Reading: Junot Díaz

In this audiovisual recording from Friday, March 28, 2008, as part of the 39th Annual UND Writers Conference: “Revolutions,” Junot Díaz reads an excerpt from The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao and from the story “Boyfriend.” Díaz also responds to audience questions. Introduced by Jen Groucutt

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Panel: Revolutions in Writing

This audiovisual recording from March 27, 2008 as part of the 39h annual UND Writers Conference: “Revolutions” features Peter Kuper, Junot Díaz, and Alice Fulton sitting on the panel “Revolutions in Writing.” The panelists discuss approaching controversial subjects, resisting dualism, the fluidity of art and consciousness, alternative artistic mediums, the relationship of style and content, the power and influence of language through euphemism, social and cultural awareness, reaching out to audiences, and the importance of generating readership. Moderated by Olaf Berwald

Panel: Revolutions in Time

This audiovisual recording from March 28, 2008 as part of the 39h annual UND Writers Conference: “Revolutions” features Russell Banks, Junot Díaz, and Alice Fulton in the panel discussion “Revolutions in Time.” Russell Banks begins by explaining the writing of Cloudsplitter and the novel form as it relates to history and time. The panelists discuss the American tendency to ignore aspects the past and the present and selectively remember history. Alice Fulton reads her poem “When I was Interrupted by the Bells” to demonstrate time as a source of inspiration and a rich subject of art as a way of approaching human existence. The panelists also discuss the human response to art as an interruption of time and an out-of-body experience, simultaneity of existence, and the historical repercussions of social revolution. Moderated by Laurel Reuter