NYS Writers InstituteApr 2, 20203 minSister Helen Prejean, author of "Dead Man Walking," checks in from New OrleansWe asked Sister Helen Prejean for words of inspiration. She came back to us with incredible answers. Author of the international...
NYS Writers InstituteApr 1, 20202 minHave you felt moved to write a coronavirus poem? Poets Gary Maggio & Melissa Hurt read their coronavirus poems and discuss participating in a poetry workshop co-sponsored by the Writers...
NYS Writers InstituteMar 31, 20202 minImagining possible futures with novelist Gish JenWe renewed our conversation with the brilliant and charming Gish Jen, major American fiction writer and author of the new bestseller, The...
NYS Writers InstituteMar 30, 20202 minHow will the coronavirus end? We caught up with Ed Yong, one of science writing's master storytellers. Ed made two presentations at UAlbany under the sponsorship of...
NYS Writers InstituteMar 28, 20203 minCan you help us create a mini virtual film festival this weekend?By Paul Grondahl, DIrector, NYS Writers Institute We know that you are as disappointed as we are that we had to postpone the Writers...
NYS Writers InstituteMar 27, 20203 minNeurobiologist / musician Joseph LeDoux on anxiety and fearIn this age of anxiety about COVID-19, we checked in with neuroscientist Joseph LeDoux, preeminent authority on the neurobiology of fear...