How I Write
by Stanford University
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Description
Host Hilton Obenzinger brings faculty and advanced writers from across the disciplines to explore the nuts and bolts, pleasures and pains, of all types of writing. In conversation with his distinguished guests, Hilton examine writers' habits, idiosyncrasies, techniques, trade secrets, hidden anxieties, and delights. We will discuss how a writer generates ideas, sustains large-scale projects, combines research with composition, overcomes various impediments and blocks, and cultivates stylistic innovations. Writing communities share experiences (even bad ones), so that all writers can learn and grow; Stanford is an exceptionally rich community for gaining such insights.
| Name | Description | Released | Price | ||
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| 1 | VideoA Conversation with Bill Guttentag About Film and Television | -- | 4/30/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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2 |
Abbas Milani: Living in Two Different Cultures | -- | 2/21/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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3 |
Abraham Verghese: Medicine | -- | 6/6/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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4 |
Nancy Packer: Creative Writing | -- | 2/24/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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5 |
Peter Stansky: Writing History and Biography | -- | 11/22/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 6 | VideoDavid Henry Hwang: Performing Arts (Video) | -- | 9/22/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 7 | VideoRebecca Solnit: Inspiration and Writing | -- | 9/22/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 8 | VideoVictor Wooten: Writing and Music | -- | 6/9/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 9 | VideoGwyneth Lewis: Writing Poetry | -- | 4/6/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 10 | VideoPhilip Taubman: International Politics | -- | 12/7/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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11 |
David Dunaway: Oral History in Print and on the Radio | -- | 6/3/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 12 | VideoRichard Thompson Ford: Writing for Different Genres | -- | 5/20/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 13 | VideoRob Reich: Political Science and Ethics | -- | 4/22/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 14 | VideoTerry Castle: Writing Development | -- | 3/25/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 15 | VideoRebecca Slayton: Science, Technology, and Society | -- | 3/25/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 16 | VideoNancy Etchemendy: Fantasy Horror Fiction | -- | 12/16/08 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 17 | VideoStanford Daily Panel: Student Journalism | -- | 11/18/08 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 18 | VideoRamón Saldívar: Chicano Studies | -- | 11/18/08 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 19 | VideoJoAnne Akailitis and Jim Leverett: Writing for the Theater | -- | 11/18/08 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 20 | VideoImagining the Lives of Others | -- | 10/28/08 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 21 | VideoRichard Zare: Lasers and Chemistry | -- | 10/22/08 | Free | View In iTunes |
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22 |
Marjorie Perloff: English | -- | 10/31/07 | Free | View In iTunes |
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23 |
David Kennedy: History | -- | 10/24/07 | Free | View In iTunes |
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24 |
David Henry Hwang: Performing Arts | -- | 10/2/07 | Free | View In iTunes |
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25 |
Arnold Rampersad: Humanities | -- | 9/26/07 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 26 | VideoLeonard Susskind: Theoretical Physics | -- | 9/5/07 | Free | View In iTunes |
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27 |
Leonard Susskind: Theoretical Physics | -- | 9/5/07 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 28 | VideoTroy Jollimore: Philosophy and Poetry | -- | 8/27/07 | Free | View In iTunes |
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29 |
Troy Jollimore: Philosophy and Poetry | -- | 8/27/07 | Free | View In iTunes |
| Total: 29 Episodes |
Customer Reviews
well worth the time, but...
I have listened to probably 10 of these, and most are really interesting, really insightful. Some of the guests don't really speak to me, but that's the nature of anything, right?
My one complaint: many of these items are only offered as videos, which makes them 500MB, thus taking an hour to download one item. Maybe if you're a student on a college campus you have massive bandwidth, but the rest of us...not so much. It would be wonderful if you had a choice: video, OR audio only.
That aside, this is a wonderful series that Stanford has been doing for a decade, and to be able to access this kind of treasure via the internet, for free, is fantastic. Thank you Stanford, Hilton, and all of the writers who give their time.
