The Virtual Writing University Archive

The Virtual Writing University Archive is a collection of recordings of literary readings, panel discussions, and lectures around The University of Iowa and Iowa City. You may search or browse these recordings to find those you want to hear. The Writing University Archive is a project of the School of Library and Information Science in collaboration with the writing community at Iowa.

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Contemporary American Fiction

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Panel discussion about the role of the writer in a changing cultural environment.

In: International Writing Program Archive | Fiction

Authors: L. Rust Hills , Bobbie Ann Mason, Doris Grumbach

Date Recorded: January 01, 1984

Program: --

Format: discussion

Topics: literary "heroes;" cross-culturalism; regionalism

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