Reading: Sean Mclain Brown and Jim Castellanos

Presenter Information

Jim Castellanos
Sean Mclain Brown

Location

Memorial Union Ballroom

Event Website

http://www.undwritersconference.org

Start Date

31-3-2011 4:00 PM

End Date

31-3-2011 5:00 PM

Description

In this audiovisual recording from Thursday, March 31, 2011, as part of the 42nd Annual UND Writers Conference: "(Inter)National Affairs," Sean Mclain Brown and Jim Castellanos each read from their work. Castellanos reads an excerpt from his essay “Voluntary Disarmament in Iraq” featured in Veterans of War, Veterans of Peace. Brown reads “Spin Drift,” a short fiction piece featured in Veterans of War, Veterans of Peace. Brown also reads two excerpts from his book Shrapnel, Wilfred Owen’s “Dulce et Decorum Est," Brown’s “Dulce et Decorum Est Redux," “A Grateful Town,” “Sangha,” “Thank you,” “How I Survive,” and “Flow.” Castellanos and Brown also respond to audience questions about the possible development of a national department of peace, resolving issues in Libya and other countries without violence, and returning to civilian life after serving in war.

Introduced by Dr. Sheryl O'Donnell, Department of English.

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Reading: Sean Mclain Brown and Jim Castellanos

Memorial Union Ballroom

In this audiovisual recording from Thursday, March 31, 2011, as part of the 42nd Annual UND Writers Conference: "(Inter)National Affairs," Sean Mclain Brown and Jim Castellanos each read from their work. Castellanos reads an excerpt from his essay “Voluntary Disarmament in Iraq” featured in Veterans of War, Veterans of Peace. Brown reads “Spin Drift,” a short fiction piece featured in Veterans of War, Veterans of Peace. Brown also reads two excerpts from his book Shrapnel, Wilfred Owen’s “Dulce et Decorum Est," Brown’s “Dulce et Decorum Est Redux," “A Grateful Town,” “Sangha,” “Thank you,” “How I Survive,” and “Flow.” Castellanos and Brown also respond to audience questions about the possible development of a national department of peace, resolving issues in Libya and other countries without violence, and returning to civilian life after serving in war.

Introduced by Dr. Sheryl O'Donnell, Department of English.

https://commons.und.edu/writers-conference/2011/day3/3