- Grade Levels:
- 9-adult
- Length:
- 90 minutes
- Taping Rights:
- Unlimited
- MARC Record:
- Downloadable
- Web Site:
- KET Online
- Teaching Materials:
- See Below
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In this 2002 KET production, five of Kentucky’s best-loved writers—Bobbie Ann Mason, Wendell Berry, Gurney Norman, Ed McClanahan, and James Baker Hall—come together to celebrate creative writing. The 90-minute program, divided into chapters for easier classroom use, features readings the five authors gave in the fall of 2001 as part of the commemoration of the 50th anniversary of the Creative Writing Program at the University of Kentucky. Mason, Berry, Norman, McClanahan, and Hall all attended UK in the 1950s or ’60s, becoming good friends and colleagues in the process.
In interview segments interspersed throughout the program, the five reminisce about their experiences at UK, the teachers there who inspired them to become writers, and their careers. The program is illustrated with photos by Hall that chronicle their lives, from his book A Spring-Fed Pond.
The program is divided into “chapters” to facilitate classroom use. Because of some brief adult language (one poem contains the word “s***”) and content, teachers will want to preview the program before using it with students.
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