41. Digital Writing & Digital Divides in the US: Electronic Literature & Privilege (47:27)

Date:
2022-04-06
Summary:
Invited speaker Leonardo Flores examines the impact of digital divides in the United States on the emergence of electronic literature as a practice and field, ending with a call for a more expansive term such as "digital writing" to help diversify the field. Professor Flores' talk was part of the Scholars' Lab speaker series at the University of Virginia, April 6, 2022; recorded via Zoom in the presence of a live audience.

44. What goes without saying, the story's silent twin (1:01:10)

Date:
2013-04-03
Main contributors:
University of Virginia. School of Medicine
Summary:
Some physicians are born to write, while others have writing thrust upon them. As one of the latter, 2013 Moore Lecturer Margaret Mohrmann discusses what she has learned from writing about doctoring. The act of articulating her experiences as a pediatrician and teacher has shown her, over time, much more about her encounters with patients, and about herself, than she could see at the time those events occurred - or even at the time she wrote about them. Rereading one's own stories and having others read (and co-construct) them can expose the "ghost" in the story - "the story's silent twin," as British novelist Jeanette Winterson puts it. What couldn't be said, or wasn't noticed, or was forgotten often gets written in anyway, quietly, between the lines and within word choices and narrative structures. The process of discovering what went unseen before cultivates in both writer and reader the practice of paying close, compassionate attention to what's happening now, an essential ingredient of good doctoring. The Moore Lecture

46. Sister Talk: Susan Fraiman (29:11)

Date:
1995/2000
Main contributors:
WTJU (Radio station : Charlottesville, Va.)
Summary:
Susan Fraiman, associate professor of English at the University of Virginia, discusses sex in the White House with a feminist lens, the issues over oral sex, and the public's perception of Monica Lewinski.

48. Sister Talk: Miki Liszt (26:44)

Date:
1998-04
Main contributors:
WTJU (Radio station : Charlottesville, Va.)
Summary:
Miki Liszt, dancer and founder of the Miki Liszt Dance Company, discusses her latest modern dance performance based on the book Veils and Words as an avenue of self-exploration and the veil as an Iranian-born woman.

49. Sister Talk: Derek Nystrom (28:03)

Date:
1999-12
Main contributors:
WTJU (Radio station : Charlottesville, Va.)
Summary:
Derek Nystrom discusses his dissertation for the English department at the University of Virginia on men's involvement in feminism and class identity in American film in the 1970s.