Home Ground: Language for an American Landscape
Panel Discussion
Monday, 19 Feb 2007 at 9:00 am – Pioneer Room, Memorial Union
A panel discussion featuring contributors to Home Ground: Language for an American Landscape (2006), edited by National Book Award-winning Barry Lopez. The book features forty-five writers known for their intimate connection to particular places who, collectively, create a unique American dictionary. Panel moderator Debra Gwartney was managing editor for the book and is a member of the faculty at Portland State University and a former correspondent for Newsweek and The Oregonian. Bill McKibben is a former staff writer for the New Yorker and one of the nation's top environmental writers. Mary Swander is a professor of English at Iowa State and the author of ten books of poetry and nonfiction. Part of the Third Annual Symposium on Wildness, Wilderness, and the Creative Imagination.Cosponsored By:
- College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
- Creative Writing Program
- Iowa Arts Council
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