writers Macmillan Women writersAmerican literature Kentucky Appalachia Appalachian Region Bradbury Press Chapbooks Father Time Symbolic character Kentucky In literature Lyon George Ella 1949 Macmillan amp Co Norman Gurney 1937 Playwriting 17http wvpublic org post poetry break george ella lyonWV Public s article on George Ella Lyon from January 18 20171015Virginia Woolf s relevance to AppalachiaWell um anyone who knows you personally knows that um that you very comfortably um I no I shouldn t say that I don t know how comfortable you are but uh that you do embody all these uh uh aspects um and that this is uh what it means to be a modern complex person you know I m loaded with similar contradictions Lyon describes a strong sense of identification with Woolf s work To the Lighthouse It was not so much a sense of place as a sense of relationships Lyon identifies between Woolf s experiences and the experiences of Appalachian writers Appalachia Contradictions Cumberland Ky Female writers Kentucky female writers Kentucky women writers Kentucky writers Pineville Ky Small Farm Magazine To the Lighthouse Virginia Woolf Women writersAmerican literature Kentucky Appalachia Appalachian Region Contradictions Cumberland Ky Kentucky In literature Lyon George Ella 1949 Norman Gurney 1937 Pineville Ky Women writers Woolf Virginia 1882 194117http kentucky gov Pages Activity Stream aspx viewMode ViewDetailInNewPage eventID 7B10BC8BD7 551E 4150 A64D FF1F5E7E65AC 7D activityType PressReleaseKentucky gov official press release naming Lyon poet Laureate for 2015 2016 1463Woolf an author who gives voice to experienceUh she loved to talk she was uh committed to finding voices for for things in people which hadn t been given voice yet Lyon continues to describe the connection she feels to Woolf and her work Lyon gives voices to experiences that may have been distorted in the past Female writers Kentucky female writers Kentucky women writers Kentucky writers Victorian culture Virginia Woolf Women writers Women s experiencesAmerican literature Kentucky Appalachia Appalachian Region Kentucky In literature Lyon George Ella 1949 Norman Gurney 1937 Women Woolf Virginia 1882 1941171803Accessibility of writing to readersWhat about the difficulties of Virginia Woolf s style that that uh would make uh her books um unavailable to what we call an average reader Lyon believes that it is possible to be interested in different kinds of writing at the same time All writing enlarges our understanding of life Woolf and Joyce changed the experience of what a novel could be and all readers are affected by this whether or not they have read the works Woolf has been associated with difficult reading Appalachian mountain people Female writers Kentucky female writers Kentucky women writers Kentucky writers Modern Postmodern Realistic writing Women writersAmerican literature Kentucky Appalachia Appalachian Mountains Appalachian Region Kentucky In literature Lyon George Ella 1949 Modernism Literature Mountain people Norman Gurney 1937 Playwriting Postmodernism Literature Realism Writing172341Conference talksWhat I what I wonder is why uh well let me let me let me let me get at it this way Lyons describes a conference about Virginia Woolf in Morgantown at West Virginia University in the heart of Appalachia There did not seem to be much interest in Appalachia at that conference despite its venue She felt a tension between American feminist critics and British scholars of Woolf She felt her status as a secretary was more defining than her status as an Appalachian woman at the Woolf conference Conferences Female writers Kentucky female writers Kentucky women writers Kentucky writers Morgantown W Va Poems Virginia Woolf West Virginia University Women writers Women s studiesAmerican literature Kentucky Appalachia Appalachian Region Kentucky In literature Lyon George Ella 1949 Morgantown W Va Norman Gurney 1937 West Virginia University Women s studies Woolf Virginia 1882 194139 633611 79 95055617Morgantown W Va 2701Appalachian writers and their communitiesLet me see if I can um um find a way to ask the right question that would get you to uh elaborate and get more on the way um we have s uh seen the incredible emergence of uh uh of so many excellent uh women writers here in the mountains who um uh are seem to be um um particularly supportive of each other and how that how that has evolved Lyon felt the most important aspect of her connection to Virginia Woolf as a writer was that Woolf is a woman When Woolf wrote about writing she never questioned her right as a woman to write When Lyon first began to write she questioned her right as a woman to write and she felt that this was a problem for all women writers in her own society Appalachian Appalachian Poetry Project Female writers Feminist consciousness Kentucky female writers Kentucky women writers Kentucky writers Southern Appalachian Writers Cooperative Virginia Woolf Women writers Women s consciousnessAmerican literature Kentucky Appalachia Appalachian Region Feminists Kentucky In literature Lyon George Ella 1949 Norman Gurney 1937 Appalachian Region Southern Women s issues Woolf Virginia 1882 194117https nyx uky edu fa findingaid id xt7nk931347xAppalachian Poetry Project Papers3344Political networking of Appalachian writersWell one of the things that um has happened here uh in the mountains maybe more so among the women writers than the rest of us but still uh it s been um um a community wide experience is the way that um that we all uh we could say seize the means of production Appalachian writers in the southern mountain region have joined together to advance their literary community This is an effort to eliminate some of the isolation that writers undergo A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man Appalachian Region Berea College Female writers James Joyce Kentucky female writers Kentucky women writers Kentucky writers Publishing Women writersAmerican literature Kentucky Appalachia Appalachian Region Berea College Joyce James 1882 1941 Kentucky In literature Lyon George Ella 1949 Norman Gurney 1937 Playwriting 17http appalwriters weebly com Homepage of the Appalachian Writers Association 3687Current creative thinkingWhat um what do you feel is um most current in your creative thought these days Lyon discusses the process of writing the play as inseparable from her life Lyon feels that she would like to work on this inseparability in her work Creative writing Female writers George Ella Lyon Gurney Norman Kentucky female writers Kentucky women writers Kentucky writers Women writersAmerican literature Kentucky Appalachia Appalachian Region Creative writing Kentucky In literature Lyon George Ella 1949 Norman Gurney 1937 Playwriting 174089Collaborative writing compared to individual writingWell and and this this collaborative process is so different because y ordinarily when I work on a piece of writing I work and work and I might show it to one or two people uh who would give me some criticism and I would work some more and Lyon describes how the collaborative process of writing the play has been an artistic risk Female writers Kentucky female writers Kentucky women writers Kentucky writers Women writersAmerican literature Kentucky Appalachia Appalachian Region Kentucky In literature Lyon George Ella 1949 Norman Gurney 1937 Playwriting 174203The next few monthsWell uh do you have uh y plans um f like do you know what your work will be like for the next uh six months after this play Lyon is planning to work on a chapbook and on a young adult novel She appreciates the fact that her options are open Lyon does not feel an urgent need to settle her future work Chapbooks Female writers Kentucky female writers Kentucky women writers Kentucky writers Women writersAmerican literature Kentucky Appalachia Appalachian Region Chapbooks Kentucky In literature Lyon George Ella 1949 Norman Gurney 1937 Playwriting174401Going homeWell um I know that um you must make um periodic visits home to see your folks back in Harlan Lyon has written at home the last time she went there On some level she feels that she should move back home permanently rather than simply visiting Harlan from Lexington Lyon spends time with family and neighbors when she goes back to Harlan There s an emotional investment not only in the people but also in the places we associate with home An analysis of memory and the past follows Female writers Harlan Ky Kentucky female writers Kentucky women writers Kentucky writers Lexington Ky Memories Women writersAmerican literature Kentucky Appalachia Appalachian Region Harlan Ky Kentucky In literature Lexington Ky Lyon George Ella 1949 Memories Norman Gurney 1937 Playwriting36 841389 83 3217Harlan Ky No transcript
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Steele describes his family history. His father was a traveling salesman and his mother was a piano teacher. Steele spent time as a child watching many movies, and then he started school a year earlier than usual. He was interested in sports, and his first college major was physical education. Before finishing college, he served a stint in the army, where he had the opportunity to play an extra in an Elvis Presley movie. Steele was greatly influenced by his teacher and mentor, Stephen Mooney. The first part of this recording is the interview and the second half is a recording of a poetry reading. Steele reads some of his works.
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0IntroductionThis is an oral history interview with Frank Steele being conducted by Linda Beattie for the Kentucky Writers Oral History Project Steele describes his background and family origins Steele is originally from Alabama a state where many Kentucky writers were born G I Blues Elvis Presley Frank Pettis Steele Jr James Still Jim Wayne Miller Kentucky writers Linda Beattie Movies Sena Naslund Stunt work Tuscaloosa Ala Wade HallAmerican literature Kentucky Appalachia Appalachian Region Beattie Linda Families Genealogy Hall Wade 1934 Kentucky In literature Miller Jim Wayne Motion pictures Naslund Sena Jeter Presley Elvis 1935 1977 Steele Frank Still James 1906 2001 Stunt performers Tuscaloosa Ala 33 20654 87 53460717Tuscaloosa Alabamahttp www imdb com title tt0053848 GI Blues movie description at the Internet Movie Database415Elementary schoolUh do you think your going to so many movies as a child uh sort of helped with your uh interest in literature or fiction Steele characterizes himself as a mediocre student not particularly interested in any academic subject He spent his leisure time watching movies at the cinema and reading He played sports and in college he started out as a physical education major G I Blues Elvis Presley Movies Physical education Stunt workChildhood Education Motion pictures Physical education teachers17618College yearsWhat college did you go to Right after high school Steele went to college but dropped out He later came back to college and then served some time in the Army During college a teacher Stephen Mooney lit the fire of learning in Steele Mooney became a true mentor to Steele which continued during his graduate years Baylor School Chattanooga Tenn Private schools Stephen L Mooney Tennessee Poetry Journal U S Army University of Alabama University of Chattanooga UT MartinEducation Higher Higher education Mooney Stephen 1913 1971 United States Army Military life University of Alabama University of Tennessee at Martin17https www baylorschool org The Baylor School Chattanooga Tenn 971Elvis Presley and the ArmyYou mentioned having been in the army Steele was stationed in Germany in the army in the period between the Korean War and the Vietnam War Steele had the task of making press releases about Elvis Presley for the media while he was in the army Presley did not like the army but nevertheless did perform his service During this time Presley was making a movie which was released after he left the service and Steele in his capacity as a public relations representative always made positive press releases as approved by the Army Steele had a few private conversations with Presley one of which is retold in this segment G I Blues Bodyguards Elvis Presley Germany U S ArmyPresley Elvis 1935 1977 United States Army Military life17http content time com time subscriber article 0 33009 824648 00 htmlTime Magazine press release announcing that Elvis Presley had been selected for the draft 1542Journalism American fictionUh after that did you ever contemplate journalism as a career Journalism courses discouraged Steele from writing because their focus was on mechanics and practical ways to write Writing his masters thesis on the work of the fiction of Carson McCullers taught Steele what it was like to write a longer work His doctoral dissertation was of course longer and reinforced what he had learned about writing longer works The dissertation was an anthology of fiction American fiction Carson McCullers Foreign correspondents Journalism Webb School of KnoxvilleAmerican fiction Education Higher Foreign correspondents Higher education Journalism McCullers Carson 1917 1967 Writing172138Published worksUm I wanted to ask you about your publishing career Steele got to know other poets in the literary world of published poetry He began by submitting poems to various journals When he started working on the Tennessee Poetry Journal he started to get requests for poetry for publication Creative writing Ironwood Press James Dickey James Hillman Kooser Ted Poems Robert Bly Tennessee Poetry Journal University of Alabama University of Tennessee Wallace StevensAuthors Bly Robert Dickey James Hillman James Ironwood Press Kooser Ted Poetry Publishers and publishing Stevens Wallace 1879 1955 University of Alabama172487Poetry workshopsUm what about poetry confer uh poetry workshops or conferences that sort of thing Steele has attended several conferences Among these is Robert Bly s Great Mother conference Creative writing Great Mother ConferenceAuthors Bly Robert Conference on the Great Mother Writing17http greatmotherconference org Website for the Great Mother Conference2760Plainsong journalI wanted to ask you about uh your poetry magazine Plainsong Steele comments that it is common for authors be involved in writers groups Steele describes a prank that poets played on poetry magazines From this prank the group of poets decided to found the journal Plainsong Plainsong has published some issues on special topics such as Kentucky women Steele discusses funding the magazine The journal is founded on the idea that people are shaped by places Any place is interesting and can inform art Steel talks about the phenomenon of people who have left Kentucky and came back and those who have come to visit Beloit Poetry Journal Creative writing Jim Wayne Miller Kentucky women writers Kentucky writers Max Garland Plainsong Journal Wendell BerryAmerican literature Kentucky Authors Beloit poetry journal Chapbook Berry Wendell 1934 Garland Max 1950 Kentucky In literature Miller Jim Wayne Periodicals Women writers Writing17https www wpr org wisconsin poet max garland wins brittingham prize poetry 0Interview of Max Garland by Wisconsin Public Radio 4005Kentucky writersAnd uh speaking of that I m wondering um what Kentucky writers um you may especially admire or have an affinity for their work or Steele discusses some of the other writers whose work interests him Steele greatly admires the work of Wendell Berry and Sally Bingham Creative writing Kentucky writers Robert Bly Sally Bingham Wendell Berry William StaffordAmerican literature Kentucky Authors Berry Wendell 1934 Bingham Sally G Bly Robert Kentucky In literature Stafford William 1914 1993 Writing17https www poetryfoundation org poems and poets poets detail wendell berryWendell Berry at the Poetry Foundation4473What is important in lifeDo you feel this way about your own yourself and your work Steele writes a lot but does not center his life around having his work published He feels that for him teaching is more important than writing The process of teaching is very nurturing maybe more than it needs to be Creative writing Kentucky writers TeachingAuthors Creative writing Publishers and publishing Teachers Teaching Writing174708The life and death of Joe BoltonI m trying to correct this problem Steele talks about the life and tragic death of Joe Bolton Bolton was a writer who showed great promise who then started drinking destructively Bolton committed suicide in 1990 In order to solve this problem of people not being resilient enough Steele has added some older books that teach self knowledge to his class syllabus Creative writing Joe Bolton Kentucky writersAmerican literature Kentucky Authors Bolton Joe 1961 Kentucky In literature Poetry Writing17https 4and20blackbirds wordpress com 2010 09 18 american poets joe bolton A poem about the poetry and death of Joe Bolton Poet 4921Creative writing in AmericaWell America s a dangerous place Steele observes that there seems to be a movement toward more writing in America When describing the nature of creativity Steele characterizes it as an effort to survive He believes that everyone has some creativity but it gets killed off in about the seventh grade There is a discussion about other authors views about creativity and the view of Freud Creative writing Kentucky writersAuthors Creative ability Education Writing175334Sources of creativityIt can be an object Steele continues to discuss the nature of creativity and how contemplating anything in the natural world can influence one s thinking Steele writes about what is going on in his life and writes every morning He thinks writing is just part of his personality and it took many years to realize this fact about himself He says he would be lonely if he did not write Steele composes his writing every day longhand He likes a good pen early in the morning and feels that there is a voice through which he writes early in the morning Creative writing Kentucky writers Ralph Waldo Emerson Transcendentalism Wendell BerryAuthors Berry Wendell 1934 Creative ability Transcendentalism Writing176108Introduction to Frank Steele s poetry readingUh this concludes this portion of the interview with uh Frank Steele on September 23rd 1992 and the uh rest of the interview will be Frank Steele reading his work at Elizabethtown Community College This concludes this portion of the interview with Frank Steele on September 23 1992 and the rest of the interview will be Frank Steele reading his work at Elizabethtown Community College Creative writing Frank Pettis Steele Jr Kentucky writersAuthors Poetry Steele Frank Writing176314Poetry reading 1 When Rain Comes Walking Up When rain comes walking up in its strange gown movement air turns old in the house and smells like grief Frank Steele reads his poem When Rain Comes Walking Up Steele describes this poem as one that explains how knowledge comes from the physical world This world is concrete and has rain in it He has to go through this one to get to the other one Creative writing Frank Pettis Steele Jr Kentucky writersAuthors Poetry Steele Frank Writing176401Poetry reading 2 Country Greeting This is a poem called Country Greeting Frank Steele reads his poem Country Greeting Creative writing Frank Pettis Steele Jr Kentucky writersAuthors Poetry Steele Frank Writing176508Poetry reading 3 Cave Country I ll read you the first poem I ever wrote in Kentucky Frank Steele reads his poem Cave Country Steele s first poem written in Kentucky addresses the mysterious land of Kentucky s Mammoth Cave region Creative writing Frank Pettis Steele Jr Kentucky writers Mammoth CaveAmerican literature Kentucky Authors Kentucky In literature Mammoth Cave Ky Poetry Steele Frank Writing37 183333 86 117Mammoth Cave National Park Ky https www nps gov maca index htmMammoth Cave National Park6731Poetry reading 4 Sparrows Eating on the Ground Sparrows Eating on the Ground Frank Steele reads his poem Sparrows Eating on the Ground Steele s poem addresses the fact that sparrows know they are being watched by him Creative writing Frank Pettis Steele Jr Kentucky writers SparrowsAuthors Poetry Sparrows Steele Frank Writing176832Poetry reading 5 Memory Sometimes in my writing I don t know why this happens but it s fairly common with me Frank Steele reads his poem Memory Steele explains about how his writing process works and how memory plays into that Creative writing Frank Pettis Steele Jr Kentucky writers MemoryAuthors Memory Poetry Steele Frank Writing176885Poetry reading Break Uh let s see uh I do have some little things here Steele makes a little commercial break to offer some books that he has for sale Creative writing Frank Pettis Steele Jr Kentucky writersAuthors Poetry Steele Frank Writing176949Poetry reading 6 Wings This is another kind of memory poem Frank Steele reads his poem Wings Creative writing Frank Pettis Steele Jr Kentucky writersAuthors Poetry Steele Frank Writing177093Poetry reading 7 Another Confession While Making VCR Payments I was mentioning this afternoon that I didn t quite have a childhood I went to the movies all the time Frank Steele reads his poem Another Confession While Making VCR Payments Frank Steele recalls being so impressed with the actor Bob Steele that he told the other kids that Bob Steele was his uncle Bob Steele Creative writing Errol Flynn Films Frank Pettis Steele Jr Kentucky writers Motion pictures MoviesAuthors Childhood Poetry Steele Bob 1907 1988 Steele Frank Writing177244Poetry reading 8 Main Route This is a poem called uh Main Route Frank Steele reads his poem Main Route Creative writing Frank Pettis Steele Jr Kentucky writersAuthors Poetry Steele Frank Writing177325Poetry reading 9 A Dog of One Year I had a dog Frank Steele reads his poem A Dog of One Year This poem is a tribute to his dog after its death Creative writing Dogs Frank Pettis Steele Jr Kentucky writersAuthors Pets Poetry Steele Frank Writing177412Poetry reading 10 Late October Some kind of little autumn poem I brought just for the heck of it Frank Steele reads his poem Late October Steele offers this poem without additional commentary Autumn Creative writing Frank Pettis Steele Jr Kentucky writersAuthors Autumn Poetry Steele Frank Writing177453Poetry reading 11 Wasps in Winter And a poem about wasps which are in the physical world Frank Steele reads his poem Wasps in Winter Steele characterizes this poem as one that is about something in the physical world but a poem that makes it to what he calls the other world At the end of this excerpt he wonders if this poem is about parenthood but he is not sure Creative writing Frank Pettis Steele Jr Kentucky writers WaspsAuthors Poetry Steele Frank Wasps Writing177557Poetry reading 12 Holiday I need to read you a love poem my love poem is is four lines long Frank Steele reads his poem Holiday Steele remarks that he has been married 34 years and jokes that he thinks this marriage has a chance Creative writing Frank Pettis Steele Jr Kentucky writers Love poemsAuthors Love poetry Poetry Steele Frank Writing177596Poetry reading 13 Responses Responses Frank Steele reads his poem Responses Steele addresses the difficulty of helping children navigate responses to anger and pain He says that this is a poem for Scorpio people Only they will really understand that Creative writing Frank Pettis Steele Jr Kentucky writers Scorpios Self harmAuthors Parasuicide Poetry Scorpio Steele Frank Writing177655Poetry reading 14 At the Tennis Court Uh I was a parent Frank Steele reads his poem At the Tennis Court Steele recites a poem about being a parent tennis coach teaching the young people to be better than him Coaching Creative writing Frank Pettis Steele Jr Kentucky writers TennisAuthors Coaching Athletics Poetry Steele Frank Tennis Writing177708Poetry reading 15 Aunt Middy I don t know what you do but what I do is write about relatives Frank Steele reads his poem Aunt Middy Creative writing Frank Pettis Steele Jr Kentucky writersAuthors Poetry Steele Frank Writing177791Poetry reading 16 A Christmas Poem Well you see how it is I even brought a Christmas poem Steele recites his poem about Christmas Christmas Christmas trees Creative writing Frank Pettis Steele Jr Kentucky writers StarsAuthors Christmas Christmas tree Poetry Steele Frank Writing177875Poetry reading 17 Excerpts from The Salesman I ll read some parts of this little booklet called The Salesman which is uh a booklet dedicated to my father Steele reads excerpts from The Salesman a book which is dedicated to his father Note At 2 20 22 the recording cut off suddenly mid sentence at the end of this section Creative writing Frank Pettis Steele Jr Kentucky writers Old ageAuthors Old age Poetry Steele Frank Writing178422Poetry reading 18 American Males prints only women but they bought it Frank Steele reads his poem American Males Note The tape had cut off just prior to this section the previous section ended mid sentence Creative writing Errol Flynn F Scott Fitzgerald Frank Pettis Steele Jr Jay Gatsby Kentucky writers Kevin Costner Robin HoodAuthors Costner Kevin Fitzgerald F Scott Francis Scott 1896 1940 Flynn Errol 1909 1959 Poetry Robin Hood Legend Steele Frank Writing178589Poetry reading 19 Politics and the English Language I have begun a poem which can go on and on but I ve gotten this far with it Frank Steele reads his poem Politics and the English Language Steele s poem comments on phrases that come into the common speech Creative writing Epigraph Frank Pettis Steele Jr George Orwell Kentucky writers Richard Nixon Stephen CraneAuthors Crane Stephen 1871 1900 Epigraphs Literature Nixon Richard M Richard Milhous 1913 1994 Orwell George 1903 1950 Poetry Steele Frank Writing178693Poetry reading 20 Late August Election Year That brings me to the next poem which is called Late August Election Year Frank Steele reads his poem Late August Election Year Steele writes about an election from another year and asserts that this is not about the 1992 election Creative writing Frank Pettis Steele Jr Kentucky writers NewspapersAuthors Elections Newspapers Poetry Politics and government Steele Frank Writing178734Poetry reading 21 Far Places Uh I have a poem that I wrote this morning as a matter of a fact Frank Steele reads his poem Far Places Steele says that he is still an active writer and is not just someone who used to write and now travels Cantaloupes Creative writing Egyptian language Frank Pettis Steele Jr Kentucky writersAuthors Egyptian language Muskmelon Poetry Steele Frank Writing178801Poetry reading 22 Thinking of Emerson I ll read you a poem I have never understood Frank Steele reads his poem Thinking of Emerson Steele says that he has written this poem but does not understand it The poem refers to silence memories and an unknown future Creative writing Death Frank Pettis Steele Jr Kentucky writers Ralph Waldo EmersonAuthors Emerson Ralph Waldo 1803 1882 Poetry Steele Frank Writing178856Poetry reading 23 Markings I ll end off with this little poem called Markings which is just some kind of ending poem Frank Steele reads his poem Markings Steele characterizes this poem about fallen leaves as an ending poem Creative writing Frank Pettis Steele Jr Kentucky writers LeavesAuthors Creative writing Leaves Poetry Steele Frank Writing178935Poetry reading Question and answer sessionBe glad to answer a question have a conversation do anything you want to do Audience members of the poetry reading answer questions and make comments Commentary about house explosions and arson in Bowling Green Kentucky Steele explains how he learned to be a writer Steele discusses the essential differences between music and poetry Note the sound is somewhat quieter here Arson Creative writing Frank Pettis Steele Jr Kentucky writers Natural gas Packers Poetry TeachersArson Authors Bowling Green Ky Green Bay Packers Football team Natural gas Poetry Steele Frank Teachers Writing17 No transcript
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9Pre interview chatter I told Susan she s fascinating While interviewer David Farrell adjusts the recorder s settings Briggs and Cutler chat indecipherably in the background 17121Briggs friendship with Elizabeth Hardwick got my AB and then got my work on my MA Briggs discusses a philosophy class she had with Elizabeth Hardwick when she was a graduate student and Hardwick was an undergraduate and how she developed a friendship with her as a result Hardwick s master s thesis on Katherine Mansfield and her attempt to get a Ph D in English at Columbia are also mentioned Sammy Knuckles and Professor Francis Galloway are also mentioned Silence from 3 15 3 29 Female writers Kentucky female writers Kentucky woman writers Kentucky writers Lexington Ky Versailles Ky Woman writersAmerican literature Kentucky Hardwick Elizabeth Hardwick Elizabeth Interviews Kentucky In literature University of Kentucky17306Briggs and Hardwick s later acquaintanceship Briggs visits to NYCUh when I took my uh daughter in 1947 to New York to go to school I looked Elizabeth up Briggs tells a story of a night she spent with Elizabeth Hardwick in New York City She talks about her later visits to New York where she met Robert Cal Lowell while he was married to Hardwick Algonquin Hotel Clement Greenberg Dizzy Gillespie Elizabeth Hardwick Female writers Kentucky female writers Kentucky woman writers Kentucky writers New York City N Y Robert Lowell Woman writersAmerican literature Kentucky Gillespie Dizzy 1917 1993 Greenberg Clement 1909 1994 Hardwick Elizabeth Hardwick Elizabeth Interviews Kentucky In literature Lowell Robert 1917 1977 17571Cutler s meeting Elizabeth Hardwick Hardwick as a studentMr Cutler how about your meeting with Elizabeth Hardwick Cutler discusses the English department at the University of Kentucky in 1938 including Dr Francis Galloway a Renaissance man and a seminar on the Romantic attitude for the first year English graduate students that he offered that fall Elizabeth 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Hardwick Elizabeth Interviews171198More on their collegiate social circle Hardwick s interest in the theatreI would think that Grier Johnson s political views were largely modeled on Elizabeth s Cutler and Briggs discuss Hardwick s college social circle and how this continued past her time at the University of Kentucky to her life in New York and her visits home Hardwick s interest in the theatre dating back from her time in college and friendship with actor Sammy Knuckles is also mentioned Anna Dodd Billie Holiday Elizabeth Hardwick Female writers Grier Johnson John Cutler Kentucky female writers Kentucky woman writers Kentucky writers LeGrand Briggs Sammy Knuckles Susan Turner University of Kentucky Woman writersAmerican literature Kentucky Communism Gillespie Dizzy 1917 1993 Great Depression Hardwick Elizabeth Hardwick Elizabeth Interviews Holiday Billie 1915 1959 Kentucky In literature Theater 171651Hardwick s Lexington family the Hotel SchuylerYes she came back all the time as long as her mother was living Briggs discusses Hardwick s love for her mother as well as their family s attendance at the First Presbyterian Church They discuss the Hotel Schuyler where Hardwick lived and where both Briggs and Hardwick s mother stayed while visiting New York City Elizabeth Hardwick Female writers First Presbyterian Church Lexington Ky Kentucky female writers Kentucky woman writers Kentucky writers Lexington Ky Robert Lowell Woman writersAmerican literature Kentucky Hardwick Elizabeth Hardwick Elizabeth Interviews Kentucky In literature Lowell Robert 1917 1977 171876Her intellectual circle her family s intelligenceShe had when I saw her that time in New York we went on that trip in 1947 around New York uh we were talking about people she knew Hardwick s intellectual circle in New York City is discussed including those associated with the Partisan Review This leads into the roots of her intellectualism her family s intelligence and their need to educate their children Communism Elizabeth Hardwick Female writers Kentucky female writers Kentucky woman writers Kentucky writers LeGrand Briggs Lexington Ky Marxism Mary McCarthy New York City N Y Partisan Review Stalinism Student activism Susan Turner The Partisan Review Trotskyism Woman writersAmerican literature Kentucky Communism Hardwick Elizabeth Hardwick Elizabeth Interviews Kentucky In literature McCarthy Mary 1912 1989 Partisan review New York N Y 1936 172491Hardwick s various jobsBut I gather the the circumstances of her family were modest Hardwick s family s financial means are discussed that while modest she didn t have to work very much in her youth except during winter holidays and while studying in New York City Her miscellaneous jobs in writing and editing during that time are also talked about Silence from 44 10 44 38 Elizabeth Hardwick Female writers Kentucky female writers Kentucky woman writers Kentucky writers Lexington Ky New York City N Y Woman writersHardwick Elizabeth Hardwick 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David Dick, a Kentucky born journalist-turned-novelist discusses his ideals for journalism, both in education and actual execution, his experiences, including covering the Jonestown massacre in Guyana, and how he became a writer of fiction and the joy that gives him.
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3Kentucky Writers Oral History Project introductionThis is an oral history interview with David Dick being conducted by Linda Beattie for the Kentucky Writers Oral History Project The interviewee and interviewer are introduced and the time and location of the interview are given Journalism Kentucky Kentucky writers Literature North Middletown Ky Oral history University of KentuckyAmerican literature Kentucky Dick David 1930 2010 Journalism Kentucky In literature Kentucky Literature University of Kentucky1723Family history s your full name and where and when were you born Dick gives his full name and when and where he was born and then discusses his family history where his parents were born how they met and their married life before him His father was in WWI and upon returning from the war went to medical school became a doctor and died a year after Dick was born He also tells the story of how his grandmother was born in a jail because his great grandparents just happened to live there Cincinnati Ohio Elizabethtown Ky Kentucky Louisville Ky North Middletown Ky World War I WWIFamilies Genealogy Kentucky World War 1914 191817421Life of his paternal great grandmotherSo my father William Breckinridge Crouch Jr his mother was Cynthia Dick tells the life story of his paternal great grandmother and how this woman Cynthia generated a book idea of his a woman who lost her son and husband to a cholera epidemic described as God s wrath at the time who got remarried had seven children and died at age 34 35 Kentucky Kentucky writers Literature North Middletown Ky Paris Ky American literature Kentucky Families Genealogy Kentucky In literature Literature 17849His father s alcoholismAlthough I did ask um a little bit about my father dying so young Dick discusses his frankness about his father s probable alcoholism in comparison to his relative From there he further explains his father s drive to be a doctor and time at university as a young dad Alcoholism Kentucky Kentucky Wesleyan College Kentucky writers Literature University of Cincinnati West Virginia World War IAlcoholism American literature Kentucky Kentucky Wesleyan College Kentucky In literature Kentucky Literature Prohibition University of Cincinnati University of Cincinnati College of Medicine West Virginia World War 1914 1918171214His views on tobacco his own sobernessBut it s not funny to me Dick discusses his own views on prohibiting alcohol or tobacco how he raises tobacco and being sober He puts his soberness down as the reason he wrote five books in five sober years Alcoholism Kentucky Kentucky writers Literature Prohibition Smoking Tobacco Wendell BerryAlcoholism Berry Wendell 1934 Dick David 1930 2010 Literature Prohibition Smoking Tobacco 171390His immediate family life after his father s deathDid you have um do you have brothers and sisters Beattie inquires about Dick s siblings and he gives the stories of his two sisters who are 4 and 8 years older than him From there he discusses his and his family s lives after his father s death his mother s remarriage and his reconciliation with his ex stepfather to whom he became very close He also spent a lot of time with his uncle s family Kentucky Kentucky writers Literature North Middletown Ky SmokingAmerican literature Kentucky Dick David 1930 2010 Families Kentucky In literature Kentucky Literature Smoking 171642Early education fascination with Mark TwainThen after I started in the first grade I uh went to North Middletown to Bourbon County to begin the first grade Dick starts talking about his education and early fascination with Mark Twain how it grew and changed over the course of his life He describes his family as very supportive and smart but ignorant in regard to knowing what he should do to be a writer Education Kentucky Kentucky writers Literature North Middletown Ky Wendell BerryAmerican literature Kentucky Berry Wendell 1934 Dick David 1930 2010 Kentucky In literature Kentucky Literature 171986Early publishing why he went into media changes in societyBut uh did you think you wanted to be a writer in elementary school Dick gives an account of some of his early publishing and from there he and Beattie launch into a discussion of societal changes centered around electronic advancements and how he went into media to attempt to combat that Kentucky Kentucky writers Literature Poetry PublishingAmerican literature Kentucky Dick David 1930 2010 Kentucky In literature Kentucky Literature Poetry Publishers and publishing University of Kentucky172602Importance of literature for self discoveryOne of the things that I ve discovered recently from Wallace Stegner who I really come to enjoy immensely Dick discusses the importance of literature for self discovery and the ways his life has improved the further he steps away from the conventional life Education Kentucky Kentucky writers LiteratureAmerican literature Kentucky Dick David 1930 2010 Education Kentucky In literature Kentucky Literature 172835Writing and teaching methodIf I get up at four o clock in the morning and get to my computer I do use a computer to write I am not opposed to computers Dick discusses the similarities between his teaching method and his writing method to get something onto the screen and work from there He also mentions his personal dislike of workshops and the source of his creativity Education Kentucky Kentucky writers LiteratureAmerican literature Kentucky Dick David 1930 2010 Education Kentucky In literature Literature 173219On creativitySince you have referred already to your dreams and your uh the parallel you think is there or maybe the impetuses they have for your creativity uh how do you view creativity Beattie inquires about Dick s views on the source of creativity which he puts down to the subconscious bringing things to the attention of the consciousness and that this is best done without alcohol or other drugs Creativity Education Kentucky Kentucky writers LiteratureAmerican literature Kentucky Dick David 1930 2010 Kentucky In literature Kentucky Literature 173553MotivationI don t know if if you feel driven to do what you do Beattie asks whether or not Dick has a need to write and how driven he is He answers that he s driven possibly more than he thinks but that he s still lazy and that it took him so long to actually write fiction He also talks about his time writing for General Hospital and Dead on Arrival and how it influenced his ability to write fiction Kentucky Kentucky writers Literature Television writersAmerican literature Kentucky Dick David 1930 2010 Kentucky In literature Kentucky Literature 174036Time in the military during the Korean WarTwo and a half years at UK in the English department I was doing okay Dick explains why he joined the navy and how he wound up as a teletypewriter repairman because it was the closest job to a writer they could find for him as an enlisted man Kentucky Kentucky writers Korean War Literature TeletypewritersCryptography steganography and data security Dick David 1930 2010 Korean War 1950 1953 Teletypewriters 174301Returning to UK working at Shillito s Department Store in CincinnatiSo then but I knew that I wanted to go back to the University of Kentucky Dick mentions his trouble understanding Victorian poetry as an undergraduate but was able to understand it when he picked it up again randomly at age 40 He then goes on to talk about his time after earning his undergrad degree working as a salesman in Shillito s Department Store in Cincinnati how he was terrible at that job and how he got fired CBS Cincinnati Ohio Kentucky Kentucky writers Literature Robert BrowningAmerican literature Kentucky Dick David 1930 2010 Kentucky In literature Kentucky Literature University of Kentucky174618Return to Lexington various jobs he heldSo then I came limping back to coughs University of Kentucky or Lexington and University of Kentucky Dick clarifies the given timeline that he d spent about a year in graduate school before going to Cincinnati to be a salesman a job he held for a year before returning to Lexington in 1958 to sell typewriters against IBM a job he left amicably Then he went back to school By this point he had a kid and another on the way He got a scholarship and a job as a radio announcer which he gives an anecdote about Jobs Kentucky Kentucky writers Literature WorkAmerican literature Kentucky Dick David 1930 2010 Employment Kentucky Kentucky In literature Kentucky Literature 174886His first marriage and childrenAlright before we um talk more about your career you d referred to your first marriage Dick talks about his first marriage and his time with his first wife s parents and the sort of people they were being Sicilian immigrants He goes onto talk about his children from that marriage and their own children Bourbon County Ky Kentucky Kentucky writers Literature North Middletown Ky American literature Kentucky Dick David 1930 2010 Families Kentucky In literature Kentucky Literature Marriage175125His second wife traveling for journalism teaching and administration creativityAnd rather quickly I married my present wife Eulalie Dick talks about his marriage to his second wife and his time traveling for journalism covering Jonestown Caracas Beirut and others a job he thinks would have actually killed him if he d stuck with it much longer He goes onto explain his time teaching and administrating and how that led to a revelation that he should be writing instead of teaching Beirut Caracas Jonestown Journalism Kentucky Kentucky writers LiteratureAmerican literature Kentucky Dick David 1930 2010 Journalism Kentucky In literature Kentucky Literature 175461His daughter from his second marriage other relatives of hisAnd after you returned to Plum Lick this is when your daughter uh by your second marriage was born is that correct Dick talks about his daughter Ravy Bradford from his second marriage and a second cousin of his who wrote the play that the musical Chicago was based on Children Daughters Journalism Kentucky Kentucky writers LiteratureAmerican literature Kentucky Dick David 1930 2010 Families Kentucky In literature Kentucky Literature 175645On sense of place Plum Lick interested in it I can talk about it some more Beattie inquires about Dick s sense of place in his writing and the importance of his farm to him He says that he doesn t consider himself a recluse like Thoreau or Wendell Berry and then goes on to talk about his former sheep keeping and current tobacco farming Kentucky Kentucky writers Literature New Orleans La North Middletown Ky Wendell Berry Woodville Miss American literature Kentucky Berry Wendell 1934 Dick David 1930 2010 Kentucky In literature Kentucky Literature 176165Plum Lick Publishing being a KentuckianSo uh uh we we are not hunkered down Dick briefly talks about his attempt to be a voice for Kentucky and Beattie inquires what it means to him to be a Kentuckian He says it s essentially the same as being from any other state but is different to him someone he considers better exemplified by James Still than Jesse Stuart James Still Jesse Stuart Kentucky Kentucky writers Literature PublishingAmerican literature Kentucky Dick David 1930 2010 Kentucky In literature Kentucky Literature 176495 The Kentucky Cycle other writers talking about his own booksAs I have said in one of the books and I guess maybe it was The Quiet Kentuckians I am horrified and just awfully upset about uh The Kentucky Cycle Dick talks about his dislike for the series of short plays The Kentucky Cycle his aid to other Kentucky writers and talking about his own books including the improved finances resulting from their opening Plum Lick Publishing Jesse Stuart Kentucky Kentucky writers Literature Robert Schenkkan Thomas HardyAmerican literature Kentucky Appalachia Appalachian Region Kentucky In literature Kentucky Literature Schenkkan Robert 1953 177090Running newspapersUh you I understand also run two weekly newspapers in Kentucky Beattie inquires about his work running newspapers and Dick talks about the work he put in He also mentions the importance of two newspaper towns but considers them an ideal rather than a reality to pursue oneself Journalism Kentucky Kentucky writers LiteratureAmerican literature Kentucky Dick David 1930 2010 Journalism Kentucky In literature Kentucky Literature Newspapers 177279His column writing riversI was writing a column by the way called Our Kentucky Dick talks about his column writing his column s wide demographic how it doesn t make as much money as he thought it would and a particular column he wrote about Kentucky rivers and the actual meaning behind that column Journalism Kentucky Kentucky writers Literature PublishingAmerican literature Kentucky Dick David 1930 2010 Journalism Kentucky In literature Literature Newspapers Publishers and publishing 177742Covering George Wallace s career and near assassinationUm we have or you have refer referred to your career at CBS that Dick tells the story of covering George Wallace s presidential campaigns George Wallace Journalism Kentucky Kentucky writers LiteratureAmerican literature Kentucky Dick David 1930 2010 Journalism Kentucky In literature Kentucky Literature Wallace George C George Corley 1919 1998178437His personal thoughts on George WallaceUm I was wondering personally what did you think of George Wallace Beattie inquires about Dick s personal thoughts on Wallace who was pro segregation but a job creator and so was elected multiple times by a majority of Black Alabamans Dick explains that it s very complicated how he hated what Wallace stood for and yet Wallace did eventually recant his racism entirely George Wallace Journalism Lawrence Pierce Literature Racism SegregationAmerican literature Kentucky Dick David 1930 2010 Journalism Kentucky In literature Kentucky Literature Racism Segregation Wallace George C George Corley 1919 1998178817Dislike of advocacy or participatory journalismBut see he he would be a good example of something I used to tell journalism students Dick talks about the importance he perceives in a journalist not participating in what they cover saying that front page stuff should be objective but that op eds have their place Journalism Kentucky Kentucky writers LiteratureAmerican literature Kentucky Journalism Kentucky In literature Kentucky Literature Newspapers 179003Covering the Jonestown massacre on cultsSpeaking of what happened in another part of your career when you covered the Jonestown massacre um can you describe briefly what how that experience affected you Beattie inquires about his coverage of the Jonestown massacre Dick briefly describes the horror of flying above it and then goes on to talk about a piece he wrote about when a congregation becomes a cult listing five factors authoritarianism losing your individuality charismatic behavior sex drugs and so called ultimate truth Cultism Cults Jim Jones Jonestown Jonestown cult Jonestown massacre Journalism Kentucky Kentucky writers LiteratureAmerican literature Kentucky Dick David 1930 2010 Jonestown Guyana Journalism Kentucky In literature Kentucky Literature 179295Prostate cancer re invigoration of his productivityActually returning to your reference to your book A Conversation with Peter P Pence Dick talks about the experience of being diagnosed with and having prostate cancer and then speaks frankly on the importance to him of his sexuality and sex drive and how that ties into his passion for creative endeavors Cancer Journalism Kentucky Kentucky writers Literature Prostate cancerAmerican literature Kentucky Cancer Dick David 1930 2010 Journalism Kentucky In literature Kentucky Literature Prostate Cancer 179688Belief in the importance of liberal artsThis this is true As an extension of the previous segment s discussion of passion this segment talks about Dick s thoughts on philosophy of education and life philosophy in general which is highly individualistic Booker T Washington Education Journalism Kentucky Kentucky writers LiteratureAmerican literature Kentucky Dick David 1930 2010 Education Journalism Kentucky In literature Kentucky Literature 179934His current life with his wife not wasting his timeI must say that this is um this is such an exciting time in my life Dick talks about his life with his wife how wonderful he considers it their plans for the future and their present raising tobacco and cattle on their farm Beattie then goes on to ask about his past in journalism as a whole and he says it was good but that ultimately what he needs to be doing is writing creatively rather than teaching journalism Journalism Kentucky Kentucky writers LiteratureAmerican literature Kentucky Dick David 1930 2010 Journalism Kentucky In literature Kentucky Literature 1710419Ideals for journalism goals for his booksAnd the last question I have is that um so many people much less institutions um try to uh define the differences or identify the differences between journalism and um other types of prose Dick discusses ideals for journalism seeming to describe it as a perfection that is striven for but never reached even though some people come close From there he goes on to discuss his ideals for writing as a whole down to the language itself and then to the audience for which he strives Journalism Kentucky Kentucky writers LiteratureAmerican literature Kentucky Dick David 1930 2010 Journalism Kentucky In literature Kentucky Literature 1710839Concluding remarksIs there anything that we haven t discussed that you think is important for people to know about you as a person or as a writer Dick gives concluding remarks on his attempts to spend his time as best he can which involves being careful of what he reads spending time writing rather than listening to UK basketball games and being the best person he can Journalism Kentucky Kentucky writers Literature North Middletown Ky Oral historyAmerican literature Kentucky Dick David 1930 2010 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Charles W. Semones discusses the role of religion in his life and in his poetry, the role of poetry in his life, his poetry itself, being a poet in a rural area, and what he perceives as estrangement from other Kentucky writers due to his being "just" an elementary school language arts teacher.
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3Kentucky Writers Oral History Project introductionThis is an oral history interview with Charles Semones being conducted by Linda Beattie for the Kentucky Writers Oral History Project The interviewer and interviewee are introduced and the date and location of the interview are given Charles Semones Charles W Semones Harrodsburg Ky Kentucky writers Literature PoetryAmerican literature Kentucky Kentucky In literature Literature Poetry Semones Charles 1937 20151723Family historyWhat is your full name Semones gives his full name and date of birth and then describes his family history particularly family history in his hometown of Harrodsburg Kentucky He lives in the house in which he was born which was built sometime in the early 1800s but may or may not have actually been built by his family Harrodsburg Ky Kentucky Mercer County Ky Families Genealogy Kentucky Semones Charles 1937 201517511Becoming an EpiscopalianUm I however am no longer a member of it Semones tells the story of how his organ playing abilities and time assisting a Protestant chaplain during his military service led to his becoming an Episcopalian four years ago Episcopal church Episcopalianism Harrodsburg Ky Wade HallEpiscopal Church Hall Wade 1934 2015 Kentucky Semones Charles 1937 201517753A Civil War story behind a poem of hisAnd uh the poem to which you make reference is uh not really it s not meant as a it s not meant as a a any kind of a mockery or any kind of um Semones tells a story involving a non air conditioned church on a hot day in July and how it led to him writing a poem Civil War Episcopal church Episcopalianism Harrodsburg Ky Kentucky Kentucky writers Literature PoetryAmerican literature Kentucky Episcopal church Kentucky In literature Kentucky Literature Poetry Semones Charles 1937 United States History Civil War 1861 1865 171173Replacing the church s organ how he became their organist while not a memberWe recently had the same sort of deal over the organ Semones tells the story of the fight over replacing versus restoring the church s organ and from there how he had become the church s temporary organist even while not a member Harrodsburg Ky Kentucky Kentucky writers Musical instruments MusiciansEpiscopal Church Kentucky Semones Charles 1937 2015171532Ceasing being a BaptistI had you see while the church is open to communicants from other faiths um I had really done something kind of bizarre in a way Semones tells the story of officially ceasing to be a Baptist and becoming an Episcopalian and what he had to go through to officially end his membership in his childhood Baptist church From there Beattie talks about her own experience quitting her Presbyterian church Baptist churches Baptists Episcopal Church Episcopalianism KentuckyEpiscopal Church Kentucky Religion Semones Charles 1937 2015171799His own doubts about organized religion the importance of poetry to him limbo I m not much of a joiner Linda Semones opens up about his own doubts regarding the validity of organized religion itself and the level of religion s importance on him He and Beattie further discuss the religious influence on his poetry and from there his use of poetry to understand his own life Christianity Episcopal Church Episcopalianism Harrodsburg Ky Kentucky Kentucky writers Literature PoetryAmerican literature Kentucky Christianity Episcopal Church Kentucky In literature Kentucky Literature Poetry Religion Semones Charles 1937 2015172186On Baptist theology more on organized religionBut I m just saying that I think basically speaking that I kind of uh find organized religion in the main Semones describes how chafing he finds organized religion particularly the Baptist churches he was raised in From here he describes his notion of God as something more transcendentalist Baptist Church Christianity Episcopal Church Episcopalianism Harrodsburg Ky Henry David Thoreau Kentucky Ralph Waldo EmersonChristianity Episcopal Church Kentucky Religion Semones Charles W 1937 2015172512Spiritual role of writing on revisingYeah the question I was going to ask you was considering that many of your poems are filled with religious images I was wondering what sort of spiritual role writing plays in your life and how that role differs from the role of organized religion Semones talks about the spiritual role of writing to him and the fine balance one must strike when revising between the joy of revising and revising the life out of it Kentucky Kentucky writers Literature Poetry William WordsworthAmerican literature Kentucky Kentucky In literature Kentucky Literature Poetry Semones Charles 1937 2015172867On creativityWell when we re talking about the um revising and I d as I say I don t know of any artist of any type be it writer or painter or musician who is ever completely satisfied Beattie inquires about Semones thoughts on the creative impulse based on something that James Baker Hall said and Semones professes to agree with him at least to an extent Ernest Hemingway Gurney Norman James Baker Hall Kentucky Kentucky writers Literature PoetryAmerican literature Kentucky Kentucky In literature Kentucky Literature Poetry Semones Charles 1937 2015173262Learning to readI just remembered that I loved words from the time when I first encountered words Leading from a discussion of his thoughts on the cause of creativity and his creativity in particular which he puts down to his love of language Semones discusses how he cannot remember learning to read which he did despite never having had an abundance of books Education Kentucky Kentucky writers Literature Poetry ReadingAmerican literature Kentucky Education Kentucky In literature Literature Poetry Semones Charles 1937 2015173619Succeeding in schoolUm so that as best I can remember I seized my schoolbooks Semones goes on to tell how he did very well in school greatly enjoying reading his textbooks except for math and being promoted an extra grade in elementary school Education Kentucky Kentucky 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Roberts Kentucky Kentucky writers Literature Poetry Robert Penn Warren Wade HallHall Wade 1934 2015 Literature Poetry Roberts Elizabeth Madox 1881 1941 Semones Charles 1937 2015 Warren Robert Penn 1905 1989174730Another story poem of hisThat s that s a story Semones explains the story behind a story in a poem of his inspired by his friendship with a young cousin of his Christianity Episcopal Church Episcopalianism Harrodsburg Ky Kentucky Kentucky writers Literature PoetryAmerican literature Kentucky Kentucky In literature Kentucky Literature Poetry Semones Charles 1937 2015174876Correspondence with Robert Penn WarrenBut um um in any case Mr Warren did say that that he gave up writing short stories Semones resumes talking about his admiration for Robert Penn Warren and how that led to his writing a letter to him and creating a steady correspondence between them He never got to meet him in person but did meet his widow after Warren s death after reading a poem of his own at a Robert Penn Warren conference at the Robert Penn Warren Center at Western Kentucky University Harrodsburg Ky Joy Bale Boone Kentucky Kentucky writers Literature Poetry Robert Penn Warren Western Kentucky UniversityAmerican literature Kentucky Boone Joy Bale Kentucky In literature Kentucky Literature Poetry Semones Charles 1937 2015 Warren Robert Penn 1909 1989 Western Kentucky University175328Progression of time sense of placeI mean the themes that ha that occupied Mr Warren have also occupied me Semones discusses his thoughts on the progression of time and a sense of place how we live by schedules and how he can only write on his own land which he calls the Sabbath Country Harrodsburg Ky Kentucky Kentucky writers Literature Poetry Robert Penn WarrenAmerican literature Kentucky Kentucky In literature Kentucky Literature Poetry Semones Charles 1937 2015 Warren Robert Penn 1905 1989175760Friendship with a Centre College studentLinda I y know when you start trying to go back Semones tells the story of his friendship with a Centre College student how he wrote to her after reading her essay in a textbook and their resulting correspondence and face to face meetings Centre College Danville Ky Horse Branch Ky Kentucky Kentucky writers Literature Ohio County Ky PoetryAmerican literature Kentucky Centre College Danville Ky Kentucky Kentucky In literature Semones Charles 1937 2015 Shakertown at Pleasant Hill Ky Inc 175984Attachment to his landAnd I would say this to you Semones talks about the importance of avoiding getting above your raising and how he only calls his land the Sabbath Country because of the esteem in which he holds it not to add mysticism that isn t there but to acknowledge his family history and the fact it s the only place where he can properly write Baptist Church Episcopal Church Episcopalianism Harrodsburg Ky Kentucky Kentucky writers Literature PoetryAmerican literature Kentucky Episcopal Church Faulkner William Faulkner William 1897 1962 Hall Wade 1935 2015 Kentucky In literature Literature Poetry Semones Charles 1937 2015176323Family connections his married lifeIt s here that I feel a connection with my own past With my own personal past Semones emphasizes the importance of his land for his family connections because he has no remaining close family other than a senile aunt and a few first cousins his ex wife is dead and his son doesn t choose to know him Harrodsburg Ky Kentucky Kentucky writers Literature Poetry University of KentuckyAmerican literature Kentucky Kentucky In literature Kentucky Literature Poetry Semones Charles 1937 2015 University of Kentucky176792The difficulties of writingSo Linda I all I can say is that that that no when writing is concerned it s not it s not it s not the Semones talks about the varying difficulties of writing writing outside of his home county writing something set outside of his home county and just being a writer by profession in his home county Harrodsburg Ky Kentucky Kentucky Poetry Review Kentucky writers Literature Mercer County Ky Poetry Wade HallAmerican literature Kentucky Hall Wade 1934 2015 Kentucky In literature Literature Poetry Semones Charles 1937 2015177182Developing appreciation for poetryWell we talked about your elementary school years What was your high school time like Semones discusses the development of his interest in poetry with exposure to good poetry in his high school literature classes and how he began to write at about that same time Emily Dickinson Kentucky Kentucky writers Literature Poetry Robert Frost T S EliotAmerican literature Kentucky Kentucky In literature Kentucky Literature Poetry Semones Charles 1937 2015177547Education and teachingNow uh did you go to college directly after high school Semones discusses getting an emergency teachers certificate at a two year college and going on to teach elementary school Education Harrodsburg Ky Kentucky Kentucky writers Literature Mercer County Ky Poetry Shakertown Ky American literature Kentucky Education Kentucky In literature Literature Poetry Semones Charles 1937 2015 Shakertown at Pleasant Hill Ky Inc 177776Time in the militaryUm in those years we still had the draft Semones talks about his time in military during the Berlin crisis in which he had the job of assistant to the Protestant chaplain how he came to have the job the friendships he made and how it affected him Christianity Kentucky Kentucky writers Literature Military Poetry ProtestantismAmerican literature Kentucky Education Kentucky In literature Kentucky Literature Poetry 178324Beginning to submit poems for publication Approaches magazine Kentucky Poetry ReviewIt was really I remember during my years or during my listen to me my years as if I d put in a whole career at it my months I meant to say there Linda that I began to submit some poems During his time in the military he began to submit poems to very small publications eventually publishing fairly regularly in some but he puts his real emergence down to getting in the magazine Approaches which would become Wade Hall s Kentucky Poetry Review Harrodsburg Ky Joy Bale Boone Kentucky Kentucky Poetry Review Kentucky writers Literature Poetry Wade HallAmerican literature Kentucky Boone Joy Bale Hall Wade 1934 2015 Kentucky In literature Kentucky Literature Poetry Semones Charles 1937 2015178607On being a poet in a rural areaBut I do like to find um y know I mean it does give me pleasure when I find a young person who is trying to to write Semones discusses the struggle of being a poet in a not very intellectual rural area but how he wouldn t want to live in town because he prefers the country Bobbie Ann Mason Gurney Norman Harrodsburg Ky Jonathan Green Kentucky Kentucky writers Literature Poetry Western Kentucky UniversityAmerican literature Kentucky Green Jonathan Kentucky In literature Kentucky Literature Mason Bobbie Ann Norman Gurney 1937 Poetry Semones Charles 1937 2015 Western Kentucky University179120His education and his feelings on itAnyway I m wondering um after you you completed your college career at Eastern Kentucky and majored in English is that correct Semones talks about his embarrassment over only having an undergraduate degree in education in comparison to his intellectual and poet friends After going to Eastern Kentucky University after the service he finished a degree in education because it was going to take less time than one in English Eastern Kentucky University Education Kentucky Kentucky writers Literature PoetryAmerican literature Kentucky Eastern Kentucky University Education Kentucky In literature Kentucky Literature Poetry Semones Charles 1937 2015179335His marriage and child teaching careerAnd uh so I went there the first year that was open Semones gives a further record of and opinions on his teaching career including talking about his deceased ex wife who was also a teacher and his estranged son Education Harrodsburg Ky Kentucky Kentucky writers Literature PoetryAmerican literature Kentucky Education Families Kentucky In literature Kentucky Literature Poetry Semones Charles 1937 2015 Teachers Teaching179642Estrangement from other Kentucky writersNow then as a writer I feel terribly cut off from the writing community as it were because I m not in some way connected with a college or university Semones mentions that his relative lack of education makes him feel estranged from other Kentucky writers Beattie then discusses the various groups and philosophies of Kentucky writers of which Semones says he doesn t fit in with any The popularity of other Kentucky writers inside and outside of the state are also described Appalachia Bobbie Ann Mason Bowling Green Ky Ed McClanahan Education Gurney Norman Harrodsburg Ky James Baker Hall James Still Jim Baker Hall Jim Wayne Miller Joy Bale Boone Kentucky Kentucky writers Literature Louisville Ky Loyal Jones Lynwood Montell Poetry William Lynwood MontellAmerican literature Kentucky Appalachia Appalachian Region Education Kentucky In literature Kentucky Semones Charles 1937 20151710222Impact on his career of Joy Bale Boone and Wade HallI ll tell you something Semones talks about two of his friends Joy Bale Boone and Wade Hall and how his poetry brought him into contact with each of them how the friendships blossomed from there and how they helped his career along Elizabethtown Ky Harrodsburg Ky Joy Bale Boone Kentucky Kentucky Poetry Review Kentucky writers Literature Louisville Ky Poetry Publishing Wade HallAmerican literature Kentucky Boone Joy Bale Hall Wade 1934 2015 Kentucky In literature Kentucky Literature Poetry Publishers and publishing Semones Charles 1937 20151710664More on his own publishingI wanna make sure before we conclude the interview that we talk about your your poetry a little more Beattie inquires further about the extent of his publishing which Semones doesn t consider that impressive but is always satisfied with everything he sends to editors His compulsive revising is also mentioned John Crowe Ransom Kentucky Poetry Press Kentucky Poetry Review Literature PoetryAmerican literature Kentucky Kentucky In literature Kentucky Literature Poetry Semones Charles 1937 20151710958On perceived melancholy in his work his perceptions of poetry concluding remarksI m wondering if you d comment on John Crowe Ransom s statement that your poems often expose a despairing cast of mind Beattie inquires about perceived melancholy in his work and then about the underlying music in it Semones denies having a properly depressed outlook but says that he sees a certain sadness underneath everything and puts the perceived music down to his dislike of wild free verse When asked for concluding remarks he states that he loves writing but doesn t think he deserves inclusion in the project John Crowe Ransom Kentucky Kentucky writers Literature PoetryAmerican literature Kentucky Kentucky In literature Kentucky Literature Poetry Ransom John Crowe 1888 1974 Semones Charles 1937 201517 No 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Kentucky writers discuss their lives, careers, publications, and the influence of Kentucky on their work.
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Art, Culture, and Tradition -- Theme
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Interview with Barbara Kingsolver, April 17, 1993
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Rock Bottom Remainders (Musical group)
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Johnson, Fenton
Lyon, George Ella, 1949-
Berry, Wendell, 1934-
Copper miners--Labor unions
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Barbara Kingsolver discusses her family history, childhood experiences, and her educational background. She describes her experiences living in Africa and island of St. Lucia, her early interest in writing, and living in Tucson Arizona. She talks about the influence of Bobbie Ann Mason, Kingsolver's publishing history, obtaining an agent, writing for oneself vs. writing for an audience, and her writing habits. Throughout the interview she mentions works including "The Bean Trees," "Holding The Line," "Pigs In Heaven," and "Animal Dreams," among others.
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10IntroductionThis is an oral history interview with Barbara Kingsolver being conducted by Linda Beattie for the Kentucky Writers Oral History Project Introductions Kingsolver recalls her childhood in rural Kentucky and that she longed for life in a big city like Lexington Kentucky Barbara Kingsolver Linda Beattie Women writersBeattie Linda Carlisle Ky Childhood Kingsolver Barbara Lexington Ky Rural conditions Women writers38 315833 84 03194417Carlisle Ky https www biography com people barbara kingsolver 20836751Biography of Barbara Kingsolver at Biography com569Growing tomatoesAre we back on Kingsolver uses a poem to try to explain why she feels it necessary to start a garden everywhere she lives She reads a few lines from her Poem for a Dead Neighbor The predictability of the natural world is comforting Female writers Gardening Kentucky women writers Poetry Women writersAmerican literature Kentucky Gardening Kentucky In literature Poetry Women writers17861Realization that letters on the page held meaningYeah um and my father reveres books I would say Kingsolver remembers the moment when she realized that words could have power over others emotions while listening to her father read poetry She also recounts reading her first word which was orange When Kingsolver got to school she did not feel that her gifts were nurtured Reading Robert Burns Sena Jeter NaslundBurns Robert 1759 1796 Education Naslund Sena Jeter17https www poetryfoundation org poems and poets poets detail robert burnsRobert Burns biography at the Poetry Foundation1253Great teachersNone of did any of the teachers appreciate Kingsolver had some great teachers particularly English teachers One teacher in elementary school would keep the students spellbound by stories Kingsolver would make up a fictional life of her own during school Childhood SchoolsEducation Teachers Teaching171481Time spent in AfricaI did have a really colorful life because we um we went to live in Africa At age 7 Kingsolver and her family moved to Africa Congo ZaireChildhood Congo Democratic Republic 2 88 23 65617Democratic Republic of the Congo Africa1635FriendsUm and you talk about lack of friends or or socializing Did you have friends in the area that you played with at all Kingsolver feels that she was a solitary child and this desire to be alone makes her well suited to be a writer Female writers Journals Kentucky women writers Siblings Women writersAmerican literature Kentucky Brothers and sisters Childhood Diaries Kentucky In literature Women writers171712Keeping a journalDid you start to write in elementary school on your own Kingsolver began keeping a journal at the age of 7 when she was traveling to Africa She notes that her writing was not particularly good at this age and that would be writers should know that everyone can improve in their writing Kingsolver writes to make her experience seem real to her Female writers Journals Kentucky women writers Women writersAmerican literature Kentucky Childhood Diaries Kentucky In literature Women writers Writing172102Kingsolver s daughter learns to talkRight and I have that too you know and I m real aware of it but there s this other thing that s you re right that s perfectly neutral that s just a commentator Kingsolver describes how her daughter spent a lot of time narrating everything that was in her mind Children Daughters Narration TalkingFamilies First person narrative172216Point of view in writingYeah it just it just interests me there that that s a factor Kingsolver feels most comfortable when she is writing in the first person When she writes in the third person she feels that it is closer to her experience For Kingsolver the first person is a lie Animal Dreams Female writers Kentucky women writers Person Perspective Point of view Women writersAmerican literature Kentucky Authors Kentucky In literature Point of view Literature Women writers Writing37 5 8517Kentucky2557Finding happiness in collegeAnd then when I went to college well well I got a lot happier aftr I went to college because lo and behold I found other people who liked to read books Kingsolver describes the boredom of high school and then how college opened up a lot of options in terms of entertainment and a social life Colleges Depauw UniversityDepauw University Education Higher Higher education39 641389 86 86027817DePauw University Indiana2828College experience and a regional accentIt was it was very happy experience Kingsolver was shocked to be ridiculed for her regional accent while in college She did not mean to change her accent but a lifelong habit of being a chameleon led her to drop her accent She feels that her sense of coming from Kentucky fell away along with her accent Accents Colleges Social lifeAccents and accentuation Depauw University Education Higher Higher education173153Liberal educationAnd that wasn t for me so I transferred out of the conservatory and um majored in biology Kingsolver believes that ability follows from passion She studied many different subjects in school including natural sciences Biology CollegesBiology Depauw University Education Higher Higher education173249Writing during collegeAnyway so I didn t really you know have in mind I I had no intention of be I didn t think I would ever be a writer Kingsolver did not do much writing in college with the idea of becoming a writer but because she had to write There was one short story that she wrote that she later edited for fifteen years Kingsolver s college major was biology Colleges Female writers Short stories Women writersAuthors Depauw University Education Higher Higher education Short stories Women writers Writing173714Influence of Shiloh and Other Stories In it must have been 1981 I read Shiloh and Other Stories Reading Bobbie Ann Mason s work Shiloh and Other Stories reminded Kingsolver that her heritage is important and the stories of her heritage are worth telling Bobbie Ann Mason Female writers Kentucky women writers Women writersAmerican literature Kentucky Kentucky In literature Mason Bobbie Ann Women writers38 315833 84 03194417Carlisle Ky 4029Publishing Um um what about your publishing career In 1982 Kingsolver wrote in the middle of a journal I am a writer She did not believe it She was embarrassed to read her writing in public She feels this sense of embarrassment has to do with living in an area where a third of the population lives below the poverty level But she started sending out poetry and short stories to publishers When these were published she began to realize that she was a writer After dropping out of her PhD program in biology Kingsolver also did some scientific writing Female writers Kentucky women writers Poverty Women writersAuthors Poverty Publishers and publishing Women writers Writing174945The environmentUm so um yeah and that s because as you said um you know a while a little while ago usually if people have a bent towards the humanities they shun the sciences and vice versa Kingsolver explains how the environment is the responsibility of sciences All people have to make changes Environment ScienceAdaptation Biology Environmental protection Environmentalism175072Freelance writingUm um I began taking on other kinds of writing assignments too Kingsolver began to accept freelance projects While pregnant she wrote a novel Female writers Freelancing Kentucky women writers Women writersAuthors Self employed Women writers Writing175677Women holding the strike lineI can t remember if I was going to say Before writing The Bean Trees Kingsolver was interviewing women who were holding their husbands strike line When Kingsolver wrote The Bean Trees she didn t think that it would be published After The Bean Trees Kingsolver went back to the story about the women strikers and it was published The Bean Trees Arizona Copper Mine Strike Female writers Kentucky women writers Novelists Women writersCopper miners Labor unions Novelists Strikes and lockouts Women writers17http barriozona com the phelps dodge copper strike in clifton morenci 1983 1986 Arizona Copper Strike of 19836129Sending work to an agentBut um three or four years later after I had written this novel in in in the night um in my insomniac delirium of pregnancy Kingsolver s agent explained how she should assess value on her fiction work Kingsolver and Beattie discuss how women s work is undervalued to the extent that the work that women do at home is not considered to be work at all But with a publisher s advance she felt confident that she could call herself a novelist The Kingsolvers divided child caring responsibilities Female writers Kentucky women writers Literary agents Women writersAuthors Child rearing Families Gender issues Literary agents Sex role Women writers Writing176731Writing a second novelSo anyway with that check from The Bean Trees I um I bankrolled that and used the time to fi to write to finish the copper strike book Holding the Line The difference between writing a first novel and writing the second is knowing that someone is going to read the second book Kingsolver is most proud of this book because the story itself is true Kingsolver discusses the fact that fiction reaches more readers than non fiction The value of fiction is more than entertainment Female writers Fiction Kentucky woman writers Women writersAuthors Fiction Women writers Writing177688 Animal Dreams Um the example you just gave in terms of the uh pumice Kingsolver states the question that led her to write Animal Dreams why is it that some people are led to activism while others are absolutely the opposite It is important to help audiences relate to characters Activists Female writers Kentucky women writers Margaret Atwood Optimism Women writersAtwood Margaret 1939 Optimism Women writers178498A second creative writing classUm one other um there was um I I really like the the author Francine Prose Kingsolver thinks the main way to become a writer is to write and to read The author Francine Prose taught a semester at the University of Arizona and Kingsolver was able to attend the class Female writers Francine Prose Kentucky women writers Women writersProse Francine 1947 Women writers178942Teaching creative writingHow do you think it should be taught creative writing Kingsolver thinks that creative writing should be taught sparingly and kindly Criticism should be done without trying to harm the other person The writer should be willing to edit confident that more words will come A writer needs to read widely and to have a broad knowledge of many topics in order to write characters that have varied experiences Creative writing Female writers Homer Kentucky women writers Women writersCreative writing Homer Women writers179785Kingsolver realizes that she is a novelistUm you mentioned earlier when you wrote poetry you re still uncomfortable with the title poet Kingsolver identifies herself as a novelist Beattie and Kingsolver discuss the evolution of the story in modern literature Female writers Kentucky woman writers Storytellers Women writersStorytellers Women writers1710633CreativityUm I wanted to ask you what you think the nature of creativity may be Kingsolver believes that creativity seeks the line between discipline and relaxation Anyone can be creative given lack of interference People become less creative as they go through school Allowing the mind to connect things that have never been connected in real life Creativity Female writers Kentucky women writers Women writersCreative ability Women writers1711057Business as part of a writer s jobThere s this other part of my job as a writer now I mean I never dreamed that this would become part of my job but I have to spend a couple days a week just taking care of business Kingsolver discusses the business end of the writer s job that she did not expect to experience She does not have time to answer all of her mail personally Business Female writers Finances Kentucky women writers Robert Redford Women writersRedford Robert Women writers1711332Overcoming shynessI m destined to spend the second half of my life overcompensating for the first where shyness is concerned Kingsolver writes when her daughter is at school only and not on weekends She writes on a computer Kingsolver is a hard worker and is a full time writer A minority of her friends are other writers Editors Female writers Kentucky women writers Women writersAuthors Editors Women writers Writing1711781 Pigs in Heaven Um the book we haven t talked about is Pigs in Heaven The novel Pigs in Heaven addresses the question of individual rights vs community rights Community rights Female writers Individual rights Kentucky women writers Sequels Women writersWomen writershttp www nytimes com books 98 10 18 specials kingsolver pigs1 html17New York Times book review of Pigs in Heaven 12176Writing about conflictAnd the other thing I m a person who avoids conflict at any cost Kingsolver discusses her choice to write about conflict in the book Pigs in Heaven Conflict of interests Female writers Kentucky women writers Women writersConflict of interests Women writers1712378Humor in adversityUm uh you t you talked about being such an optimist however so many of your characters they re not pessimistic but they at least have a sort of a sardonic sense of humor Kingsolver discusses the fact that her characters do not have a choice but are optimists Female writers Kentucky women writers Optimism Women writersOptimism Women writers1712527Book tourWhat uh projects are you currently working on or what do you have planned Kingsolver discusses the fact that authors have to be performers After the book is released there are many tours and also a sense of loss on the part of the author Book tours Female writers Kentucky women writers Women writersAuthors Women writers1712759Rock Bottom RemaindersUm and I m playing I m going on tour with the Rock Bottom Remainders Kingsolver discusses the musical group The Rock Bottom Remainders a group of musicians who are writers Musicians WritersAuthors Bands Music Music Performance Musical groups Musical performance Rock Bottom Remainders Musical group Women writers17http www rockbottomremainders com pages history htmlHistory of the Rock Bottom Remainders13128Influential writersYou ve you ve referred to some writers that you admire Kingsolver mentions the women writers who showed that the traditional themes for novels which are all male centered and all involving conflict are not the only permitted themes Doris Lessing Female writers Kentucky women writers Margaret Atwood Ursula LeGuin Women writersAtwood Margaret 1939 Le Guin Ursula K 1929 Lessing Doris 1919 2013 Women writers1713326SettingWhat about sense of place in your writing Kingsolver can only set a book in a place where she has internalized the sound of people s regional speech Biologists Female writers Kentucky women writers Women writersAmerican literature Kentucky Biologists Kentucky In literature Place attachment Women writers32 221667 110 92638917Tucson Ariz 13820Kentucky writersUm are there Kentucky writers whom you particularly admire Kingsolver says that coming from a place that is looked down on and how they deal with that influences writers Female writers Fenton Johnson George Ella Lyon Kentucky women writers Wendell Berry Women writersAmerican literature Kentucky Berry Wendell 1934 Johnson Fenton Kentucky In literature Lyon George Ella 1949 Women writers17 No transcript