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Kara Gust interviews author Jeff Vande Zande
No full textAuthor Jeff Vande Zande talks about teaching and writing, poems vs. short stories, developing characters in his stories based on his personal experience, and his current projects. Vande Zande is interviewed by Michigan State University Librarian Kara Gust for the MSU Libraries' Michigan Writer Series
The reduction of metaphysics and the play of violence in the poetry of Wallace Stevens
No full textPhDThe thesis demonstrates how Wallace Stevens' poetry utilises pre-Socratic philosophy in overcoming post-Kantian dislocation from the 'thing-in-itself'. I initially consider Stevens’ poetry in terms of Hans-Georg Gadamer's ontological conception of the 'play' of art, an interactive existence overlooked by Kant. Through the ‘play’ of Stevens’ poems the reading audience are implicated in their reduction to being. The origin of this conception leads Gadamer back to Parmenides who Stevens had read. I argue that Stevens’ poetry ‘plays’ its audience into an ontological ground in an effort to show that his ‘reduction of metaphysics’ is not dry philosophical imposition, but is enacted by our encounter with the poems themselves. Through an analysis of how the language and form of Stevens’ poems attempt to reduce mind and world to concepts that parallel Parmenides’ poetic sense of being, and Heraclitus’ notion of becoming, the thesis uncovers the ground in which Stevens attempts a reconnection with the ‘thing-in-itself’. It is through the experience of reconnecting to an ontological centre, which his poetry presents as the human project, that Stevens’ poetry also presents itself as a means of replacing religion.From here we turn to Emmanuel Levinas and Jacques Derrida for an exposition of how such a reduction reduces the ‘Other’ to ‘otherness’ and their worry that this reduction legitimates violence within the thought of Martin Heidegger and Parmenides. From this I make a case for how such reductions are connected to what I refer to as 'the play of violence' in Stevens' poetry, and to refer this violence back to the mythology Stevens' poetry shares with certain pre-Socratics and with Greek tragedy. This shows how such mythic rhythms are apparent within the work of Friedrich Nietzsche, Heidegger and Gadamer, and how these rhythms release a poetic understanding of the violence of a ‘reduction of metaphysics’
Jeff Rasley; Trekker, Author
No full textJeff, the author of Bringing Progress To Paradise, is a graduate of the University of Chicago 1975, A.B. magna cum laude, Phi Beta Kappa, All-Academic All-State Football Team and letter winner in swimming and football; Indiana University School of Law 1979, J.D. cum laude, Moot Court and Indiana Law Review; Christian Theological Seminary 1988, M.Div. magna cum laude, co-valedictorian and Faculty Award Scholar. Rasley was admitted to the Indiana and U.S. District Court Bars in 1979 and later to the U.S. Supreme Court Bar. He practiced law in Indianapolis for thirty years. Rasley is currently partner in Knowledge Capture Publishing and editing, president of the Basa Village Foundation USA Inc. and U.S. liaison for the Nepal-based Himalayan expedition company, Adventure GeoTreks, Ltd. He teaches classes for IUPUI Continuing Ed. Program and Indiana Writers Center. He is an avid outdoorsman and recreational athlete. He leads trekking-mountaineering expeditions in Nepal and has solo-kayaked around several Pacific island groups. Rasley also loves to read and considers completing Marcel Proust’s 3600 page Remembrance of Things Past as one of his most enjoyable accomplishments. Rasley is married to Alicia, who is a multi-published author, RITA Award winner, and University professor
Author/historian Jeff LaHurd with one of his Books
No full textAuthor, journalist and local historian Jeff LaHurd poses with his book "Quintessential Sarasota: Stories and Pictures from the 1920s to the 1950s." He has written a number of books on the history of Sarasota
Interview with Don Stevens
No full textDon Stevens was born on a farm halfway between Greenville and Belding. After high school he moved to Grand Rapids where he worked for a local laundry from 1937 to 1941 and then began working for the Joppe's Dairy in 1941. Stevens was instrumental in creating the United Dairy Workers union with John Gibson from the Michigan CIO, after which he worked for the Retail Wholesale and Department Store Union beginning in 1944. Stevens' next position was with the AFL-CIO where he was elected in 1957 to the Board. In 1958 he was elected to the State Board of Agriculture, the group that would become the MSU Board of Trustees in 1960. He was on this board until 1978, serving as chairman from 1968 to 1970. Stevens was a member of the MSU Board of Trustees during both the staff and faculty unionization movements. Topics/people covered in the interview include: Walter Adams; Paul Bagwell; Jack Breslin; John Bruff; Pat Carrigan; Phil Course; John DiBiaggio; Jack Flagler; Gerald Ford; Doug Frasier; Bob Grovner; John Hannah; Edgar Harden; Frank Hartman; Alan Holland; Warren Huff; Kellogg Center; Charles Killingsworth; Cecil Mackey; Bill Marshall; Blanche Martin; Phillip May; Kyle McDonald; M Peter McPherson; Frank Merriman; Jim Miller; Oakland University; Retail Wholesale and Department Store Union; AFL-CIO; Joppe's Dairy; G Mennen "Soapy" Williams; student unrest on campus; unionization; Frank Murphy; Stephen Nisbet; Tom Quimby; Kenny Robinson; Robert Shaw; John Shingleton; Louis Shuey; Emil Starr; Don Stevens; Jack Stever; Dennis Thompson; Ken Thompson; Woody Viner; George Welsh; Clifton & Dolores Wharton; Clair White; Joe Wolf; Leonard Woodcoc
Interview with Don Stevens
No full textDon Stevens was born on a farm halfway between Greenville and Belding. After high school he moved to Grand Rapids where he worked for a local laundry from 1937 to 1941 and then began working for the Joppe's Dairy in 1941. Stevens was instrumental in creating the United Dairy Workers union with John Gibson from the Michigan CIO, after which he worked for the Retail Wholesale and Department Store Union beginning in 1944. Stevens' next position was with the AFL-CIO where he was elected in 1957 to the Board. In 1958 he was elected to the State Board of Agriculture, the group that would become the MSU Board of Trustees in 1960. He was on this board until 1978, serving as chairman from 1968 to 1970. Stevens was a member of the MSU Board of Trustees during both the staff and faculty unionization movements. Topics/people covered in the interview include: Walter Adams; Paul Bagwell; Jack Breslin; John Bruff; Pat Carrigan; Phil Course; John DiBiaggio; Jack Flagler; Gerald Ford; Doug Frasier; Bob Grovner; John Hannah; Edgar Harden; Frank Hartman; Alan Holland; Warren Huff; Kellogg Center; Charles Killingsworth; Cecil Mackey; Bill Marshall; Blanche Martin; Phillip May; Kyle McDonald; M Peter McPherson; Frank Merriman; Jim Miller; Oakland University; Retail Wholesale and Department Store Union; AFL-CIO; Joppe's Dairy; G Mennen "Soapy" Williams; student unrest on campus; unionization; Frank Murphy; Stephen Nisbet; Tom Quimby; Kenny Robinson; Robert Shaw; John Shingleton; Louis Shuey; Emil Starr; Don Stevens; Jack Stever; Dennis Thompson; Ken Thompson; Woody Viner; George Welsh; Clifton & Dolores Wharton; Clair White; Joe Wolf; Leonard Woodcoc
Interview with Don Stevens
No full textDon Stevens was born on a farm halfway between Greenville and Belding. After high school he moved to Grand Rapids where he worked for a local laundry from 1937 to 1941 and then began working for the Joppe's Dairy in 1941. Stevens was instrumental in creating the United Dairy Workers union with John Gibson from the Michigan CIO, after which he worked for the Retail Wholesale and Department Store Union beginning in 1944. Stevens' next position was with the AFL-CIO where he was elected in 1957 to the Board. In 1958 he was elected to the State Board of Agriculture, the group that would become the MSU Board of Trustees in 1960. He was on this board until 1978, serving as chairman from 1968 to 1970. Stevens was a member of the MSU Board of Trustees during both the staff and faculty unionization movements. Topics/people covered in the interview include: Walter Adams; Paul Bagwell; Jack Breslin; John Bruff; Pat Carrigan; Phil Course; John DiBiaggio; Jack Flagler; Gerald Ford; Doug Frasier; Bob Grovner; John Hannah; Edgar Harden; Frank Hartman; Alan Holland; Warren Huff; Kellogg Center; Charles Killingsworth; Cecil Mackey; Bill Marshall; Blanche Martin; Phillip May; Kyle McDonald; M Peter McPherson; Frank Merriman; Jim Miller; Oakland University; Retail Wholesale and Department Store Union; AFL-CIO; Joppe's Dairy; G Mennen "Soapy" Williams; student unrest on campus; unionization; Frank Murphy; Stephen Nisbet; Tom Quimby; Kenny Robinson; Robert Shaw; John Shingleton; Louis Shuey; Emil Starr; Don Stevens; Jack Stever; Dennis Thompson; Ken Thompson; Woody Viner; George Welsh; Clifton & Dolores Wharton; Clair White; Joe Wolf; Leonard Woodcoc
Interview with Don Stevens
No full textDon Stevens was born on a farm halfway between Greenville and Belding. After high school he moved to Grand Rapids where he worked for a local laundry from 1937 to 1941 and then began working for the Joppe's Dairy in 1941. Stevens was instrumental in creating the United Dairy Workers union with John Gibson from the Michigan CIO, after which he worked for the Retail Wholesale and Department Store Union beginning in 1944. Stevens' next position was with the AFL-CIO where he was elected in 1957 to the Board. In 1958 he was elected to the State Board of Agriculture, the group that would become the MSU Board of Trustees in 1960. He was on this board until 1978, serving as chairman from 1968 to 1970. Stevens was a member of the MSU Board of Trustees during both the staff and faculty unionization movements. Topics/people covered in the interview include: Walter Adams; Paul Bagwell; Jack Breslin; John Bruff; Pat Carrigan; Phil Course; John DiBiaggio; Jack Flagler; Gerald Ford; Doug Frasier; Bob Grovner; John Hannah; Edgar Harden; Frank Hartman; Alan Holland; Warren Huff; Kellogg Center; Charles Killingsworth; Cecil Mackey; Bill Marshall; Blanche Martin; Phillip May; Kyle McDonald; M Peter McPherson; Frank Merriman; Jim Miller; Oakland University; Retail Wholesale and Department Store Union; AFL-CIO; Joppe's Dairy; G Mennen "Soapy" Williams; student unrest on campus; unionization; Frank Murphy; Stephen Nisbet; Tom Quimby; Kenny Robinson; Robert Shaw; John Shingleton; Louis Shuey; Emil Starr; Don Stevens; Jack Stever; Dennis Thompson; Ken Thompson; Woody Viner; George Welsh; Clifton & Dolores Wharton; Clair White; Joe Wolf; Leonard Woodcoc
Interview with Don Stevens
No full textDon Stevens was born on a farm halfway between Greenville and Belding. After high school he moved to Grand Rapids where he worked for a local laundry from 1937 to 1941 and then began working for the Joppe's Dairy in 1941. Stevens was instrumental in creating the United Dairy Workers union with John Gibson from the Michigan CIO, after which he worked for the Retail Wholesale and Department Store Union beginning in 1944. Stevens' next position was with the AFL-CIO where he was elected in 1957 to the Board. In 1958 he was elected to the State Board of Agriculture, the group that would become the MSU Board of Trustees in 1960. He was on this board until 1978, serving as chairman from 1968 to 1970. Stevens was a member of the MSU Board of Trustees during both the staff and faculty unionization movements. Topics/people covered in the interview include: Walter Adams; Paul Bagwell; Jack Breslin; John Bruff; Pat Carrigan; Phil Course; John DiBiaggio; Jack Flagler; Gerald Ford; Doug Frasier; Bob Grovner; John Hannah; Edgar Harden; Frank Hartman; Alan Holland; Warren Huff; Kellogg Center; Charles Killingsworth; Cecil Mackey; Bill Marshall; Blanche Martin; Phillip May; Kyle McDonald; M Peter McPherson; Frank Merriman; Jim Miller; Oakland University; Retail Wholesale and Department Store Union; AFL-CIO; Joppe's Dairy; G Mennen "Soapy" Williams; student unrest on campus; unionization; Frank Murphy; Stephen Nisbet; Tom Quimby; Kenny Robinson; Robert Shaw; John Shingleton; Louis Shuey; Emil Starr; Don Stevens; Jack Stever; Dennis Thompson; Ken Thompson; Woody Viner; George Welsh; Clifton & Dolores Wharton; Clair White; Joe Wolf; Leonard Woodcoc
Author Jeff Vande Zande reads his selected works at the Michigan Writers Series
No full textAuthor Jeff Vande Zande reads selections from both his poetry and fiction, including "Transient" and "Threatened species", and answers questions from the audience. The event is convened by Peter Berg, head of Michigan State University Libraries' Special Collections. Part of the MSU Libraries' Michigan Writers Series. Held in the MSU Main Library
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