Panel: Poetic Voices Lyric and Dramatic, Part 2

Presenter Information

Ntozake Shange
Richard Wilbur

Location

Memorial Union Ballroom

Event Website

http://www.undwritersconference.org

Start Date

20-3-1981 12:00 PM

End Date

20-3-1981 1:00 PM

Description

In this audiovisual recording from Friday, March 20, 1981, as part of the 12th Annual UND Writers Conference: “Voices,” Ntozake Shange and Richard Wilbur participate in a panel called “Poetic Voices: Lyric and Dramatic: Part II.” The panelists discuss the act of writing poetry and drama. The panelists also respond to audience questions about working with actors, inspiration, the shift in voice between a written work and a stage performance, stage directing, the effect of Ntozake Shange's pregnancy on her work, masculinity and social movement, struggling with writer's block, writing habits, the definition of “poet,” their reactions to Grand Forks, “art for art's sake,” and recurring language.

Note: A portion of this panel was not recorded.

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Panel: Poetic Voices Lyric and Dramatic, Part 2

Memorial Union Ballroom

In this audiovisual recording from Friday, March 20, 1981, as part of the 12th Annual UND Writers Conference: “Voices,” Ntozake Shange and Richard Wilbur participate in a panel called “Poetic Voices: Lyric and Dramatic: Part II.” The panelists discuss the act of writing poetry and drama. The panelists also respond to audience questions about working with actors, inspiration, the shift in voice between a written work and a stage performance, stage directing, the effect of Ntozake Shange's pregnancy on her work, masculinity and social movement, struggling with writer's block, writing habits, the definition of “poet,” their reactions to Grand Forks, “art for art's sake,” and recurring language.

Note: A portion of this panel was not recorded.

https://commons.und.edu/writers-conference/1981/day4/2