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UNIVERSITY OF NORTH DAKOTA NEWS Verse and vibe: World Poetry Reading launches 44th UND Writers Conference to full house
The University of North Dakotas 44th Annual Writers Conference kicked-off Tuesday, March 19, to a jam-packed room for the annual World Poetry ...
Posted on 3/20/13 at 3:08 PM
THE DULLUM FILE John & Larry
At one of the noon panels at the UND Writers Conference last week I half expected to see John Little in the audience, as he was at the very first one he put together I attended as a student in 1...
Posted on 3/27/10 at 5:25 AM
UND Writers Conference: ‘A Portrait of an Artist’ 
The UND Writers Conference has hosted some big-name authors in its 44 years, but perhaps none bigger than playwright and screenwriter Tony Kushner, who on Friday will share perspectives on his work, including some of America’s best-known plays and films.
March 17, 2013
A talk with Tony Kushner
Tony Kushner, who will be in Grand Forks this week for the UND Writers Conference, is one of America’s top playwrights and screenwriters. He spoke with the Herald about the process of writing, what it was like working with filmmakers Steven Spielberg and Mike Nichols and adapting a book into a screenplay. This interview has been edited for length.
March 17, 2013
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2013 UND Writers conference schedule
All events are at UND; all are free and open to the public. This year’s theme is “A Portrait of the Artist.”
March 17, 2013
Featured writers at the 2013 UND Writers Conference
A brief bio of each of the visiting authors the UND Writers Conference
March 17, 2013
‘Wild’ author to speak at UND Writer’s Conference
While the crocuses bloom near her home in Portland, Ore., heavy snow falls in northern Minnesota, the place Cheryl Strayed considers her homeland.
It’s the place where her longest journey began. Where her mother died, her marriage crumbled, and the idea to hike the Pacific Crest Trail took root, a chapter of her life compellingly told in her best-selling memoir, “Wild.”
By Sherri Richards , March 17, 2013
‘Winter’s Bone,’ other films set for Writers Conference
Want to see the movie that launched the career of this year’s Best Actress Oscar winner Jennifer Lawrence? You can see “Winter’s Bone,” starring Lawrence and John Hawkes, at 6 p.m. Thursday at the UND Memorial Union Lecture Bowl.
March 17, 2013
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‘Angels in America’ at the Empire will precede author’s Grand Forks visit
“Angels in America,” the acclaimed HBO production written by Tony Kushner about America in the early days of the AIDS crisis, will be shown at the Empire Arts Center as part of events leading up to Kushner’s visit in March to the UND Writers Conference in Grand Forks.
February 03, 2013
Writers Conference prep workshops begin today
Want some help getting ready for the UND Writers Conference in March? UND Writers Conference 101, a series of discussions about the visiting authors and their work, begins today at the UND Bookstore.
By Accent staff report , January 20, 2013
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‘Conflict zone’: Writers Conference continues Friday, Saturday at UND
Marine Corps veteran turned conscientious objector Jim Castellanos knows about conflict in writing. After five months in Iraq, he asked to turn in his gun and to be re-assigned to the medical corps or other non-combat position. The reaction of his fellow Marines was such that he was re-assigned to another barracks.
April 01, 2011
OUR OPINION: Welcome, UND Writers Conference
When it comes to drawing nationally and internationally known artists, no other event in the region comes close. That’s one reason why it’s such a pleasure to welcome this year’s participants to the 42nd annual conference, which begins today at UND.
By Tom Dennis for the Herald , March 29, 2011
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Authors named for 2011 UND Writer’s Conference
Organizers of the UND Writers Conference have announced the names of four authors and artists who will headline the next conference March 29 through April 2. It’s theme will be “(Inter)National Affairs.”
By Herald Staff Report , July 26, 2010
OUR OPINION: At UND, a literary Center of Excellence
The UND Writers Conference now is a deep and much-respected tradition that stretches back 41 years.
March 25, 2010
Writers Conference tackles new media system
The first day of the 41st annual UND Writers Conference began with a question that has more and more gravitas in the age of digital media, the so-called new media that lives online, can be interactive and sometimes links one story to another:
Are books obsolete? Does new media replace books, or is new media more an alternative to words on paper?
March 23, 2010
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UND Writers Conference begins today
The venerable and frequently irreverent UND Writers Conference will begin today, its 41st annual year, headlined by an author who’s been described as both a genius and a tortured artist, and who has won a Pulitzer Prize with a comic book depiction of the Holocaust.
March 22, 2010
WRITERS CONFERENCE SCHEDULE
All events are free and open to the public and all are in the UND Memorial Union unless otherwise specified.
By Herald Staff Report , March 22, 2010
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