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Reading: Ntozake Shange

In this audiovisual recording from March 20, 1981 as part of the 12th annual UND Writers Conference: “Voices,” Ntozake Shange reads and performs a selection of her work, including “nappy edges,” “My Father is a Retired Magician,” “Because My Daughter Was Late” (also titled “Oh, I\u27m 10 Months Pregnant”), “About Atlanta,” “Some Men,” and “My Geography.

Faulkner and His Women

Dramatic Interpretations of Faulkne

Panel: Poetic Voices Lyric and Dramatic: Part II

This audiovisual recording from March 20, 1981 as part of the 12th annual UND Writers Conference: “Voices,” features Ntozake Shange and Richard Wilbur forming the panel “Poetic Voices: Lyric and Dramatic: Part II.” The panelists discuss the act of writing poetry and drama. They 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\u27s pregnancy on her work, masculinity and social movement, struggling with writer\u27s block, writing habits, the definition of “poet,” their reactions to Grand Forks, “art for art\u27s sake,” and recurring language. Note: A portion of this panel was not recorded

Panel: Where is that Voice Coming From: Part II

This audiovisual recording from March 19, 1981 as part of the 12th annual UND Writers Conference: “Voices,” features Esther Broner, Ntozake Shange, and Richard Wilbur forming the panel “Where is that Voice Coming From.” The panelists discuss class and race difference in voice, one-sided and two-sided argumentation, the effect of conflict on voice, political writing, sensuality and sexuality in writing, agency and power structures, memory and recitation, vernacular American art/folk music and popular music, the experience of publication, and mediating transgression in writing. Moderated by Michael Beard. Note: part of the recording is distorted