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Episode 43 - Interview with Jennifer Yu

Play Episode Listen Later May 25, 2017 47:08


Jamie-Lee Josselyn interviews recent Penn grad Jennifer Yu about her debut novel, "Four Weeks, Five People."

Episode 44 - Interview with Adam Dickinson

Play Episode Listen Later May 25, 2017 46:16


Katie Price and Grace Zhang interview Adam Dickinson on his poetic exploration of plastics, The Polymers.

Episode 42 - Interview with Ella Browning

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 24, 2016 25:28


Al Filreis interviews Ella Browning about the modern applications of technical writing.

Episode 41 - Rachel Fershleiser, Maris Kreizman, and Arielle Brousse discuss the Bookternet

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 23, 2015 33:04


Arielle Brousse moderates a conversation on the intersection of books and careers in digital media with Rachel Fershleiser and Maris Kreizman 2/11/2015.

Episode 40 - Buzz Bissinger in conversation

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 17, 2014 18:59


An excerpt from Buzz Bissinger's Kelly Writers House Fellow conversation on 2/18/2014.

Episode 39 - Panel on sex in journalism

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 14, 2014 20:59


Arielle Pardes hosts a panel on sex in journalism as part of KWH's “Feminisms” series, February 2014.

Episode 38 - Sportswriter Bob Ford

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 9, 2014 16:02


A 15-min. excerpt from Bob Ford's presentation at the Kelly Writers House on 2/3/2014, hosted by Dick Polman.

Episode 37 - Introduction to the “RealArts@PENN” internship program

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 8, 2014 16:18


A 9-minute overview of the RealArts internship program, in which students describe their summer internship experiences, hosted by Anthony DeCurtis.

Episode 36 - Artist's talk by Francie Shaw

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 7, 2014 17:20


An excerpt from an artist's talk given by Francie Shaw at the Kelly Writers House in November 2013.

Episode 35 - Benjamen Walker, radio host/producer

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 10, 2014 16:57


As part of Penn's “year of sound,” Kelly Writers House hosted a program featuring experimental radio producer Benjamen Walker.

Episode 34 - Careers in new media journalism

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 7, 2014 15:14


Excerpt from a panel discussion of careers in new media journalism, featuring Stephen Fried, Maria Popova, Joel Siegel and Melody Kramer.

Episode 33 - Writing about television

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 7, 2014 17:30


Writers House-affiliated students talk about the new world of journalism about TV, sponsored by “Creative Ventures”

Episode 31 - A Kanye West-fest at the Writers House

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 6, 2014 15:41


Students and faculty present many views on Kanye West, 11-13-2013.

Episode 32 - Getting medieval

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 6, 2014 15:44


Members of the KWH English 225 class (led by David Wallace) read selections from Chaucer, 12-9-2013.

Episode 30 - J.C. Hallman reads a story, “Ethan, a Love Story’

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 13, 2014 35:52


KWH podcasts presents JC Hallman's 2009 reading, introduced by Max Apple, part of the Cheryl Family fiction series.

Episode 29 - 'hubcore' open-mic anthology

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 9, 2014 20:33


KWH community members perform favorite passages from books, 2009

Episode 28 - digerati talk about the internet in 1999

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 7, 2013 32:22


John Brockman and Al Filreis in '99 hosted 9 internet pioneers for a discussion about digital culture.

Episode 24 - 7-Up on Trash

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 1, 2013 24:18


Kelly Writers House presents 7-Up on Trash, where 7 people speak for 7 minutes each on some aspect of trash as a form or theme.

Episode 25 - Roger Angell

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 1, 2013 24:14


An excerpt of a one-hour interview/discussion with New Yorker essayist Roger Angell, hosted by Al Filreis during Angell's visit to the Kelly Writers House in 2005 as a Writers House Fellow.

Episode 26 - Walter Bernstein

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 1, 2013 21:54


During screenwriter Walter Bernstein's visit in 2003 as a Kelly Writers House Fellow, Al Filreis interviewed him, and here is a 20-min. excerpt from that 70-minute interview.

Episode 27 - Nick Spitzer and the vernacular avant-garde

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 1, 2013 22:00


Nick Spitzer discusses the vernacular avant-garde at the Kelly Writers House in 2009, hosted by Emily Harnett.

Episode 22 - Autumn comes to the Writers House

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 26, 2009 8:45


Autumn comes to the Writers House

Episode 23 - Robert Coover

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 24, 2009 23:07


Robert Coover talks about metafiction with Al Filreis and others.

Episode 21 - Grace Paley

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 12, 2009 21:33


Grace Paley

Episode 17 - Helen Davies sings about leprosy

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 24, 2008 6:31


Helen Davies sings about leprosy

Episode 16 - Alan Light on The Beastie Boys

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 18, 2008 17:19


Alan Light on The Beastie Boys

Episode 15 - Bill Owen, Bill Williams, & the garden

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 27, 2008 3:04


Bill Owen, Bill Williams, & the garden

Episode 14 - Finding the Words after 9/11

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 14, 2008 7:56


Finding the Words after 9/11

Episode 20 - E. L. Doctorow

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 10, 2008 25:25


E. L. Doctorow

Episode 19 - Jamie-Lee Josselyn's memoir of her mother

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 9, 2008 43:25


Jamie-Lee Josselyn's memoir of her mother

Episode 18 - Book suggestions for the holidays, 2008

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 8, 2008 8:29


Book suggestions for the holidays, 2008

Episode 13 - Wideman back at Penn

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 5, 2008 19:09


Wideman back at Penn

Episode 12 - Geoffrey Hartman on holocaust testimonies

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 3, 2008 23:50


Geoffrey Hartman on holocaust testimonies

Episode 11 - Book ideas for the holidays

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 11, 2007 26:41


Book recommendations from folks at the Kelly Writers House

Episode 10 - David DeLaura memorial

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 13, 2007 24:06


Excerpt from a Celebration of Victorian Poetry in Memory of David DeLaura

Episode 09 - Jamaica Kincaid

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 15, 2007 17:49


A 16-minute excerpt from the interview/conversation at the Kelly Writers House

Episode 08 - Djanikian's poems on the Armenian genocide and after

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 26, 2007 22:23


Excerpt from a reading to celebrate the publication of So I Will Till the Ground (Carnegie Mellon, 2007) at the Kelly Writers House

Episode 07 - The Mind of Winter

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 13, 2007 18:50


Each January the Writers House hub beats the midwinter doldrums with a community celebration of wintry writing and warming food.

Episode 06 - Rothstein oral poetry event

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 12, 2007 18:36


The first annual Caroline Rothstein Oral Poetry Event, featuring Taylor Mali.

Episode 05 - Dennis Barone Reading

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 9, 2007 28:50


Reading by poet and fiction writer Dennis Barone--an alumnus of Penn--after being introduced by the late Gil Ott.

Episode 04 - Judith Rodin Program

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 19, 2006 66:44


A discussion with Judith Rodin

Episode 03 - Greg Manning Lunch Program

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 30, 2006 14:04


A lunch program with alumnus, memoirist, and former Daily Pennsylvanian Executive Editor Greg Manning

Episode 02 - Live at the Writers House

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 11, 2006 10:39


A selection of three readers who have performed on Live at the Writers House, a monthly radio program of the Kelly Writers House, aired on WXPN 88.5 FM Philadelphia. The show began in 1997 and has aired 58 times. Pattie McCarthy and Rodrigo Toscano read poems on 1997 and 1999 shows, respectively; and Lorene Cary reads nonfiction on a 2004 show. Hosted by Al Filreis.

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