Q&A: David Herzberg, a "historian of drugs"
"...it’s inspiring to see what 'healthcare' can be in the hands of people attuned to both individuals’ wellbeing and social justice." --...
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NYS Writers Institute
- Jan 25, 2021
- 4 min
"Rivers of Power" author Laurence C. Smith
In Chris Churchill's column in the Times Union last week -- Mr. Biden, tear down this highway! he writes of Interstate 787, the...
NYS Writers Institute
- Oct 8, 2020
- 2 min
Conversation with Robin DiAngelo: "White Fragility"
A featured event of The Time for Reckoning Symposium Robin DiAngelo in conversation with Alice Green Premieres 7 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 11...
NYS Writers Institute
- Sep 28, 2020
- 1 min
Todd Snyder, author of "Bundini: Don't Believe the Hype"
Paul Grondahl interviews professor and author Todd Snyder, whose new book Bundini: Don’t Believe The Hype, tells the story of Muhammad...
NYS Writers Institute
- Aug 26, 2020
- 8 min
Q&A with Wendy Roberts, a literary historian who made history
When Wendy Roberts published her new book in July, she accomplished a distinctive feat: Awakening Verse: The Poetics of Early American...
NYS Writers Institute
- Aug 11, 2020
- 5 min
"Plagues ’been killing my people in NYC for a long time" -- Dan Irizarry
Our friend Dan D. Irizarry was a featured commentator on this morning's Roundtable on WAMC Northeast Public Radio. During the morning...
NYS Writers Institute
- Jul 24, 2020
- 4 min
Traveling to Instagram: An essay by Judith Fetterley
A couple weeks ago, we posted Life Lessons from Gardening, a video chat with Judith Fetterley, who left academia after 30 years as a...
NYS Writers Institute
- Jun 30, 2020
- 4 min
A virtual visit with African American folklorist Daryl Cumber Dance
We made a virtual visit to Daryl Cumber Dance, a towering authority on African American folk culture and tradition, at her home in...
NYS Writers Institute
- Jun 23, 2020
- 2 min
Masking and gloving up for Social Justice
We checked in with Susan Burton, a leading crusader against mass incarceration who visited UAlbany as the keynote speaker of the School...
NYS Writers Institute
- May 19, 2020
- 2 min
Catching up with Diane Ackerman, author of "The Zookeeper's Wife"
We checked in with Diane Ackerman, poet and author who visited the University at Albany in March of 2017 in connection with the film...
NYS Writers Institute
- May 13, 2020
- 2 min
Q&A with Susan Pinker, psychologist, journalist, and author
Developmental psychologist, journalist, and bestselling author Susan Pinker is very busy these days providing advice to the public about...
NYS Writers Institute
- May 12, 2020
- 6 min
Q&A with Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Pamela Newkirk
We caught up with our friend, Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Pamela Newkirk. A former reporter for Albany’s Knickerbocker News...
NYS Writers Institute
- May 6, 2020
- 1 min
How are college students coping in a time of pandemic?
University at Albany Distinguished Professor Dr. Jeffrey Berman helps students express, discuss grief, trauma and loss in his English...
NYS Writers Institute
- May 5, 2020
- 3 min
Cheers for NYS Author Colson Whitehead on winning his second Pulitzer Prize
Author and three-time guest of the NYS Writers Institute makes history, becoming the first writer to win Pulitzers for back-to-back...
NYS Writers Institute
- May 1, 2020
- 2 min
"Living in the Long Emergency" interview with James Howard Kunstler
An #indiebookstoreboost post to support independent bookstores in the Capital Region during the time of coronavirus An...
NYS Writers Institute
- Apr 30, 2020
- 2 min
The economic impact of the pandemic on global corporations
Bruce Piasecki How is corporate America responding to the global COVID-19 outbreak and how are major multi-national corporations dealing...
NYS Writers Institute
- Apr 10, 2020
- 2 min
Q&A with T. C. Boyle: Book picks and tips on life during pandemic
We caught up with our friend T. C. Boyle, major American fiction writer and three-time visitor to the NYS Writers Institute, most...
NYS Writers Institute
- Apr 8, 2020
- 2 min
Talking Teddy with novelist Jerome Charyn
We were disappointed these COVID-19 protocols forced us to postpone the April 2 Writers Institute event with Jerome Charyn, author of...
NYS Writers Institute
- Apr 6, 2020
- 2 min
Catching up with sportswriter Rick Reilly
We emailed Rick Reilly to find out what he's up to since he visited us in February. One of America’s preeminent sportswriters, Rick was...
NYS Writers Institute
- Apr 2, 2020
- 3 min
Sister Helen Prejean, author of "Dead Man Walking," checks in from New Orleans
We asked Sister Helen Prejean for words of inspiration. She came back to us with incredible answers. Author of the international...
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