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WRITER'S WORKSHOP: KURT VONNEGUT, JR. (TV)
Summary
One in this series of writing workshops held at the University of South Carolina. In this program, author Kurt Vonnegut, Jr., discusses writing with Borden Deal, William Price Fox, and Fox and James Dickey's writing class at the Univ. of South Carolina (Dickey is not present). Topics addressed include writing stories for magazines; small communities and big cities; Aristotle; Guy de Maupassant's story "The Necklace"; the "celebrity society"; the ambitiousness of Vonnegut's generation; social issues in writing; and Vonnegut's Saab car dealership. Introduced by author Tom Wolfe. (Acquired courtesy of NATPE.)
Details
- NETWORK: PBS
- DATE: January 21, 1982 8:30 PM
- RUNNING TIME: 0:28:51
- COLOR/B&W: Color
- CATALOG ID: T87:0298
- GENRE: Talk/Interviews
- SUBJECT HEADING: Authors; NATPE Collection; Writing
- SERIES RUN: PBS - TV series, 1982
- COMMERCIALS: N/A
CREDITS
- Thomas Stepp … Executive Producer
- William Price Fox … Producer
- Ronder Thomas … Producer
- Dave Smalley … Director
- Tom Wolfe … Host
- Kurt Vonnegut … Guest
- Borden Deal
- Guy de Maupassant
- Aristotle