The William Van O'Connor Library

Lannan Video Catalogue

An asterisk (*) following the name of the author indicates that the artist is also featured in the video Where Poems Come From, filed under the letter "W."

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Salgado, Sebastião  (2001)  (cross-listed under "Galeano, Eduardo"--see "G" video holdings)

         * Authors:                                  Eduardo Galeano and Sebastião Salgado

        * Interviewer:                            Amy Goodman

        * Director:                                 Thunder Road Productions

        * Running time:                         2 hours 18 minutes

From the video jacket:

"Eduardo Galeano is an essayist, journalist, historian, and activist. Mr. Galeano's books include the trilogy Memory of Fire, The Book of Embraces, We Say No, and Walking Words. Born in Montevideo, Uruguay, in 1940, he lived in exile in Argentina and Spain for many years before returning to Uruguay. Mr. Galeano, who received the first Lannan Prize for Cultural Freedom[,] read from his work on November 3, 2000."

"Sebastião Salgado is a Paris[-]based photojournalist who has documented the lives of Latin American peasants, diamond mine workers in Brazil, and famine in Africa. His most recent books, Migrations: Humanity in Transition and The Children: Refugees and Migrations, illuminate the flight of migrants, refugees, and displaced persons all over the world. His previous books include An Uncertain Grace and Workers: An Archaeology of the Industrial Age."

"Amy Goodman is the host of Democracy Now![,] a nationally syndicated radio news program."

Sanchez, Sonia (1991)

        * Author:                                   Sonia Sanchez

        * Interviewer:                            Lewis MacAdams

        * Producers and Directors:       Lewis MacAdams and John Dorr

                                                            Metropolitan Pictures and EZTV

        * Running time:                         60 minutes

From the video jacket: "Sonia Sanchez is a dynamic poet, playwright, activist, and teacher. Sonia Sanchez read from homegirls & handgrenades and Under a Soprano Sky on September 17, 1990, at Georgetown University in Washington, D.C. Ms. Sanchez was interviewed by poet Lewis MacAdams."

 

Sanders, Scott Russell (1997)

        * Author:                                   Scott Russell Sanders

        * Interviewer:                          Bernard Cooper 

        * Director:                                 Dan Griggs/Media Revolution

        * Running time:                         60 minutes

From the video jacket:

"Scott Russell Sanders, born in 1945, writes essays that address his relationship to nature, the character of community, and issues of social justice. His books include Staying Put and The Paradise of Bombs. He has also written four novels and four children's books. Mr. Sanders, who received a Lannan Literary Award for Nonfiction, teaches at Indiana University, Bloomington. On May 20, 1997, Mr. Sanders read from Writing from the Center, In Limestone Country, Staying Put, and new work.

"Bernard Cooper is the author of Maps to Anywhere, A Year of Rhymes, and a memoir Truth Serum."

 

Snyder, Gary (1989) (see also next entry) 

        * Author:                                   Gary Snyder*

        * Interviewer:                            Lewis MacAdams

        * Producers and Directors:       Lewis MacAdams and John Dorr

                                                            Metropolitan Pictures and EZTV

        * Running time:                         60 minutes

From the video jacket:

"Gary Snyder's poetry has been deeply influenced by the wilderness of the Sierra Nevada and more than four decades of Zen Buddhist practice. Mr. Snyder, a recipient of the Pulitzer and Bollingen prizes, has published over 25 books of poetry. Gary Snyder read on December 12, 1988, from Axe Handles, Left Out in the Rain, and unpublished manuscripts in Los Angeles. Mr. Snyder talked with students at the Harvard School and was interviewed by Lewis MacAdams."

 

Snyder, Gary (1991) (see also previous entry; cross-listed under "Berry, Wendell"--see "B" video holdings)

        * Authors:                                 Gary Snyder* and Wendell Berry

        * Interviewer:                          Jack Shoemaker 

        * Director:                                Thunder Road Productions

        * Running time:                         1 hour 29 minutes

From the video jacket:

"Wendell Berry , a poet, essayist, and novelist, has been called the 'prophet of rural America.' Mr. Berry, who pursues what he calls 'an ethic and way of life based upon devotion to a place and devotion to a land,' lives and works on his farm in Port Royal, Kentucky. He has published more than 30 books, including The Wheel, Sabbaths, and Openings (poetry); The Wild Birds, Watch With Me, and Remembering (fiction); and Another Turn of the Crank, What Are People For?, and The Unsettling of American (nonfiction). Mr. Berry, who received a Lannan Literary Award for Nonfiction in 1989, read on November 10, 1999."

"Gary Snyder is the author of nine books of poetry, including Mountains and Rivers Without End, No Nature, and Left Out in the Rain. His prose works include A Place in Space, The Practice of the Wild, and Earth House Hold. Mr. Snyder's work reflects his study of Eastern literature and culture, his commitment to the environment, and his concepts of humanity's place in the cosmos. Born in San Francisco, Mr. Snyder lived in Japan for fourteen years, studying Zen Buddhism. He lives in Northern California and teaches at the University of California at Davis. He read on November 10, 1999."

"Jack Shoemaker is editor-in-chief of Counterpoint Press in Washington, D.C."

 

Sorrentino, Gilbert (1993)

        * Author:                                   Gilbert Sorrentino

        * Interviewer:                          Michael Silverblatt 

        * Director:                                 Dan Griggs/Media Revolution

        * Running time:                         60 minutes

From the video jacket:

"Gilbert Sorrentino is an innovative and darkly humorous stylistic virtuoso who has written more than 20 books of fiction, poetry, and criticism. Mr. Sorrentino read from Under the Shadow, a work composed of 59 independent, surreal tales that reveal his imaginative brilliance and satiric power. The reading took place on March 2, 1993, in Los Angeles. Gilbert Sorrentino was interviewed by Michael Silverblatt.

"Michael Silverblatt is the producer and host of the highly acclaimed 'Bookworm,' a literary interview program broadcast on public radio stations nationwide."

 

Soto, Gary (1995)

        * Author:                                   Gary Soto

        * Interviewer:                          Alejandro Morales 

        * Director:                                 Dan Griggs/Media Revolution

        * Running time:                         60 minutes

From the video jacket:

"Chicano poet, essayist, and children's book writer Gary Soto was born and raised in Fresno, California. Mr. Soto has published six poetry collections, including Home Course in Religion, Who Will Know Us?, and The Elements of San Joaquin. He read from his New and Selected Poems in Los Angeles on May 2, 1995, and talked with Alejandro Morales.

"Alejandro Morales is a professor of Spanish at the University of California, Irvine. His novels include Caras viejas y vinos nuevo, Reto en el paraiso, The Brick People, and Death of an Anglo."

 

Sze, Arthur (1997)

        * Author:                                   Arthur Sze

        * Interviewer:                            Frank Stewart 

        * Director:                                 Dan Griggs/Media Revolution

        * Running time:                         60 minutes

From the video jacket:

"Arthur Sze, who received a Lannan Literary Award for Poetry, has published six books, including The Redshifting Web, Archipelago, River River, and Dazzled. Mr. Sze's work is informed by his interest in Native American culture, Eastern philosophies, and the nature of scientific inquiry. A second[-]generation Chinese American, Mr. Sze was born in New York City in 1950. Mr. Sze read from The Redshifting Web: Poems 1970-1998 on April 1, 1997.

"Frank Stewart is a poet, translator, essayist, and editor of the literary journal Manoa."

 

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