Panel: Diving into the Wreck

Presenter Information

Ed Bok Lee
Cheryl Strayed
Nick Flynn

Location

Memorial Union Ballroom

Event Website

http://www.undwritersconference.org

Start Date

21-3-2013 12:00 PM

End Date

21-3-2013 1:00 PM

Description

In this audiovisual recording from the Thursday, March 21, 2013, as part of the 44th Annual UND Writers Conference: “A Portrait of an Artist,” Nick Flynn, Cheryl Strayed, and Ed Bok Lee participate in a panel called “Diving Into the Wreck.” Steven Morrison opens the panel with an excerpt from Adrienne Rich's poem “Diving Into the Wreck” and asks if the words describe the authors' work. The panelists then discuss the importance of physical locations in their work, how location promotes change in character, conflicts between writing memoirs and getting at objective truths, tools that help with difficult writing, revisions, about qualifiers in nonfiction, and more.

Moderated by Dr. Steven R. Morrison, School of Law.

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Panel: Diving into the Wreck

Memorial Union Ballroom

In this audiovisual recording from the Thursday, March 21, 2013, as part of the 44th Annual UND Writers Conference: “A Portrait of an Artist,” Nick Flynn, Cheryl Strayed, and Ed Bok Lee participate in a panel called “Diving Into the Wreck.” Steven Morrison opens the panel with an excerpt from Adrienne Rich's poem “Diving Into the Wreck” and asks if the words describe the authors' work. The panelists then discuss the importance of physical locations in their work, how location promotes change in character, conflicts between writing memoirs and getting at objective truths, tools that help with difficult writing, revisions, about qualifiers in nonfiction, and more.

Moderated by Dr. Steven R. Morrison, School of Law.

https://commons.und.edu/writers-conference/2013/day3/3