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
