Friday, March 22, 2013

Inside the Oxford Conference for the Book 2013

Nicole Cooley reads several poems inspired by her childhood in New Orleans. One recalls the notes posted outside of a local restaurant that closed after Hurricane Katrina. "I had my first date here," Cooley reads one note. This is one of the touching poems inspired by Colley's hometown of 
New Orleans.



Robert Griffith responds to Beth Ann Fennely's advice for overcoming writer's block.
"I don't have to swing for the fences as they say in baseball every single time I'm up to bat," Griffith says. "Sometimes I'm just gonna have to bunt." 


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