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Stephanie Mathson interviews poet and author Judith Kerman
No full textPoet and author Judith Kerman talks about her experience as a Fulbright scholar in the Dominican Republic, her work translating poems by Cuban poet Dulce Mar\ueda Loynaz, learning Spanish, translating poems from Spanish, and her book "Retrofitting Blade Runner". Kerman is interviewed by Stephanie Mathson of the Michigan State University Libraries. Part of the MSU Libraries' Michigan Writers Series
Stephanie Mathson interviews poet and author Josie Kearns
No full textPoet and author Josie Kearns, professor of creative writing and literature at the University of Michigan, talks about teaching and writing, natural scenery in Michigan, her editorship of the book "New Poems From the Third Coast", her book "New Numbers", and other works in process. Kearns is interviewed by Stephanie Mathson from the Michigan State University Libraries for the MSU Libraries' Michigan Writers Series
Stephanie Mathson interviews poet and author Jack Ridl
No full textPoet and author Jack Ridl explains how he began writing, the writer series at Hope College, his coach poems, his chapbook "Against elegies," how working and living in Michigan shapes his work, and works in progress. Ridl is interviewed by Stephanie Mathson of the Michigan State University Libraries. Part of the MSU Libraries' Michigan Writers Series
Stephanie Mathson interviews essayist and memoirist Robert Root
No full textEssayist and memoirist Robert Root, professor of English at Central Michigan University, talks about his book "Recovering Ruth" and the genealogical research research in his work and his role as both a university professor and an author. He also shares his views on creative nonfiction, Michigan as a source of inspiration, and works in progress. Root is interviewed by Stephanie Mathson of the Michigan State University Libraries for the MSU Libraries' Michigan Writers Series
Making a market for Miscanthus: Can new contract designs solve the biofuel investment hold-up problem?
No full textWe present designs for optimal contracts to solve the investment hold-up problem for perennial crops for the biofuel industry. A fixed-price contract is ex-ante efficient but renegotiation-proof for a limited range of discount parameters. A perfectly- indexed contract is both renegotiation-proof and ex-post efficient. Provided long-run land prices are stationary, the expected cost for both contracts converges to the long-run expected price of land for a risk-neutral farmer.Biofuels, Miscanthus, contract theory, industrial organization, renegotiation-proof contract, Marketing,
Poet and author Josie Kearns reads her selected works at the Michigan Writers Series
No full textPoet and author Josie Kearns, professor of creative writing and literature at the University of Michigan, reads selected poems and answers questions from the audience. The event is convened by Stephanie Mathson from the Michigan State University Libraries. Part of the MSU Libraries' Michigan Writers Series. Held at the Main Library
Interview of Michigan author Liesel Litzenburger on growing up in Northern Michigan, the characters in her writing and how she has woven in her childhood experiences
No full textMichigan author Liesel Litzenburger talks about growing up in Northern Michigan, the characters in her writing and how she has woven in her childhood experiences. She explains how she gives her young characters voice and how she tries to tell the story from their point of view. Litzenburger also talks about her current projects. Litzenburger is interviewed by Stephanie Mathson of the Michigan State University Libraries. Part of the MSU Libraries' Michigan Writers Series. Held at the MSU Main Library
Utilization of Occupational Therapy by Older Healthy Adults at Risk for Falls Is Low
No full textAbstract
Date Presented 3/31/2017
A retrospective content analysis on physicians’ dictations for 50 healthy older adults visiting an ambulatory orthopedic spine clinic revealed that physicians may not be screening for executive functioning impairment or referring to occupational therapy for fall prevention.
Primary Author and Speaker: Stephanie Foo
Additional Authors and Speakers: M. J. Mulcahey, Catherine Piersol</jats:p
Laugh, Dance, Cry: Re-Bodying Identities Dis-integrated by Violence
No full textLecture given by Dr. Stephanie M. Crumpton during African-American Heritage Celebration week, delivered in Santee Chapel on 12 February 2016. In this academic lecture, Dr. Stephanie Crumpton, Lancaster Seminary Assistant Professor of Practical Theology, addresses issues relating to theology and violence, asking the questions: What resources help us identify and interrogate theological traditions that serve to justify the violence and subjugation of Black flesh and identity? What process enables us to grapple with how we have internalized white supremacy as the lynch pin in our own unconsciously motivated leanings? Dr. Crumpton is author of A Womanist Pastoral Theology Against Intimate and Cultural Violence (2014, Palgrave Macmillan). Included in the lecture is an excerpt from the motion picture "Beloved" (Director Jonathan Demme. Performers: Oprah Winfrey, Danny Glover. DVD. Touchstone Pictures, 1998.) The lecture was sponsored by The Nathan Baxter Fund. Digital video recording (mp4). Duration: 52 minutes, 56 seconds
Jaimy Gordon, professor of creative writing at Western Michigan University, reads from her novel in progress "Lord of misrule" and answers questions from audience at the Michigan Writers Series
No full textJaimy Gordon, professor of creative writing at Western Michigan University, and author of "She drove without stopping" and the underground fantasy classic, "Shamp of the city-solo", reads from her novel in progress, "Lord of misrule". She explains the horse racing and track setting of the novel, its premise and characters. Gordon answers questions about how her writing technique, writing about familiar things and her own experiences working at the track as a young woman. She recommends working before going to graduate school, suggesting that it gives young writers something to write about. Gordon is introduced by Stephanie Mathson for the Michigan State University Libraries' Michigan Writers Series
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